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Written question asked by Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 21 March 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 March 2024. It was answered by Rebecca Pow (Conservative) on Tuesday, 2 April 2024 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Parrots: Non-native Species

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 4 October 2022 to Question 46153 on Parrots: Non-native Species, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of ring-necked parakeets on other native wildlife.

Answer

An assessment carried out in 2021 concluded there was sufficient evidence to warrant the inclusion of ring-necked parakeet as a target species on the General Licence to kill or take wild birds for conservation purposes.

A prior risk assessment for ring-necked parakeets was published by the GB Non-Native Species Secretariat in March 2011 (See risk assessment here: RA_Psittacula_krameri_(Ring-necked_Parakeet) (nonnativespecies.org)). The conclusion of this assessment was that this species posed a medium risk (with low uncertainty), with the potential to negatively impact populations of cavity nesting birds.

These risk assessments may be updated when substantive new scientific evidence is made available that could alter the outcome of the risk assessment. The assessment has already concluded that this species poses a conservation threat. Defra is not aware that there is new evidence currently that would alter the conclusion of the risk assessment. Therefore, there are no immediate plans for a re-assessment of ring-necked parakeets.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
19969
Session
2023-24
Related items
Parrots: Non-native Species
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Wildlife Parrots Non-native species
Link
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