Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38817

Beavers: Cornwall

Tabled: 17 March 2025
Answered: 28 March 2025

Question

Anna Gelderd

LabourSouth East Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making Cornwall a priority location for a wild beaver release.

Answer

Mary Creagh
This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only. A licence is needed to release any beavers into the wild. Applications will be considered against comprehensive wild release criteria. These criteria have been desi...

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