Policy paper

Gamebirds: decision to issue the gamebird general licence for 2022 to 2023

How Defra arrived at its decision to issue the gamebird general licence (GL43), valid from 31 May 2022 to 30 May 2023.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

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These documents were published as part of 顿别蹿谤补鈥檚 decision to issue the gamebird release general licence for 2022 to 2023.

Read about 顿别蹿谤补鈥檚 decision to issue the gamebird release general licence for 2023 to 2025.

顿别蹿谤补鈥檚 gamebirds general licence (GL43) allows an authorised person to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on European sites and within their 500m buffer zones.

This document and annexes explain how Defra considered the evidence and came to the decision to issue this general licence for 2022 to 2023.

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Published 31 May 2022

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