| Heading: |
Fish: Animal Welfare |
| Question ID: |
1746385 |
| UIN: |
17463 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5335 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Jess Brown-Fuller
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| Asking Member handle: |
JessBrownFuller
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JessBrownFuller
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of restricting the use of treble barbed fishhooks in England and Wales. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-05 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
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| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
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| Answer text: |
The use of barbed hooks is currently restricted by several byelaws covering specific fisheries in areas throughout England and Wales. The suitability and need for these restrictions will continue to be monitored and may inform changes if appropriate, howe... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |