Question follow-through · 25982

Animal Products: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on plans to ban the import of hunting trophies.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
27 Jan 2025
Answer
31 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on plans to ban the import of hunting trophies.

  2. 27 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Government committed to banning the import of hunting trophies in its Manifesto. We intend to deliver on this and are currently considering the most effective way to do so.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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