Written question asked by Owen Paterson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 4 February 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 February 2004. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Thursday, 12 February 2004 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the criteria are for designating an animal species in the United Kingdom as (a) an endangered and (b) a protected species; under what circumstances an animal previously categorised in the United Kingdom as endangered or protected is deregistered or otherwise removed from the list; and what conditions must be met for statutory protection to be removed. - Inc ref to 417 c1W, 26 January 2004.

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