Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 76208
Owner Occupation: Bats
Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025
Question
Ben Maguire
Liberal Democrat — North Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to issue guidance for homeowners who discover bats in their property.
Answer
Mary CreaghAll bats, including their breeding sites and resting places, are protected under UK and international law. This strict legal protection makes it an offence to deliberately capture, injure, or kill bats; to damage or destroy a breeding or resting place; or...
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