Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 122061

Hunting

Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold a consultation on hunting with hounds.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
In the Animal Welfare Strategy, published 22 December 2025, Defra confirmed its intention to consult in early 2026 on how to deliver a ban on trail hunting. The planned consultation will invite respondents to raise any matters which they consider relevant...

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