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Badgers: Conservation

Commons · Question 61976 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 30 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Vikki Slade

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the amendments made in Schedule 6, Part 2, Clause 41 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill relating to the Protection of Badger

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 30 Jun 2025

These amendments standardise licences for development purposes under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 with those for other species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations, 2017. This is intend...