Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 69443

Trapping: Regulation

Tabled: 21 July 2025

Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to enforce the ban on glue traps.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022 bans glue trap use in England in all but the most exceptional, licensable circumstances. It came into force in 2024. Nothing in the law prevents sale of glue traps in England. However, only pest controllers with a licenc...

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