§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he intends to include the brown hare on the wildlife and countryside list of protected species.
§ Mr. Trippier[holding answer 5 February 1990]We have no current plans to include the brown hare on the list of species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Its position will be considered further during the Nature Conservancy Council's second quinquennial review of species protection under the 1981 Act, due in late 1991.