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Hares (Close Season) Bill [HL]

A Bill to establish a close season, from the start of February to the end of September, during which the killing or taking of brown hares is prohibited; protect mountain hares; repeal the seasonal prohibition of the sale of hares in the Hares Preservation Act 1892; and for connected purposes.

Independent editorial summary — not the official statute text. Read the official version on legislation.gov.uk.

Sponsor: Baroness Helic (Conservative)

Introduced:

Current stage: 2nd reading

Last ingested: 2026-08-24 from uk-parliament-bills.

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