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 Democrat — Inverness, 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 CreaghThe 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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