Captain BROWNasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if he can see his way to impose strict protection for the peewit in view of the benefits that this bird confers on agriculture?
§ Mr. SHORTTI have no power to make Orders under the Wild Birds Protection Acts, except on the application of the county or county borough council. It is, therefore, for the councils to take action in the first instance. Orders are already in force in a number of counties and county boroughs for the protection of the bird and of its eggs, and I understand that the Board of Agriculture are considering the desirability of approaching the other local authorities which have not yet made orders, with a view to their taking similar action.