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Hares |
| Question ID: |
1813773 |
| UIN: |
HL8542 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
334 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Robathan
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Robathan
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what information they have on changes in the population of hares in England and Wales over the past 30 years. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4395 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
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| Answering Member handle: |
suehayman1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@suehayman1
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| Answer text: |
There has been a historic decline of brown hares in Britain, predominantly shown through the game bag records, but there is some uncertainty about whether that decline is continuing. The British Trust for Ornithology’s Breeding Bird Survey (Heywood et al,... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |