Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 120349

Trapping

Tabled: 12 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

LabourSlough

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made on the banning of snares.

Answer

Mary Creagh
This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation and this included a commitment to bring an end to the use of snare traps in England. This was recently reaffirmed in the Government’s ...

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