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Hunting: Regulation

Asked by Perran MoonLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 11 February 2026UIN 111511

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her Department will apply when deciding which organisations are invited to participate in the forthcoming consultation on banning trail hunting; and whether bodies which

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Government intends to hold a consultation on its plans to ban trail hunting. Defra will be guided by the Government's consultation principles in shaping the proposed consultation.

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