Gun Sports: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 43502 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of clay pigeon shooting on (a) business growth and (b) job creation in rural communities.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 8 Apr 2025
Rural areas offer significant potential for growth and are important to our economy, contributing over £315 billion a year to England alone. Defra has not made a formal assessment on contribution of clay pigeon shooting to the rural economy; however, we k...