HC Deb 20 June 1927 vol 207 cc1506-7W
Dr. SHIELS

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the names, of the Scottish county councils and burghs that have issued local Orders under the Wild Birds Protection Acts, 1880 to 1908, extending the close time after 1st August, and for a list of those county councils and burghs who have also made additions to the 1890 Schedule?

Sir J. GILMOUR

The hon. Member no doubt refers to Orders made by the Secretary of State on the application of county and town councils. The only city or county in Scotland in which the close season for wild birds has been extended after the 31st July by such an Order under the Wild Birds Protection Acts, is the City of Aberdeen.

Orders, however, under Section 1 of the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1896, protecting all wild birds or certain species of wild birds outside the close season have been made for the following cities and counties:—

Cities.
Aberdeen. Edinburgh.
Dundee. Glasgow.
Counties.
Aberdeen. Dumfries.
Argyll. East Lothian.
Ayr. Fife.
Banff. Forfar.
Berwick. Inverness.
Caithness. Kincardine.
Clackmannan. Kinross.
Dunbarton. Kirkcudbright.

Lanark. Ross and Cromarty.
Midlothian. Roxburgh.
Moray. Selkirk.
Nairn. Stirling.
Orkney. Sutherland.
Peebles. Wigtown.
Perth. Zetland.
Renfrew.

Orders making additions to the Schedule to the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880, have been made for Aberdeen City and for the following counties:—

Aberdeen. Lanark.
Argyll. Midlothian.
Ayr. Moray.
Banff. Nairn.
Berwick. Orkney.
Caithness. Peebles.
Clackmannan. Perth.
Dunbarton. Renfrew.
Dumfries. Ross and Cromarty.
East Lothian. Roxburgh.
Fife. Selkirk.
Forfar. Stirling.
Inverness. Sutherland.
Kincardine. Wigtown.
Kinross. Zetland.
Kirkcudbright.