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Hunting on Ministry of Defence land

Early day motion 41, tabled 16 May 2022 by Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party). Signed by 22 members.

That this House notes with concern that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) continues to grant licences for trail and drag hunts on MoD land, including 248 hunts over 13 MoD sites in a single year; notes that leaked footage shows the Hunting Office and the Masters of Fox Hounds Association describing trail and drag hunts as a smokescreen; notes that trail and drag hunts can be, and are used to disguise the illegal and barbaric practice of fox hunting; welcomes the National Trust and Natural Resources Wales’s decisions to ban trail and drag hunting; and calls on the Government to end the licencing of trail and drag hunts on MoD land.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 16, Labour 4, Independent 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.