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Written Question
Poultry
Tuesday 16th December 2014

Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with (a) shooting bodies, (b) the Countryside Alliance, (c) the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and (d) the CLA on the control of geese by shooting.

Answered by George Eustice

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has had no recent discussions with shooting bodies, the Countryside Alliance, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation or the CLA on the control of geese by shooting.

Written Question
Birds: Trapping
Tuesday 22nd July 2014

Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the (a) British Association for Shooting and Conservation and (b) Countryside Alliance on Larsen traps for the control of corvids.

Answered by George Eustice

Defra Ministers have not discussed the use of Larsen traps for the control of corvids with either the British Association for Shooting and Conservation or the Countryside Alliance.