Written questions

Hare Coursing

Commons · Question 1348 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 21 May 2026

Question

Asked by Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to introduce legislation to create a closed hunting season for hares.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 21 May 2026

This Government committed to consider how to bring forward and introduce a close season for hares in England in its Animal Welfare Strategy, published in December 2025. In short, a close season should reduce the number of adult hares being shot in the bre...