Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Bradford District Metropolitan Council on the future of the resident curlew population on Ilkley Moor as a result of the Council’s decision not to renew the shooting lease to the Bingley Moor Partnership.
Dr Thérèse Coffey, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment: There have been no discussions with Bradford District Metropolitan Council about curlews on Ilkley Moor.
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