Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Danny Kruger and Mary Creagh

Thursday 19th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mary Creagh]

We were delighted by the Supreme Court judgment on Dartmoor wild camping and we understand the calls to expand it. However, we have no plans to extend it, as it does need to be balanced with landowner rights and habitat protection.

[Danny Kruger (East Wiltshire) (Con)]

The gamekeepers employed by the military shoots on Salisbury plain are an essential resource in preserving that rare and special habitat, but DEFRA has given the rights to award licences to the shoots to Natural England, a quango that is ideologically opposed to shooting. Will the Minister take responsibility and ensure that the shoots on Salisbury plain get their licences this year?