Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 107938

Hunting: Public Consultation

Tabled: 22 January 2026
Answered: 29 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish a consultation on trail hunting; and with which organisations she plans to discuss the scope.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
This Government is committed to enacting a ban on trail hunting in line with our manifesto commitment. Defra will consult early this year on how to deliver a ban on trail hunting.