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Trapping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are she is taking to implement a ban on the use of snares in England; and when she expects to publish a timeline for this policy.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
24 Mar 2026
Target answer date
26 Mar 2026
Answer
31 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are she is taking to implement a ban on the use of snares in England; and when she expects to publish a timeline for this policy.

  2. 26 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation and this included a commitment to bring an end to the use of snare traps in England. This was recently reaffirmed in the Government’s ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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