Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 63488

Deer: Conservation

Tabled: 27 June 2025

Answered: 7 July 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with land managers in Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency on the (a) management and (b) conservation of red deer.

Answer

Mary Creagh

As this is a devolved matter, any conversations with Scottish landowners on management of red deer would be conducted by the Scottish Government.