Found: Some of the issues around viability—particularly where there are lots of heritage and conservation

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals his Department has paid for in each of the last three financial years.

Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The following is a combined list of subscriptions that the Defra Library and Communications have paid for over the last three financial years. Some are in print and some are online. Not everything on the list was purchased in all three years – subscriptions change on demand and to reflect usage. Information on any subscriptions from other team budgets is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.

Defra Library purchases magazines and journals for Defra, Animal and Plant Health Agency and Natural England staff to support them in their role. The Communications team purchases newspapers for monitoring the media coverage of issues in Defra’s remit.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 12 July 2023 (HL9069), which stated that “Introducing a close season for brown hares remains an option”, what indicators they are using to assess the necessity of this option, and how frequently they review it.

Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The proposal to introduce a close season for the brown hare, referred to in HL9069, was set out in the Government’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare. In terms of the necessity of a close season from a wildlife conservation perspective, the brown hare is one of the indicator species for our legally binding targets in England to halt the decline in species abundance by 2030 and then reverse declines by 2042. We know that in order to meet these targets we will need large-scale habitat creation and restoration and improved connectivity but this will be supplemented where appropriate by intelligence on individual species. While there are no immediate plans to undertake a national mammal population review as was conducted in 2018, we should get an idea of trends in our brown hare population from published surveys, for example from the British Trust for Ornithology’s mammal recording, which it has been conducting since 1995 with a view to helping improve our knowledge of the distribution and population trends of some of our commoner mammals.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the SHOT-SWITCH research project, published in Conservation Evidence, about the voluntary transition from hunting with lead to non-lead ammunition in Great Britain; and what plans they have to ban the use of lead shot in hunting in England.

Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The use of lead shot in England and Wales is already prohibited in specific circumstances by existing legislation – including on all foreshores, and in or over specified sites of special scientific interest, predominantly wetlands.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is currently preparing recommendations on further action to restrict the use of lead in ammunition. This work has included looking at information submitted to them with regard to possible options to control the use of lead ammunition. The previous SHOT-SWITCH study has been considered and is referenced in the background document of evidence (attached to this answer) which was put out with the public consultation last year.

HSE expects to issue its final restriction opinions later this year. The decision to apply any UK REACH restrictions as a further regulatory measure, or not to do so, will subsequently be made by the Defra Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish and Welsh Ministers.

Found: claims for compensation and listed building purchase notices) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation

create a conservation site in south wales or possibly use already established conservation sites and create a Red squirrel conservation zone. The RCT and Cardiff area lacks serious wildlife so that would be a perfect place for it

Found: Create a red squirrel conservation zone in South Wales

Found: (7) For the purposes of this section, “Protected Area” includes Special Areas of Conservation

Found: (7) For the purposes of this section, “protected area” includes Special Areas of Conservation

Found: To support built and historic environment conservation as the means to deliver successful places, which

Found: Germany), so our findings will also be of relevance to conservation of the species in parts of Europe

Found: £30,960 (£15.88 per hour) £30,960 (£15.88 per hour) £30,960 (£15.88 per hour) Yes 2151 Conservation

Found: £30,960 (£15.88 per hour) £30,960 (£15.88 per hour) £30,960 (£15.88 per hour) Yes 2151 Conservation

Found: Anna is Chief Executive of Oxford Preservation Trust, an independent local charity dedicated to the conservation

Found: The government is working at pace to intervene after the condition of the River Wye Special Area of Conservation

Found: Cornwall inshore fishing industry and is a former committee member of the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation

Found: In accordance with section 66(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (

Found: In accordance with section 66(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (

Found: International or European designated sites (Ramsar, Special Protection Area or Special Areas of Conservation

Found: Natural England’s advice to Defra in accordance with Regulation 63(3) of The Conservation of Habitats

Found: Supplementary conservation advice re the site, its conservation objectives, and the status of its qualifying

Found: companies and platforms across renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy storage, e-mobility, resource conservation

Found: Anna is Chief Executive of Oxford Preservation Trust, an independent local charity dedicated to the conservation

Found: The government is working at pace to intervene after the condition of the River Wye Special Area of Conservation

Found: Company Ltd, of Paradise Road, in Richmond-upon-Thames, paid £7,103.45 to Surrey Wildlife Trust for conservation

Found: Cornwall inshore fishing industry and is a former committee member of the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation

Found: Once the value of these ecosystems has been quantified, we hope this will lead to increased conservation

Found: Once the value of these ecosystems has been quantified, we hope this will lead to increased conservation

Found: Education, environment, conservation and heritage charities reported large increases in volunteer figures

Found: Interim Chair of Joint Nature Conservation Committee appointed

Found: Larry Keith studied painting conservation at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge. 

Found: representatives, including those focused on fisheries management plans (FMPs) • two Inshore Fisheries and Conservation

Found: The site is within the Clifton and Hotwells Conservation Area (designated as a conservation area on 26

Found: dwelling (nor any other property in this terrace) is listed but the site is situated in the Clifton Conservation

Found: This strategy incorporates measures for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity

Found: There is one special area of conservation (SAC) Burnham Beeches situated within 10,000m of the site

Found: designated cons ervation areas (such as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Areas of Conservation

Found: and Biodiversity Management 610/0048/3 Animal Studies, Wildlife and Conservation Qualification claim

Found: Final date for results to be issued to candidates Back to contents Animal Studies, Wildlife and Conservation

Found: Level 3 Diploma in British Wildlife Rehabilitation Studies 610/0047/2 Animal Studies, Wildlife and Conservation

Found: Nature conservation, landscape, heritage and protected species and habitat designations We have checked

Found: A Nature and Heritage Conservation Screening shows that there are no designated habitat sites around

Found: 5PF5599.9DLUHCPINS2024-02-19 00:00:00TrainingHuman ResourcesBirmingham City UniversityLarge5106307630 MA Conservation

Found: 5,599.90 DLUHC PINS 19/02/2024 Training Human Resources Birmingham City University Large 5106307630 MA Conservation

Found: Any discussions regarding FMPs will be progressed through our Fisheries Management and Conservation

Found: since 2016, count data from the most recent five years have been used in annual assessments of the conservation

Found: Afforestation)413030902304KINLOCH HILLS & BROADFORDNG749218030/517/423BROADFORDHIGHLAND COUNCILSpecial Area Conservation

Found: Commission References Redmond, C. (2013) Birds in Zoos in England: An Assessment of Welfare, Conservation

Found: Welfare Commission ReferencesRedmond, C. (2013) Birds in Zoos in England: An Assessment of Welfare, Conservation

Found: Welfare Commission ReferencesRedmond, C. (2013) Birds in Zoos in England: An Assessment of Welfare, Conservation

Found: Other planning -related consents that can involve technical complexity such as Listed Building , Conservation

Found: of high -level speakers, includes: • Razan Al Mubarak, president of the International Union for Conservation