Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 94315

Badgers

Tabled: 25 November 2025

Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Chris Hinchliff

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of potential impact of the proposed changes to the Protection of Badgers Act on shooting badgers.

Answer

Mary Creagh

These amendments standardise licences for development purposes under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 with those for other species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations, 2017. This is intend...

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