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House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Education and Skills Committee
Date
1 February 2006
Reference
HC 478-v 2005-06
House
House of Commons

Whether they have conducted any research into predation on songbirds in recent years; and, if so, what were the results.

Asked by
Lord Rotherwick (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 November 2005
Reference
2535; 676 c55-6WA
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her estimate of the (a) sparrow and (b) buzzard population has been in each of the last five years.

Asked by
Mark Tami (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 October 2005
Reference
16604; 437 c666W;437 c679W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effects of additives present in lead free petrol on the sparrow population.

Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 April 2003
Reference
108945; 404 c38-9W;404 c39W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to de-designate (a) starlings and (b) house sparrows as pests. - Includes ref to Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Asked by
Andrew Dismore (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 March 2003
Reference
99617; 401 c145W
House
House of Commons

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on wild birds.

Lead member
Graham Allen
Answering member
Elliot Morley
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Adjournment debates
Date
4 February 2003
Reference
399 c22-9WH
House
House of Commons

Whether they have discovered reasons for the present scarcity of birds in the London area, in particular house sparrows and starlings. [HL 1097].

Asked by
Lord Campbell of Croy (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
29 January 2003
Reference
HL 1097; 643 c163-4WA
House
House of Lords

Whether research is under way into the decline in the population of starlings and house sparrows; and, in view of this decline, whether they will provide protection for these species and cease to classify them as pests. [HL 2550].

Asked by
Lord Hardy of Wath (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 May 2000
Reference
613 c93WA; HL 2550
House
House of Lords

That this House supports The Independent newspaper's campaign to establish convincing scientific evidence for the alarming decline in the number of house sparrows in Britain, particularly in urban and city centres; notes that the RSPB estimates that there has been a fall on average in the last 30 years of...

Primary sponsor
Paul Marsden (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
16 May 2000
Reference
735
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
3 February 1999
Reference
596 c1492
House
House of Lords
Whether they will respond to the rapid reduction in the number of house sparrows, especially in London, and whether the cause has been identified.
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
3 February 1999
Reference
596 c1492
House
House of Lords