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 amount of financial loss to a shooting estate can be grounds for granting a licence to kill buzzards.
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Answer
Natural England considers applications for licences to control wildlife on a case by case basis, taking account of relevant factors including, for example, financial impacts. Given the range of circumstances under which a licence may be applied for it is not possible to specify a level of financial loss.
Answered by:
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Conservative)
2 December 2016
Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.