Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 116661

Hunting: Foxes

Tabled: 27 February 2026

Answered: 10 March 2026

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2026 to Question 114681 on Hunting: Birds of Prey, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of fox hunts exploiting the Falconry exemption t

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The Department has made no assessment of the likelihood of fox hunts exploiting the Falconry exemption to hunt mammals with hounds.