Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 78496
Nature Conservation: Crime
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025
Question
Ruth Jones
Labour — Newport West and Islwyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of wildlife legislation for (a) enforcing and (b) prosecuting wildlife crime.
Answer
Mary CreaghDefra has no current plans to review wildlife legislation for (a) enforcing or (b) prosecuting wildlife crime while recognising there are obvious challenges for enforcement of such activity and successfully bringing prosecutions. For example, the crimes o...
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