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Trapping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to take steps to ban the use of snares to trap animals.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
30 Aug 2024
Target answer date
3 Sept 2024
Answer
6 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to take steps to ban the use of snares to trap animals.

  2. 3 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The Government will introduce the most ambitious programme for animal welfare in a generation. As outlined in our manifesto, we will bring an end to the use of snare...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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