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Trapping

Commons · Question 85988 · Tabled 28 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 4 Nov 2025

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Asked by Joe Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43740 on Animal Welfare: Trapping, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on ending the use of snare traps.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 4 Nov 2025

This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The Secretary of State has had no recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on ending the use of snare traps, but Defra Ministers and officials have regular mee...