Business of the House

Perran Moon Excerpts

Thursday 12th November 2026 Commons Chamber

[Sir Alan Campbell]

The Government are absolutely committed to outlining our vision for devolution in England and delivering good growth in every part of the United Kingdom, but my hon. Friend raises a really important matter: how mayors are held to account and scrutinised. Parliament has a really important role in scrutinising both the operation of the devolution system and the stewardship of public money, and I can assure him that these matters are being discussed at the heart of Government.

[Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth) (Ind)]

Meur ras, Madam Deputy Speaker. Trail hunting is a shameless cover for the barbaric practice of foxhunting, and the Government were elected on a manifesto commitment to ban it. Will the Leader of the House encourage the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to confirm when it will publish the response to the consultation that ended in June, so that the Government can make good on their pledge and bring forward an effective and enforceable ban?

[Sir Alan Campbell]

The Government are committed to introducing an effective ban on trail hunting and, as my hon. Friend says, we have consulted on how best to take the ban forward. The consultation received 184,000 responses, and DEFRA plans to publish a summary of responses as soon as possible.