§ Sir Cranley OnslowTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many applications his Department has received in the last 12 months for licences to control cormorant numbers on Scottish fisheries; and how many of these have been approved.
§ Sir Hector Monro[holding answer 13 December 1993]Details of the number of applications made and686W licences issued in the last 12 months by my Department to shoot cormorants in order to prevent serious damage to fisheries are as follows:
1992 September to December 1993 February to April Cormorants only applications 6 8 Licences granted 6 7 Cormorants and sawbill duck applications 3 17 Licences granted 0 14 Licence information for autumn 1993—September to December—is not yet available.