Question follow-through · 112043
Game: Gun Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent illegal persecution of hen harriers and other birds of prey on land managed for gamebird shooting.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 9 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 18 Feb 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent illegal persecution of hen harriers and other birds of prey on land managed for gamebird shooting.
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Feb 2026
Answer published
The illegal killing of any wild bird of prey on land managed for gamebird shooting is unacceptable. Bird of prey persecution is a national wildlife crime priority and there are strong penalties in place for offences committed against these birds. Defra su...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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