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<p>Seal conservation is a devolved issue so I can only respond with respect to England.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No licences to cull seals have been issued
in England since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This means that no permission
has been granted for any common or grey seals to be taken or killed out of season.
All common seals and the majority of grey seals are protected all year-round through
a conservation order in the East of England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government
has not, however, made an assessment of the number of seals which may have been killed
off the English coast, notwithstanding the licensing and conservation order protections.</p><p>
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