§ Sir Cranley OnslowTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many applications for a licence to shoot cormorants and saw-billed ducks were received by his Department in the year 1995–96; how many of these were refused; how many birds were licensed to be shot; and how many have been reported as having been shot. [28294]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesBetween 1 April 1995 and 31 March 1996, 15 applications for licences to shoot cormorants and goosanders were received. Two were refused. The 13 licenses issued permitted a maximum number of 37 cormorants and 38 goosanders to be shot as an aid to scaring. Reports on the number of birds shot are still to be fully completed.