Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 14188

Seagulls

Tabled: 13 November 2024

Answered: 20 November 2024

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the protected status of seagulls.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Government has no plans to change the legal protections for gull species. The Joint Nature Conservation Committee Seabird Census (2015-2021) and the 2024 Birds of Conservation Concern report indicate substantial population declines due to, for example...

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