§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, by estate, those occasions on which birds belonging to protected species have been found(a) shot, (b) poisoned or (c) otherwise illegally killed in each of the past five years; and what were the number of (i) prosecutions and (ii) convictions which have resulted.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe number of birds of protected species poisoned in Wales in each of the last five years is:
Year Number of birds poisoned 1989 12 1990 2 1991 3 1992 7 1993 7 No information on poisonings is held by estate and none of the other information sought is held centrally.