questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what considerations to Red Listed cavity nesting birds are being considered to protect their cavity nesting habitat from inadvertent destruction.
answerText: This Government has no plans to amend the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to provide year-round protection for nesting sites used by swifts. The current National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2024, introduces measures to enhance and p...
heading: Birds: Conservation