Luke Myer MP today (7 December 2026) served on a committee in Parliament which passed new regulations to close a loophole on the sale of cruel glue traps across the UK.

The regulations ensure that glue traps cannot be sold anywhere in the UK, bringing market access rules into line with long standing animal welfare protections in England and Wales, and more recent legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament. Without this change, differences in devolved law risked allowing glue traps to be sold across borders.

Glue traps are widely recognised as inhumane, causing prolonged suffering to animals caught in them, including dehydration, injury and distress, and often affecting non target species such as birds and pets. While their use has already been tightly restricted, this change ensures that they cannot be sold by the back door.

Speaking after the committee, Luke Myer MP said:

“Glue traps are cruel, outdated and have no place in a modern country that takes animal welfare seriously. This was a necessary and proportionate fix to make sure the law works as intended across the whole UK, while respecting devolution and avoiding unintended loopholes.”

It follows the Labour Government publishing its Animal Welfare Strategy last month, the biggest set of animal welfare reforms in a generation . The strategy commits to ending puppy farming and further cracking down on puppy smuggling, improving protections for livestock from dog attacks, and closing loopholes that have allowed poor practice to persist. Backed by animal welfare charities, farmers and retailers alike, the reforms aim to bring law and practice into line with the latest evidence, with the government working alongside stakeholders to deliver these changes by 2030.

The regulations on glue traps were approved by the committee and will now come into force, completing the ban on the sale of glue traps across the UK.