{"value":{"id":1894271,"askingMemberId":5311,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-03-24T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-03-26T00:00:00","uin":"123420","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are she is taking to implement a ban on the use of snares in England; and when she expects to publish a timeline for this policy.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1579,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-03-31T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation and this included a commitment to bring an end to the use of snare traps in England.</p><p> </p><p>This was recently reaffirmed in the Government’s Animal Welfare Strategy, published in December 2025. Defra is now actively looking to bring a ban on snares into force as swiftly as possible.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Trapping","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1894271","method":"GET"}]}