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Poaching

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many instances of poaching in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) England have been reported to his Department in each of the last five years. (278323)

DEFRA does not record this information. However, partly in response to reports of poaching received by the National Wildlife Crime Unit through police forces, poaching is one of the UK wildlife crime priorities for 2009 and measures to tackle it have been stepped up. If DEFRA received reports of poaching, either the information would be passed to the police, or the person reporting the activity would be advised to contact the police.