A Bill to make provision to enhance the protection available for bat habitats in the vicinity of a building site and to limit the protection for bat habitats in buildings used for public worship
House of Lords
9 October 2019
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The Bat Habitats Regulation Bill would strengthen protections for bat habitats near building sites while reducing protections for bat habitats inside buildings used for public worship. It is a Lords-originating bill and is currently at its second reading in the House of Lords.
The bill is at the second reading stage in the Lords and has not yet progressed to committee or to the Commons. If it advances, it would continue through the Lords’ stages before moving to the Commons.
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3 Jul 2017
27 Apr 2018
During second reading of the Bill on 27 April, a wide-ranging discussion took place on issues including the conservation of churches and historic buildings, the vicinity of bat habitats to proposed new buildings and the protection of other animal species.
The 2017-2019 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
