Question follow-through · 11538
Hunting
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to introduce legislation to ban trail hunting.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 1 Nov 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to introduce legislation to ban trail hunting.
30 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Nov 2024
Answer published
This is a devolved matter with regard to Scotland and Northern Ireland; hunting with dogs is a reserved matter with respect to Wales and therefore, the information provided relates to England and Wales only. The Government made a manifesto commitment to b...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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