United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 98926
Hedgehogs: Conservation
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5 October 2020
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8 October 2020 · Answer
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8 October 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of moving hedgehogs to schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to allow them greater protection.
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5 October 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of moving hedgehogs to schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to allow them greater protection.
Source: Commons
8 October 2020
Answer
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) has recently commenced the seventh Quinquennial Review of schedules 5 and 8 (protected species) to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The JNCC will, late next year, make evidence-based recommendations to ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-10-05/98926
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1240232
- uk · wq-1240232 · source updated 8 October 2020