A magazine programme edited and introduced by James Fisher
The New Bird Protection Act
The Director of the Wildfowl Trust, Peter Scott , and the Secretary of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Philip Brown , join Lady Tweedsmuir in a discussion of the history of bird protection in Britain and the value and consequences of the latest piece of legislation
Produced by Desmond Hawkins
On Wednesday a new Law comes into force for the protection of British birds, the Protection of Birds Act, 1954. The Bill for this was introduced into the House of Commons in November 1953 as a Private Member's Bill by Lady Tweedsmuir, m.p., and received the Royal Assent in June this year.