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Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Constitution Directorate

Dec. 16 2023

Source Page: Correspondence in relation to offshore wind: FOI release
Document: FOI - 202300344494 - Information release (PDF)

Found: Kremlin, Vladimir Putin has trashed his own country, undermined the international order and left a trail

Closed Petition closed 30th May 2024

Ban Trail Hunting - Final Signatures: 8,873

I believe that Trail Hunting is a cover for the illegal act of fox hunting to carry on, and think that banning trail hunting would make the countryside much safer for the general public as well as the horses, the hounds, the foxes, the wildlife and the volunteers who police the situation themselves.

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Found: I believe that trail hunting is a smokescreen and that police don't adequately monitor trail hunts, and

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate

Dec. 04 2023

Source Page: Correspondence that contains the word 'idiot' or 'idiotic' in 2023: FOI release
Document: FOI - 202300355256 - Information release (PDF)

Found: regarding foxes being torn from their lai rs and torn to pieces by Red coat hunters and thrown to hunting

Written Question
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting
Monday 27th November 2023

Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a ban on trail hunting on land owned by her Department.

Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Since the introduction of the Act, many hunt organisations across the country have worked hard to adapt their activities towards trail hunting, which is intended to retain important traditions as part of the fabric of rural life without harming wildlife. The Government takes wildlife crime seriously. In 2022, Defra more than doubled its funding of the National Wildlife Crime Unit from a total of £495,000 over the three previous years to £1.2 million for the three-year period of 2022-25. The Government will not amend the Hunting Act.

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
This report sets out the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee's consideration of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.
 Stage 1 report on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill

Report Nov. 20 2023

Committee: Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Found: __________ 56 Delegated power provisions ______________________________________________ 57 Proposed ban

Commons Chamber
Economic Growth - Tue 14 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Alistair Strathern (Lab - Mid Bedfordshire) but I will try to keep it brief, as I explain why those who were unable to join us on the by-election trail - Speech Link
2: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) ago and that featured in most of the main parties’ political manifestos, was the banning of trophy hunting - Speech Link
3: Stephen Morgan (Lab - Portsmouth South) The failure to ban so-called conversion therapy represents a complete betrayal of all LGBT+ people at - Speech Link
4: Margaret Greenwood (Lab - Wirral West) I call on the Government to ban both those technologies once and for all as a matter of urgency.This - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Wed 01 Nov 2023

Mentions:
1: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) We are not proposing to ban the sale of snares but we propose to ban their use. - Speech Link
2: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) Dogs can be used to flush foxes to guns for the protection of livestock, as per the Hunting with Dogs - Speech Link
3: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) Jim Fairlie just brought up the issue of licensing under the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023. - Speech Link
4: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) A lot of those nations have big economic sectors around hunting. - Speech Link
5: Carson, Finlay (Con - Galloway and West Dumfries) am still concerned that we heard from the police that every call will automatically create a paper trail - Speech Link

Scottish Government Publication (Factsheet)
Justice Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate

Oct. 31 2023

Source Page: Scottish Crime Recording Standard: Crime Recording and Counting Rules
Document: Scottish Crime Recording Standard Crime Recording and Counting Rules (PDF)

Found: for fighting 51/012 Keeping dogs under proper control, contravention of an order 51/013 Hunting

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Environment and Forestry Directorate

Oct. 31 2023

Source Page: Hunting with Dogs Consultation (November 2021): EIR release
Document: Hunting with Dogs Organisational Responses - 202300345554 (Excel)

Found: Hunting with Dogs Consultation (November 2021): EIR release

Scottish Government Publication (Independent report)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Oct. 09 2023

Source Page: Animal welfare - Scottish Government activity: Scottish Animal Welfare Commission review
Document: Scottish Animal Welfare Commission: Review of Scottish Government Activity affecting the Welfare of Animals, as Sentient Beings (PDF)

Found: Hunting with dogs The Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill, implementing the majority of the recommendations