To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will introduce legislation to amend the Hunting Act 2004 (a) to repeal provisions which allow mammals to be chased by dogs then (i) shot and (ii) hunted by a bird of prey and (b) to ban chasing mammals with dogs. (107687)

The Government have no plans to amend the Hunting Act 2004. We are satisfied with the operation of the Act, which bans all hunting of wild mammals with dogs, apart from in accordance with the tightly-drawn exemptions.