Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 89176

Nature Conservation

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal DemocratInverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent offences against protected species.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government takes crimes against wildlife seriously and there is a range of legislation in place to protect it. Most notably, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 protects all wild birds and some wild animals in England and Wales. Under this Act, as w...

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