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Dormice

Commons · Question 18031 · Tabled 4 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 12 Dec 2024

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Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Glis Glis (edible dormouse) on (a) indigenous species and (b) property; and whether he plans to take steps to reduce this i

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Answered by Mary Creagh, 12 Dec 2024

An assessment of the risk of edible dormouse (Glis Glis) published by the Great Britain Non-Native Species Secretariat identified that there were potential impacts of edible dormouse on native species of hole nesting birds and on trees. It also identified...