Question follow-through · 41785
Hare Coursing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to introduce a closed season for hare shooting.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 27 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 3 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
27 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to introduce a closed season for hare shooting.
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Apr 2025
Answer published
This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only, with the potential for relevant policy to extend and apply to Wales. While the Government has no immediate plan to introduce a close season for hares in England, the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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