CLOSE SEASON FOR HARE SHOOTING

Early day motion 11, tabled 4 June 2014 by Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 23 members.

That this House deplores the shooting of hares throughout their breeding season as cruel and unnecessary; notes that in Scotland the brown hare and mountain hare now have close seasons to protect nursing mothers and their dependant young; and calls on the Government to confer similar protection on these icons of the British countryside.

Signatures by party: Labour 13, Liberal Democrat 5, Conservative 3, Green 1, Independent 1.