United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 81186
Seagulls: Pest Control
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10 October 2025
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17 October 2025 · Answer
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17 October 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of issuing guidance to local authorities on non-lethal deterrents for managing urban gull populations that comply with t
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10 October 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of issuing guidance to local authorities on non-lethal deterrents for managing urban gull populations that comply with t
Source: Commons
17 October 2025
Answer
Natural England has previously issued this guidance on managing wild birds using non-lethal measures. Neither Defra nor Natural England has assessed the merits of developing further targeted guidance for local authorities on this matter but we understand ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-10/81186
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1839680
- uk · wq-1839680 · source updated 17 October 2025