Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 123420
Trapping
Tabled: 24 March 2026
Answered: 31 March 2026
Question
Harriet Cross
Conservative — Gordon and Buchan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are she is taking to implement a ban on the use of snares in England; and when she expects to publish a timeline for this policy.
Answer
Mary CreaghThis 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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