Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82872
Wildlife: Conservation
Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025
Question
Dr Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect (a) swans and (b) pond wildlife in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer
Mary CreaghIn England all wild birds are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, including Swans. This makes it an offence to kill, injure or take wild birds and to take or damage their eggs and nests. Other priority and threatened species, including ...
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