Question follow-through · 6696
Ministry of Defence: Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to issue any licences for fox trail hunting on Ministry of Defence land.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to issue any licences for fox trail hunting on Ministry of Defence land.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2024
Answer published
This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation, including the banning of trail hunting. Licenses to trail hunt on Ministry of Defence (MOD) land are currently under Ministerial revi...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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