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<p>The detailed work of the review of the stewardship scheme for anticoagulant rodenticides
is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Oversight Group for Rodenticides, chaired
by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the industry’s representative body, the
Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use met in December 2022 to discuss the existing
stewardship regime and agree areas of focus for its review. Discussions also included
establishing a timetable for the work required to take the review forward during 2023.</p><p>
</p><p>With respect to the issue of wildlife poisoning, there are robust, multi-agency
arrangements in place for enforcing the illegal supply and use of chemicals; with
the illegal poisoning of protected species investigated by a dedicated Wildlife Incident
Investigation Scheme.</p>
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