Hunting: Public Consultation
(asked on 2nd April 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs on 1 April (HC Deb col 282), what plans they have to include the British Hound Sports Association in their forthcoming consultation on trail hunting.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 28th April 2025
The Government made a manifesto commitment to ban Trail Hunting as part of a set of measures to improve animal welfare. Work to determine the best approach is ongoing. Public stakeholders such as the British Hounds Sports Association will have the opportunity to contribute through any future consultation.