§ 14. Mr. RobathanTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on the control of mink. [55127]
§ Alun MichaelThe responsibility for the control of wild mink rests with those people most likely to benefit from such control, the individual landowners and occupiers. Predation by mink has been a factor in the decline of our native water vole population. The Government's Biodioversity Action Plan for water vole encourages control of mink where they pose a threat to water vole populations.