January

It will come as a welcome relief to the farming industry that Defra’s announcement on the 26^th of January finally puts a significant amount of detail into the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) tier of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme. 

We provide an update on the Hunting with Dogs Bill, snaring, Avian influenza and the Wildlife Management (Grouse) Bill consultation.

This Monday (9 January), the Petitions Committee debated a recent e-petition calling for a ban on the use of snares. Nick Fletcher, who brought the petition, gave a detailed account of how a humane cable restraint, pioneered by the GWCT, differs from a traditional snare.

the Petitions Committee is set to debate ““Make the use of free-running snares illegal for trapping wildlife” on 9^th January and the GWCT has briefed Nick Fletcher MP who will lead the debate as well as other MPs who might be involved.