However, this was not the case in the 2008/09 budget and it remains to be seen whether the hunting licence will become part of the new government's budget processes.
That is to say, intelligence and security officials should not have an unrestricted hunting licence to collect anything and everything that is communicated across the airwaves or goes online.
In most countries where greater scaup are hunted, a duck stamp is required along with the normal hunting licences that are required to pursue other game.