Is the government doing enough for beetles?

[GRH]

The last known site for the Pashford pot beetle Cryptocephalus exiguus (Pashford Poors Fen in Suffolk) is rapidly drying out. The last known site in the UK for the Sussex diving beetle Laccophilus poeciloides was Lewes Levels. The run off from the new(ish) A34 enters the site and there are concerns that the water quality has deteriorated.

The Biodiversity Minister was recently asked to explain what he was doing to try to stop these beetles from becoming extinct in a formal parliamentary question. His answer can be read at:

Beetles: 16 Feb 2007: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com)

Please read this and decide if the answer the Minister gives properly addresses the question. There is a voting button so that you can say whether or not you think the question has been answered. MPs do take notice of this so please make up your own mind and vote.

Greg

[nightshade]

This is always going to be the case our wildlife does not interest
this government they are anti countryside

[Crested Newt]

In my local area Stag Beetles were once abundant, now the population ahs nearly been destroyed because of there habitat destroyed, the government and councils don't seem to care about Beetles