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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with members of the (a) Welsh Assembly and (b) Welsh Government on the change to general licences for the control of wild birds.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1202452", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1202452/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In 2020 Natural England has refused 19 such individual licences for jackdaws, 13 for jays and 11 for rooks within European protected sites and a 300 metre buffer zone around them.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Natural England has not granted any such licences for jackdaws or rooks this year but has granted one for jays.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Before granting such an individual licence Natural England requires evidence that:<\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>there is a genuine problem to resolve or need to satisfy, for which a statutory licensing purpose applies<\/li><li>there are no satisfactory alternatives, including non-lethal solutions having been tried or considered and shown to be ineffective<\/li><li>the licensed action will contribute to resolving the problem or meeting the need<\/li><li>the action to be licensed is proportionate to the problem or need<\/li><li>the licenced action will not have an adverse effect on the conservation status of any species or habitat<\/li><\/ul>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for individual licences for the control of (a) jackdaws, (b) jays and (c) rooks to conserve wildlife within European protected sites have been refused.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1202456", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1202456/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In 2020 Natural England has refused 19 such individual licences for jackdaws, 13 for jays and 11 for rooks within European protected sites and a 300 metre buffer zone around them.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Natural England has not granted any such licences for jackdaws or rooks this year but has granted one for jays.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Before granting such an individual licence Natural England requires evidence that:<\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>there is a genuine problem to resolve or need to satisfy, for which a statutory licensing purpose applies<\/li><li>there are no satisfactory alternatives, including non-lethal solutions having been tried or considered and shown to be ineffective<\/li><li>the licensed action will contribute to resolving the problem or meeting the need<\/li><li>the action to be licensed is proportionate to the problem or need<\/li><li>the licenced action will not have an adverse effect on the conservation status of any species or habitat<\/li><\/ul>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many individual applications for wildlife management licencees for control of (a) jackdaws, (bi) jays and (c) rooks within (a) European protected sites and (b) buffer zones for those sites were granted by Natural England in the latest period for which information is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4460", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1202459/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In 2020 Natural England has refused 19 such individual licences for jackdaws, 13 for jays and 11 for rooks within European protected sites and a 300 metre buffer zone around them.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Natural England has not granted any such licences for jackdaws or rooks this year but has granted one for jays.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Before granting such an individual licence Natural England requires evidence that:<\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>there is a genuine problem to resolve or need to satisfy, for which a statutory licensing purpose applies<\/li><li>there are no satisfactory alternatives, including non-lethal solutions having been tried or considered and shown to be ineffective<\/li><li>the licensed action will contribute to resolving the problem or meeting the need<\/li><li>the action to be licensed is proportionate to the problem or need<\/li><li>the licenced action will not have an adverse effect on the conservation status of any species or habitat<\/li><\/ul>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence is required for applications for individual licences for the control of (a) jackdaws, (b) jays and (c) rooks to conserve wildlife within (a) European protected sites and (b) the buffer zones of those sites.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4460", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1200200/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Natural England has received approximately 160 applications to control Corvid species on or close to European protected sites. To date, 26 of these applications have been granted, 8 rejected, with 126 still to be determined or have been withdrawn. For some applications, not all corvid species for which a licence has been requested have been granted.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4522", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rebecca Pow"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for individual licences were made in 2020 for the control of common pest and predatory corvids to conserve wildlife within European protected sites and 300m buffer zones; and how many of those have been granted.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4778", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Greg Smith"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1176847/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Secretary of State granted general licences for the lethal control of certain wild birds in June 2019, which are valid until 29 February 2020. Since June 2019, Defra has been undertaking a review of these general licences, including a public survey which generated over 4,400 responses, a review of scientific evidence and a series of workshops with licence users and other stakeholders. The Secretary of State will make an announcement soon on licensing arrangements from 1 March.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4778", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Greg Smith"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1148122", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1148122/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4062", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the general licences for bird control that were introduced in April 2019.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4098", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many licences his Department has issued to kill (a) cormorants and (b) goosanders in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/116", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1129602", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
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