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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-24more like thismore than 2020-04-24
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Furs more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will make it is policy to ban all animal fur products. more like this
tabling member constituency Sefton Central more like this
tabling member printed
Bill Esterson remove filter
uin 39529 remove filter
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-04-29more like thismore than 2020-04-29
answer text <p>The Government shares the British public's high regard for animal welfare. There are restrictions on some skin and fur products, making it illegal to import them into the UK. These include fur from cats and dogs and seal skins and products from commercial hunts. Fur farming has been banned in the UK since 2000.</p><p>In addition, we do not allow imports of fur from wild animals caught using methods which are non-compliant with international humane trapping standards. Where fur is from an endangered species protected through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), its import or trade will be subject to CITES controls.</p><p>During the transition period it is not possible to introduce restrictions relating to the fur trade. Once our future relationship with the EU has been established there will be an opportunity for the Government to consider further steps it could take in relation to fur sales.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Banbury more like this
answering member printed Victoria Prentis more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-04-29T16:42:48.41Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-29T16:42:48.41Z
answering member
4401
label Biography information for Victoria Prentis more like this
tabling member
4061
label Biography information for Bill Esterson more like this