The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 6th June 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what recent assessment they have made of the impact of light pollution on wildlife and people.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about impact of light pollution on people and wildlife”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 4th June 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to tackle the illegal wildlife trade; and what assessment they have made of the links between the illegal wildlife trade and financial crime.
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The Bishop of Norwich asked a question on government obligations under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species on 3rd March 2025, during a discussion on climate change:
The Lord Bishop of Norwich: My Lords, on this World Wildlife Day, the day that the United Nations marks the adoption of the CITES—the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species—and given that climate change is having an impact on rare and endangered species and the habitats that support them, making them rarer and more endangered, even extinct, and driving up their illegal value, will the Minister allow us to hear a little bit more about how His Majesty’s Government are working to ensure that their obligations under the CITES are met?
Continue reading “Bishop of Norwich asks about protection of endangered species”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 11th February 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the potential role of beavers in restoring England’s chalk streams.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about role of beavers in restoring chalk streams”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 7th February 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the introduction of a pair of beavers to the River Glaven in Norfolk in 2022 on (1) water pollution, and (2) flood risk.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about impact of beaver reintroduction”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 30th January 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to prevent the illegal release of beavers into the wild.
Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab, DEFRA): This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about prevention of illegal beaver release”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 29th January 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government whether they have decided not to introduce a formal wild release licensing system for beavers, and if so, what assessment they have made of the implications for their climate change and sustainability strategies.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about rules around beaver reintroduction in the UK”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 28th January 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of reintroducing beavers on landscape recovery and natural flood management.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about impact of beavers on the landscape recovery and flood management”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 23rd October 2024:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to prevent the unauthorised release of beavers into the wild, and what plans they have to introduce a national strategy for the authorisation of releases.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about beaver conservation”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 2nd September 2024:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bellamy on 21 March (HL3214) what assessment has been made of the drop in prosecutions for poaching in England, from 107 in 2019 to 34 in 2023.
Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab, DEFRA): The Government recognises the problems and distress which poaching can cause for local communities. Tackling it is one of the UK’s national wildlife crime priorities.
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