HC Deb 30 July 1951 vol 491 c146W
Mr. Hastings

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the Lord President of the Council. whether he will take steps to arrange for the Nature Conservancy or the Bureau of Animal Population to investigate the habits and abundance of the otter, with a view t3 ascertaining whether or to what extent and by what means, its numbers should be controlled, in view. of the recommendations set forth in paragraph 316 of the Report of the Committee on Cruelty to Wild Animals, Command Paper No. 8266

Mr. de Freitas

This recommendation, together with the other recommendations made by the Committee, is still under consideration.