§ Mr. CanavanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what licences have been issued over the past year for the killing of(a) peregrines and (b) sparrowhawks; and for what reasons they were issued. [50455]
§ Angela EagleDetails of licences issued under Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to kill and take birds are contained in Reports by the United Kingdom to the European Community on Derogations under Article 9 of the Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC). The latest report for which figures are available covers 1996, and a copy of this report is in the Library of the House.