Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 87932
Hunting
Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 13 November 2025
Question
Damien Egan
Labour — Bristol North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has conducted a review of (a) the effectiveness of police enforcement of and (b) the level of compliance with the ban on live hunting under the Hunting Act 2004.
Answer
Mary CreaghDefra has not undertaken such reviews. The enforcement of the Hunting Act is an operational matter for the police. It is for individual Chief Constables to determine how their resources are deployed and it is for locally elected Police and Crime Commissio...
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