§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 5 March 1998,Official Report, column 705, how many prosecutions have been mounted and convictions secured for the illegal persecution of the hen harrier since 1988. [38211]
§ Mr. George HowarthInformation held on the Home Office Court Proceedings database concerning offences against birds under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, does not identify the species involved.
However, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds' annual report for 1996 shows that three hen harriers were known to have been killed illegally in that year.