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1671762

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date	21/11/2023
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	Game: Birds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answers of 16 November 2023 to Question 1065 and 23 October 2023 to Question 202935 on Game: Birds, for what reasons the 37 licences were approved against the recommendations of Natural England.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	2812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>In reaching the decisions in question, the Secretary of State obtained advice from experts in DEFRA and other relevant bodies. In certain cases, it received site-specific information about highly relevant factors including species abundance, roost and pen locations, and release site locations. Ultimately, the relevant decision makers were satisfied – taking into account the totality of advice they received - that there were cogent reasons justifying a departure from Natural England’s advice.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 27/11/2023 10:50:06 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1668918

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Game: Birds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2023 to Question 202935 on Game: Birds, how many of those applications did Natural England recommend approving.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	1065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>With reference to the Answer of 23 October 2023 to Question 202935 on Game Birds, Natural England recommended approving 69 of those licence applications.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 16/11/2023 16:54:44 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1665433

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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	Game: Birds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 June 2023 on General licensing, UIN HCWS820, how many applications to release gamebirds (a) on and (b) within) 500 metres of Special Protection Areas has her Department (i) received, (ii) approved and (iii) sought advice from Natural England.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	202935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Please find below a breakdown of applications received by Defra to release gamebirds within a Special Protection Area or within 500 metres of such an area:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Applications received</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications approved</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications where advice from Natural England considered</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 23/10/2023 13:17:12 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1010274

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Game: Birds
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 the mortality rate was for game bird farms in each year from 2010 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	192783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) do not hold information on the mortality rate for game bird farms in each year from 2010 to 2018.</p><p> </p><p>APHA do not maintain year on year statistics for game farms.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/11/2018 11:50:43 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1010276

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Game: Birds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many game bird farms have more than (a) 20,000 and (b) 50,000 birds.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	192784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) do not hold accurate or reliable figures on the number of birds on game bird premises.</p><p> </p><p>APHA do not maintain year on year statistics for game farms.</p><p> </p><p>At the time of registration the owner of the birds will normally supply APHA with an estimate of the usual numbers likely to be held on the holding.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/11/2018 11:45:27 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1010277

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Game: Birds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission research comparing the welfare of caged game birds with those that are not caged.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	192785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Defra conducted research into gamebird welfare in different rearing systems. The 2010 to 2012 project AW1303 looked at whether cage-based breeding can meet the needs of gamebirds, and if not, to identify best practice. This research found that for pheasants and partridges, providing increased space does not necessarily equate with enhanced welfare.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to this, Defra’s advisory body, the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC), was tasked with considering all aspects of gamebird farming in order to inform future work in this area. This assessment included a range of traditional and more intensive methods of gamebird breeding and rearing, including: breeding partridges in cages; breeding pheasants in grass pens or raised cages; rearing partridges and pheasants in brooder huts with grass pens; and commercial broiler chicken-type sheds with outdoor runs.</p><p> </p><p>In 2008 FAWC published an Opinion on the Welfare of Farmed Gamebirds, and its recommendations fed into Defra’s current Code of Practice for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69379/pb13356-game-birds-100720.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69379/pb13356-game-birds-100720.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/11/2018 15:37:27 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy