§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list, by estate, those occasions on which birds belonging to protected species have been found(a) shot, (b) poisoned or (c) otherwise illegally killed in each of the past five years; and what is the number of (i) prosecutions and (ii) convictions which have resulted.
§ Mr. Tim SmithRecords are not kept by estate of those occasions on which birds belonging to protected species have been found(a) shot (b) poisoned or (c) otherwise illegally killed.
286WThe figures set out in the table list by year for Northern Ireland as a whole (i) the numbers of birds which the Department knows to have been shot, poisoned or illegally killed; (ii) prosecutions and (iii) convictions.
Birds Prosecutions Convictions Shot Birds Poisoned Otherwise illegally killed 1989 5 8 Nil 5 5 1990 Nil Nil Nil — — 1991 Nil 1 3 1 1 1992 1 2 Nil 1 1 1993 Nil 3 Nil 1 1