Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 111511

Hunting: Regulation

Tabled: 6 February 2026
Answered: 11 February 2026

Question

Perran Moon

LabourCamborne and Redruth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her Department will apply when deciding which organisations are invited to participate in the forthcoming consultation on banning trail hunting; and whether bodies which

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Government intends to hold a consultation on its plans to ban trail hunting. Defra will be guided by the Government's consultation principles in shaping the proposed consultation.