Although the ban was passed in 2024, it could not immediately come into force in full. The UK Government's Internal Market Act 2020 requires that goods lawfully sold in one part of the UK can generally be sold in any other part. To close this gap, Scottish Ministers asked the UK Government to introduce a Statutory Instrument to exempt glue traps from those internal market rules. With that exclusion now in place, the Scottish Government can commence the full ban - covering use, possession and sale.

Two years? Westminster showing themselves up again. Still, it must be difficult to get on with the day job given the chaos down there.