Trapping: Regulation
Commons · Question 120391 · Tabled 12 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Ruth Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to bring forward legislation to outlaw the use of snare traps.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 19 Mar 2026
This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation and this included a commitment to bring an end to the use of snare traps in England. This was recently reaffirmed in the Government’s ...