§ Mr. OnslowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds or other interested parties responding to his consultation paper on the killing of opportunist bird species, that the protection of specified song birds should be an additional reason for authorising the control of magpies, jays and crows.
§ Mr. TrippierA number of respondents to the consultation paper have suggested that the proposed general licences should authorise the control of magpies and crows to protect song birds. We have asked the Nature Conservancy Council for advice on this.