§ Mr. Peter Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the cruelty involved in the trapping of wild birds, he will take steps to put an end to the practice.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe Protection of Birds Acts 1954 and 1967 already make it illegal to use, without authority, a wide range of devices for trapping birds.
Licences for such trapping permit only the use of those methods which involve the least possible suffering.