Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 78498
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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to consolidate wildlife legislation into a single statute that would provide equal prot
Answer
Mary CreaghDefra recognises the view of many stakeholders that the complexity and disparate nature of wildlife legislation is a factor in the challenges experienced in successfully prosecuting wildlife offences. The overriding recommendation of the 2015 Law Commissi...
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