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Westminster Hall
Open Season for Woodcock - Mon 27 Feb 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Jonathan Gullis (CON - Stoke-on-Trent North) Those views are shared by Jak Abrahams from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I fully support what the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and the Countryside Alliance - Speech Link
3: David Simmonds (CON - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) opportunity to enjoy both the hospitality of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and - Speech Link
4: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) and Conservation said:“The shooting community has placed a voluntary moratorium on shooting woodcock - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Plymouth Shootings - Wed 22 Feb 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None Our thoughts and prayers go out once again to the families and friends of the victims, and to the whole - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) It also includes an estimate by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation that there are - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (CON - Life peer) The fees were last revised in 2015, and we are working closely with the police, the shooting community - Speech Link
4: Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (CB - Life peer) the various police forces, the police and crime commissioners, and GPs across England and Wales, which - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Wild Deer Management and Sustainable Food - Thu 02 Feb 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Charles Walker (CON - Broxbourne) , potato, bread and pasta. - Speech Link
2: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) Trees and hedgerows are vital for habitat and for food for so many species, great and small. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 25 Jan 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Sammy Wilson (DUP - East Antrim) There is no evidence that such activity has led to the conservation and protection of animals. - Speech Link
2: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) work on conservation and animal welfare more generally. - Speech Link
3: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) It will be one of the toughest import bans, covering thousands of species of conservation concern and - Speech Link
4: None It is a clear signal of our commitment to conservation, in line with our wider commitment to halt and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Avian Influenza: Game Birds - Wed 18 Jan 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Colgrain (CON - Excepted Hereditary) game birds; and in respect of any such link, what plans they have to ban the rearing and release of - Speech Link
2: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) If a shoot no longer exists, there will be no predation control, and cover crops being planted and other - Speech Link
3: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) Some work has been done with Natural England and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation - Speech Link
4: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) There is a slightly different strain affecting shore birds and poultry—and pheasants I class with the - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Snares - Mon 09 Jan 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I live on a farm and am a member of the Ulster Farmers’ Union, the British Association for Shooting and - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Indeed, it has already been proven that they are by biologists and others involved in conservation. - Speech Link
3: Robert Goodwill (CON - Scarborough and Whitby) Shooting is the most obvious, but shooting can be very difficult near settlements and in dense vegetation - Speech Link
4: Tracey Crouch (CON - Chatham and Aylesford) game shooting circles as a humane way of catching foxes and other target animals. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill - Fri 25 Nov 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Henry Smith (CON - Crawley) Friend raises an important and alarming point; the so-called “canned” shooting of lions and other majestic - Speech Link
2: Nickie Aiken (CON - Cities of London and Westminster) Shooting magnificent animals such as rhinos, elephants and lions, and calling it “sport”, is abhorrent - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Pow (CON - Taunton Deane) Members know how passionate he is about animal welfare and conservation. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Avian Influenza - Thu 03 Nov 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: None to minimise the economic burden of the outbreak on the food, farming and tourism industries and on the - Speech Link
2: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) Defra and the Government keep consumers and customers informed directly through social media and other - Speech Link
3: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (CON - Life peer) conservation interests. - Speech Link
4: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) , NatureScot, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and non-governmental organisations such as the - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Sixth sitting)
Committee stage:s: 26th sitting - Thu 20 Oct 2022
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None is protected, monitored and managed as a "protected site" or other effective area-based conservation - Speech Link
2: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) that land must be monitored and managed for conservation and restoration. - Speech Link
3: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) activity and mental wellbeing—natural places for walking, cycling and wheeling that have clean air and - Speech Link
4: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) , and their homes, futures and jobs. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Climate and Ecology Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 15 Jul 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Redesdale (LDEM - Life peer) present, and the scientists, lawyers and campaigners who have helped draft and make the case for this - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) excellent report from Natural England, Facilitating Dynamic and Inclusive Biodiversity Conservation - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (CON - Life peer) We have asked the Joint Nature Conservation Committee to advise on and co-ordinate this process, on which - Speech Link
4: Lord Redesdale (LDEM - Life peer) DECC and Defra and now BEIS and Defra—and I have worked with many of them in the past. - Speech Link