Written Question·Home Office·UIN 78497

Nature Conservation: Crime

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Ruth Jones

LabourNewport West and Islwyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to give wildlife crime notifiable status.

Answer

Sarah Jones
Wildlife crime can have devastating consequences for our natural environments and countryside communities. This Government is committed to reducing crime in rural areas and anyone exploiting or deliberately harming British wildlife should face the full fo...

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