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Written question asked by Rhodri Morgan (Labour) on Monday, 9 March 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 March 1998. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Thursday, 12 March 1998 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.


Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the percentage of the United Kingdom (a) dunlin and (b) redshank over-wintering population covered by conservation agreements in connection with the agreements signed with the European Commission Environmental Protection Directorate at the time of approval for the Cardiff Bay Barrage; and what was the timetable agreed in undertakings given to the Environmental Protection Directorate for the establishment of conservation agreements for habitats of (a) dunlin and (b) redshank expresses as a percentage of the over-wintering populations in any one year. - Inc figures.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
308 c268-9W; 34173;34174
Session
1997-98
Subjects
Compensation Birds EU action Nature conservation Cardiff Bay barrage European Commission
Contains statistics
Yes