Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 73388
Bats: Conservation
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025
Question
Catherine Fookes
Labour — Monmouthshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what actions he is taking to mitigate the potential impact of the built environment on bat populations.
Answer
Mary CreaghAll bats, including their breeding sites and resting places, are protected under UK and international law. This strict legal protection makes it an offence to deliberately capture, injure, or kill bats; to damage or destroy a breeding or resting place; or...
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