A Bill to make provision to enhance the protection available for bat habitats in the non built environment and to limit the protection for bat habitats in the built environment where the presence of bats has a significant adverse impact upon the users of buildings.
House of Commons
Sir Christopher ChopeConservative
12 May 2016
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This bill aims to strengthen protection for bat habitats outside buildings, while limiting protection inside buildings where the presence of bats significantly affects people using the building. It is a private member’s bill introduced in the House of Commons by Sir Christopher Chope. The bill has so far reached the second reading in the Commons, with initial stages noted in 2015 and 2016.
The bill is currently at the second reading stage in the House of Commons; the last recorded parliamentary stage in the provided data is February 2016.
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6 Jul 2015
5 Feb 2016
This Bill was withdrawn and will make no further progress.
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 6 July 2015. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
