A Bill to make provision 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; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Sir Christopher ChopeConservative
4 May 2021
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The Bat Habitats Regulation Bill would change how bat habitats in buildings are protected, allowing limits to those protections when the bats’ presence significantly affects people using a building. It aims to balance bat conservation with practical use of buildings, setting out when protections could be relaxed and what else could be done. The bill is currently at its second reading in the House of Commons.
The bill is at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons; it has not yet progressed to later stages in this session.
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10 Feb 2020
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress.
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