Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Blencathra (Conservative), on Tuesday, 20 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 37 members in total.

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RELEASE OF GREY SQUIRRELS

That this House commends the work of the European Squirrels Initiative in saving red squirrels; notes with concern that the number of grey squirrels re-released into the wild, under licences granted by Natural England, has reached 257 over the last 18 months; condemns Natural England for breaking section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 without regard for Britain's native red squirrel population; and calls on the Government to take urgent action to prevent further decline of the red squirrel population in the UK.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

328 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Ann Winterton

Ronnie Campbell

Rudi Vis

Bob Russell

Adrian Sanders

Subjects

Nature conservation Wildlife

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk