Question follow-through · 12218
Beavers: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding schemes to reintroduce beavers into the wild.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 31 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 6 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
31 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding schemes to reintroduce beavers into the wild.
6 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Nov 2024
Answer published
This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Yes, assessments of the potential merits of beaver reintroductions in England have been made. Most notably, beginning in 2015, a 5-year trial for beaver wild releas...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Environmental Land Management Schemes
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16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) hunting with hounds and (b) trail hunting on rural communities.
Deer: Hunting
16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the use of exemptions within the Hunting Act 2004 for stag hunting.
Hedges and Ditches: Environment Protection
18 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) bring forward legislative proposals to (i) formally recognise, (ii) protect and (iii) otherwise support the management of Cornish hedges and (b) provide funding for such
Bathing Water Regulations 2013
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Beavers
4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Natural England plans to reintroduce beavers into the wild in 2025.
Packaging: Recycling
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Packaging: Recycling
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Packaging: Recycling
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