Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 104482

Hunting

Tabled: 9 January 2026
Answered: 15 January 2026

Question

Stuart Andrew

ConservativeDaventry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of jobs in rural areas that will be affected by a ban on trail hunting.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The department intends to launch a consultation seeking views on how to deliver a ban on trail hunting. The responses to that consultation will be used to inform our assessment of the potential impact of a ban on trail hunting on the economy in rural comm...

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