Make the use of free-running snares illegal for trapping wildlife

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Select Committee Documents
Friday 2nd September 2022 Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2021-22: List of closed petitions Petitions Committee Found: of animals as prizes at fairs and other events https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/579356 1404 Make
Tuesday 14th June 2022 Correspondence - Letter from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to the use of snares Petitions Committee Found: ref: PO2022/07478/SH 24 May 2022 Thank you for y our letter of 4 April about the petition ‘Make

Written Answers
Trapping Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) Tuesday 17th January 2023 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the devolved administrations on the potential merits of banning snares. Answered by Trudy Harrison Devolved Administrations are free to make their own laws regarding the use of snares. Since coming into post in October 2022, I have not held any conversations with Devolved Administrations in relation to changing the UK Government's policy on using snares in England. However, on Monday 9th January, in the adjournment debate "Make the use of free running-snares illegal for trapping wildlife", I set out my intention to such a discussion with the devolved administrations about their respective policies on snares. This will be set up by my officials at a mutually agreeable time.

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Trapping
Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Tuesday 17th January 2023

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the devolved administrations on the potential merits of banning snares.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

Devolved Administrations are free to make their own laws regarding the use of snares.

Since coming into post in October 2022, I have not held any conversations with Devolved Administrations in relation to changing the UK Government's policy on using snares in England.

However, on Monday 9th January, in the adjournment debate "Make the use of free running-snares illegal for trapping wildlife", I set out my intention to such a discussion with the devolved administrations about their respective policies on snares. This will be set up by my officials at a mutually agreeable time.

Parliamentary Research
Debate on an e-petition on the use of snares - CDP-2022-0247 Dec. 22 2022 Found: states “you must never set a self -locking snare as this is illegal ”. 2 E- petition no. 600593, Make

Petitions
Make the use of free-running snares illegal for trapping wildlife Petition Closed - 102,617 Signatures Gov Responded - 13 Jan 2022 Debated on - 9 Jan 2023 9 May 2022 closed 2 years ago The Government should prohibit the sale, use and manufacture of free-running snares under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, putting them in the same category as self-locking snares, which are already illegal. Found: Make the use of free-running snares illegal for trapping wildlife

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Make the use of free-running snares illegal for trapping wildlife
Petition Closed - 102,617 Signatures

Gov Responded - 13 Jan 2022 Debated on - 9 Jan 2023 9 May 2022
closed 2 years ago

The Government should prohibit the sale, use and manufacture of free-running snares under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, putting them in the same category as self-locking snares, which are already illegal.

Found: Make the use of free-running snares illegal for trapping wildlife