Question follow-through · 14577
Badgers: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to introduce greater offenses for badger baiting.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to introduce greater offenses for badger baiting.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jul 2026
Answer published
In England and Wales, the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 make killing or injuring badgers a criminal offence. Anyone who breaches this legislation could face up to a six-month custodial sentence and/or an unlimite...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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