Hunting: Prison Sentences
Commons · Question 54143 · Tabled 21 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Joshua Reynolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has considered introducing custodial sentences for people found guilty of illegal hunting under the provisions of the Hunting Act 2004.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 12 Jun 2025
This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans in a generation to improve animal welfare and that is exactly what we will do. The Hunting Act 2004 makes it an offence to hunt a wild mammal with dogs, except where it is carr...