Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle rural crime.

We are committed to driving down rural crime, which is why the Government is providing funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit.

We have also added new measures to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act which introduce tougher sentencing and improved police powers for hare coursing, including two new criminal offences and the possibility of imprisonment.