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1126003

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Birds: Pest Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on which occasions he requested legal advice on the revocation of General Licences 04/05/06 in the last year; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	253444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>In accordance with the usual convention, legal advice is not disclosed outside of the Government. This ensures that the Government can obtain full and frank legal advice in confidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/05/2019 10:50:04 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1124290

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Birds: Pest Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the length of the notice given by Natural England to countryside organisations in advance of the withdrawal of three General Licences on the 24 April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	249803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>Natural England informed stakeholders of the Judicial Review from Wild Justice on 15 March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Natural England announced it would withdraw the licences on 23 April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The licences were withdrawn on 25 April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/05/2019 11:45:45 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1124292

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Birds: Pest Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of applications for individual licences to control avian pest species that were received by Natural England since 25 April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	249810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>Between 25 April and 8 May 2019 Natural England has received 3,828 individual licence applications for the control of wild birds for purposes which were formerly covered by the general licences GL04, GL05 and GL06.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/05/2019 12:33:01 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1124294

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Birds: Pest Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what processes his Department has put in place for the issue of new general licences for avian pest control.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	249811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has taken over ultimate decision making powers for general licences relating to the purposes covered by the three revoked general licences. The Secretary of State will consider the present situation with intensity and urgency; his priority is getting this right. The Government has issued a call for evidence <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defra-launches-call-for-evidence-on-decision-to-revoke-general-licences" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defra-launches-call-for-evidence-on-decision-to-revoke-general-licences</a> to help our consideration of the issues of new general licences.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 249812 question first answered 13/05/2019 09:37:31 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1124295

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Birds: Pest Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to issue General Licences for avian pest control.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	249812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has taken over ultimate decision making powers for general licences relating to the purposes covered by the three revoked general licences. The Secretary of State will consider the present situation with intensity and urgency; his priority is getting this right. The Government has issued a call for evidence <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defra-launches-call-for-evidence-on-decision-to-revoke-general-licences" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defra-launches-call-for-evidence-on-decision-to-revoke-general-licences</a> to help our consideration of the issues of new general licences.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 249811 question first answered 13/05/2019 09:37:31 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching