Question follow-through · 4522
Trapping
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is his planned timescale for introducing legislation to ban the use of snares in England.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 6 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 12 Sept 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is his planned timescale for introducing legislation to ban the use of snares in England.
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 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...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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