Swans
Commons · Question 81477 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect swans.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 21 Oct 2025
In England all wild birds are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, including Swans. This makes it an offence to kill, injure or take wild birds and to take or damage their eggs and nests.Defra supports the valuable work of the National W...