United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 61833
Hares: Conservation
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23 June 2025
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21 July 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning the shooting of hares in their breeding season.
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23 June 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning the shooting of hares in their breeding season.
Source: Commons
21 July 2025
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The Government considers the need for a close season for hares is justified more by animal welfare concerns than biodiversity and species conservation. In short, a close season should reduce the number of adult hares being shot in the breeding season, whi...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-23/61833
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1815450
- uk · wq-1815450 · source updated 21 July 2025