§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on how many occasions during each of the last three years he has issued licences to trap edible dormice; to whom those licences were issued; and what information he records about the number of animals so taken.
§ Mr. RyderLicences to trap glis glis (edible dormouse) were issued under section 16(3) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 on four occasions in the last three years. The licences were issued to occupiers of commercial forests where this non-indigenous animal was causing serious damage. It was a condition of each licence that the numbers of glis glis taken should be reported to the Ministry. Details are as follows:
Year Number taken 1986 1 Licence 4 1987 lst Licence 43 2nd Licence 14 1988 1 Licence 6