§ Dr. SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he has taken to ensure that all perpetrators of attacks on badgers are brought to justice.
§ Mr. Charles WardleBadgers receive more protection in law than any other unendangered animal. The Protection of Badgers Act 1992 makes it an offence to kill, injure, ill-treat or take a badger, or attempt to do so, or to dig for one, except under licence or in certain particular circumstances defined in the Act. The baiting of any animal is prohibited by the Protection of Animals Act 1911.
The enforcement of the law is a matter for the police.