Angling: Licensing
(asked on 20th October 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from the Environment Agency and Angling Trust on removing the current £5 charge for a junior rod licence.
This question was answered on 27th October 2015
The Environment Agency has submitted for Defra approval proposals for restructuring the rod licence charges from April 2017. This includes removal of the junior rod licence fee.
In making this proposal, the Environment Agency consulted stakeholders through its England Fisheries Group, which includes the Angling Trust.