Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 59668

Offensive Weapons: Bexleyheath and Crayford

Tabled: 12 June 2025

Answered: 19 June 2025

Question

Daniel Francis

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to help tackle the use of catapults to maim (a) animals and (b) wildlife in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 protects all wild birds and some wild animals in England and Wales. While the Act does not specifically include catapults in the list of weapons that a person must not use to kill wildlife, it is still illegal under t...

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