The Environment Bill 2019-21 has completed it Committee Stage in the House of Commons. This paper is a summary of what happened in the Committee and how the Bill has changed. It considers key Government and Opposition amendments. It is prepared in advance of the Bill's next stages (Report and Third Reading) scheduled for 26 January 2021.
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Debate pack: Lead shot ammunition (2 MB, PDF)
The use of lead shot has adverse environmental impacts on birds, particularly on wetland bird species. Birds such as gamebirds and wildfowl ingest spent lead gunshot mistakenly for food or the grit that helps them to grind up food in their muscular gizzards. Ingestion of lead gunshot by waterfowl is associated with increased death rates. As a signatory to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) the UK agreed to phase out the use of lead shot in wetlands.
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Debate pack: Lead shot ammunition (2 MB, PDF)
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