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Hunting

Asked by Cameron ThomasIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 13 January 2026UIN 103141

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent modelling has her Department made of the impact of the Hunting Act 2004 on fox populations and welfare.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Department has not undertaken any recent modelling of the impact of the Hunting Act 2004 on fox populations or welfare.

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