Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Hunting Act 2004 to ban hunting with dogs completely.

The Hunting Act 2004 already makes it an offence to hunt a wild mammal with dogs, except where it is carried out in accordance with the exemptions in the Act. Those found guilty of non-compliance are subject to the full force of the law. HM Government has made a manifesto commitment not to change the Hunting Act.