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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...