HC Deb 09 July 1991 vol 194 cc342-3W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the number of licences issued under section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to permit the killing of(a) barnacle and (b) Greenland white-fronted geese on Islay in order to prevent serious agricultural damage for winter 1990–91 and the total number of geese of each species killed under licence on Islay.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information is as follows:

Barnacles White-fronts
Number of licences issued 24 13
Number reported shot 1,365 62

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