Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 101663
Gun Sports: Rural Areas
Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 6 January 2026
Question
Mr Lee Dillon
Liberal Democrat — Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recreational shooting on the economies of rural areas.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleRural areas offer significant potential for growth and are important to our economy, contributing over £259 billion a year to England alone. Defra has not made a formal assessment on contribution of recreational shooting to the rural economy; however, we ...
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