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Written Question
Ministry of Defence: Land
Tuesday 15th October 2024

Asked by: Dan Norris (Labour - North East Somerset and Hanham)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to prevent trail hunting on land (a) owned and (b) managed by his Department.

Answered by Luke Pollard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation, including the banning of trail hunting. Licenses to trail hunt on Ministry of Defence (MOD) land are currently under Ministerial review. To date, no licenses to trail hunt on MOD land have been granted for the 2024-25 hunting season, pending Ministerial review.