Question follow-through · 61000
Hunting
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps 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
- 18 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 26 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
18 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ban trail hunting.
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jun 2025
Answer published
As per our manifesto, this Government will ban trail hunting. Work to determine the best approach for doing so is ongoing and further announcements will be made in due course.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Animal Welfare: Entertainment
22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to stop promotion by UK-based companies of overseas venues that use abusive practices against animals for entertainment.
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29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to bring forward secondary legislation to enact the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023.
Slaughterhouses: Carbon Dioxide
29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to phase out the use of high concentration carbon dioxide gas for the stunning of livestock in abattoirs.
Animal Welfare: Labelling
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to improve the level of transparency of method-of-production welfare labelling for (a) pork, (b) chicken and (c) eggs.
Poultry: Animal Housing
23 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that egg production in the UK comes from cage-free systems.
Horticulture: Peat
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to introduce legislation in 2026 to ban the sale and supply of peat for horticultural use.
Food: Prices
14 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) customs checks and (b) regulatory barriers in UK-EU trade on food prices.
Food: Prices
14 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help people with food prices.
Hen Harriers
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent the illegal killing of hen harriers.
Water Charges: Social Tariffs
10 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will include a national social tariff for water bills in the Government’s Water White Paper.