Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 54143
Hunting: Prison Sentences
Tabled: 21 May 2025
Answered: 12 June 2025
Question
Mr Joshua Reynolds
Liberal Democrat — Maidenhead
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has considered introducing custodial sentences for people found guilty of illegal hunting under the provisions of the Hunting Act 2004.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThis Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans in a generation to improve animal welfare and that is exactly what we will do. The Hunting Act 2004 makes it an offence to hunt a wild mammal with dogs, except where it is carr...
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