§ Mr. MealeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the caging of wild birds for use as decoys is permitted under the European Birds directives 1979.
§ Mr. BaldryThe directive prohibits the hunting, capturing or killing of wild birds where the methods used would result in the large-scale or non-selective capture or killing of birds, or would cause the local disappearance of a species. The directive prohibits live birds which are blind or mutilated from being used as decoys.