Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 103141

Hunting

Tabled: 5 January 2026

Answered: 13 January 2026

Question

Cameron Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent modelling has her Department made of the impact of the Hunting Act 2004 on fox populations and welfare.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The Department has not undertaken any recent modelling of the impact of the Hunting Act 2004 on fox populations or welfare.

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