§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the common and botanical names of wild plants which are currently categorised in Scotland as586W (a) protected and (b) endangered species; what measures he has in place to protect such species; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir Hector MonroThe Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 provides protection for all wild plants. The subset of endangered or rare species is identified in schedule 8 to the Act, as varied by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988 No. 288) and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 5 and 8) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992 No. 2350).
It is an offence under section 13 of the Act for any unauthorised person to uproot intentionally any wild plant. In the case of the plants listed in schedule 8, it is an offence for any person intentionally to pick, uproot or destroy any example.