Question follow-through · 4913
Beavers: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the rules on beaver (a) protection and (b) management.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the rules on beaver (a) protection and (b) management.
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Sept 2024
Answer published
This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The Government has no plans to review the rules on beaver protection. Beavers are a protected species under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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