Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 61976
Badgers: Conservation
Tabled: 23 June 2025
Answered: 30 June 2025
Named DayQuestion
Vikki Slade
Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the amendments made in Schedule 6, Part 2, Clause 41 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill relating to the Protection of Badger
Answer
Mary CreaghThese 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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