Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 102336
Wildlife: Conservation
Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 9 January 2026
Question
Ben Maguire
Liberal Democrat — North Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence her Department considered in deciding to reject the proposed amendments to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, recommended following JNCC's Seventh Quinquennial Review
Answer
Mary CreaghThrough the seventh quinquennial review, JNCC and the Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies provided independent, science-based recommendations on species conservation. In considering that advice Defra took a broader perspective, including reflecting exist...
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