Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 120391
Trapping: Regulation
Tabled: 12 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026
Named DayQuestion
Ruth Jones
Labour — Newport West and Islwyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to bring forward legislation to outlaw the use of snare traps.
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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