Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the Hunting Act 2004 to ban trail hunting.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
We recognise it is possible that dogs may on occasion pick up and follow the scent of live foxes during a trail hunt. Failure to prevent dogs from chasing or killing a fox may be taken as intent to break the law. Enforcement of the Hunting Act is an operational matter for the police.
The Government has made a manifesto commitment not to change the Hunting Act.
Apr. 14 2023
Source Page: Wildlife crime in Scotland: annual report 2021Found: The accused received a four -year ban on keeping dogs and a community payback order. 18 Within the
Written Evidence Mar. 29 2023
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)Found: of policy proposals and commitments, including: Delivering on the 2019 Manifesto Commitment to ban
Written Evidence Mar. 29 2023
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)Found: with action already underway in Wales, and the Scottish government are similarly considering a ban
Feb. 28 2023
Source Page: Stories from the Future: exploring new technology through useful fictionFound: Looking at my electromagnetic spectrum scans, I can see the EM trail of another battle swirling around
Feb. 28 2023
Source Page: Stories from the Future: exploring new technology through useful fictionFound: Looking at my electromagnetic spectrum scans, I can see the EM trail of another battle swirling around
Mentions:
1: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) Sadly, trail hunting is sometimes used as a smokescreen for illegal hunting, and the Defence Infrastructure - Speech Link
2: Dan Carden (LAB - Liverpool, Walton) LGBT veterans independent review revealed that the police records of veterans convicted during the ban - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None We have not had any sign of it, and we have been hunting for it pretty systematically before Report. - Speech Link
2: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) the UK.New clause 37 would stop those who have burned through multiple limited companies, leaving a trail - Speech Link
3: Kevin Hollinrake (CON - Thirsk and Malton) Member for Feltham and Heston, seeks to ban those convicted under the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: McAllan, Màiri (SNP - Clydesdale) In addition, unlike the situation with trail hunting, we do not currently have evidence to suggest that - Speech Link
2: Burgess, Ariane (Green - Highlands and Islands) We have to remember that mounted hunts never went trail hunting until that was the only way that they - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: McAllan, Màiri (SNP - Clydesdale) Once it was agreed to, Scotland became the first part of the United Kingdom to ban fox hunting, and that - Speech Link
2: Smyth, Colin (Lab - South Scotland) two dogs for searching and flushing out foxes, and the inclusion of new offences that will prevent trail - Speech Link
3: Burgess, Ariane (Green - Highlands and Islands) King Charles previously lobbied to scrap the Westminster bill to ban fox hunting in England and Wales - Speech Link