Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 103144

Hunting: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026

Question

Cameron Thomas

IndependentTewkesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has her Department made of the potential merits of amending the Hunting Act 2004 to allow only for the retrieval of a dead or wounded animal by a single dog.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Department has not made any such assessment of the potential merits.

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