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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Birds of Prey: Licensing (29 November 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria Natural England uses for decisions on the granting of licences to kill buzzards.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

Answer

The criteria Natural England uses for decisions on granting of licences to control buzzards are set out in guidance published on the Government website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/552509/6._Lethal_control_Internal_Guidance_Note_Redacted.pdf

This guidance was formally reviewed following the result of the McMorn Judicial Review ruling and revised guidance was published on 3 May 2016.


Answered by:
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Conservative)
2 December 2016

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