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1644670

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Products: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prevent trophy hunters bringing hunt souvenirs into the United Kingdom through Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	189638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>Strict controls on hunting trophy imports are already in place in Northern Ireland, with no permits issued since 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to these existing strict controls, we are continuing to explore whether there is scope for a further tightening of arrangements in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 20/06/2023 13:08:41 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1455315

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Products: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many permits his Department has issued for the import of hunting trophies from Russia in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	149125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK recorded 2 imports of brown bear hunting trophies from Russia under CITES in 2020, 12 in 2019 and 0 in 2018. 2020 is the latest full year for which data is available. Data for 2021 is currently being finalised and will be made available through the CITES trade database at <a href="https://trade.cites.org/" target="_blank">https://trade.cites.org/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/04/2022 16:00:09 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1463634

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Products: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the import of hunting trophies, as set out in the Department’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare, in the absence of an Animals Abroad Bill in the Queen’s Speech; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	3522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 17 May 2022 to the hon. Member for Twickenham, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-13/1557" target="_blank">PQ 1557</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/05/2022 11:33:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1462772

registered interest
date	13/05/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Products: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's Action Plan for Animal Welfare, published in May 2021, what plans his Department has to ban the import of (a) hunting trophies, (b) fur and (c) foie gras.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	1557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>We will bring forward one of the toughest bans on the import of hunting trophies in the world and we are exploring a range of legislative options to further protect animals abroad.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 1187 1188 1511 question first answered 17/05/2022 10:51:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1582459

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Products: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's publication Our Action Plan for Animal Welfare, published on 12 May 2021, whether it is still her Department's policy to review restrictions on the import of (a) fur, (b) foie gras and (c) hunting trophies from endangered animals.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	136819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Action Plan for Animal Welfare outlined our intention to explore potential action on the import of animal fur. We have since conducted a Call for Evidence on the fur sector along with other forms of engagement with interested parties. We are continuing to build our evidence base on the fur sector.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to building a clear evidence base to inform any potential future decisions relating to foie gras imports.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has pledged to ban the import of hunting trophies from thousands of species. We are committed to a ban that is among the strongest in the world and leads the way in protecting endangered animals. We are supporting the Private Member’s Bill led by the Honourable Member for Crawley that will deliver this.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/02/2023 17:33:53 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1465827

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Products: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of hunting trophies from endangered species that have been imported into the UK since December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
uin	8990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK recorded 63 imports of hunting trophies under CITES in 2019 and 26 imports in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2021 is currently being finalised and will be made available through the CITES trade database at <a href="https://trade.cites.org/" target="_blank">https://trade.cites.org/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/06/2022 15:17:39 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1465826

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Products: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) costs and (b) benefits of banning imports of hunting trophies into the UK; and whether such assessments took into account the potential impact of such a ban on (i) levels of biodiversity and (ii) evolutionary harm to species.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
uin	8989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The consultation and call for evidence on hunting trophies ran from 2 November 2019 to 25 February 2020. We received views and evidence on the costs and benefits of further restrictions, including the potential impacts on biodiversity and species.</p><p> </p><p>The summary of responses and Government response to the consultation and call for evidence are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/hunting-trophies-controlling-imports-to-and-exports-from-the-uk/outcome/summary-of-responses-and-government-response--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/hunting-trophies-controlling-imports-to-and-exports-from-the-uk/outcome/summary-of-responses-and-government-response--2</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Further information will be published when legislation is brought forward in due course.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 09/06/2022 16:37:03 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1465828

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Products: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to bring forward legislative proposals on banning the import of hunting trophies from endangered species announced in December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
uin	8991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>We have pledged to bring forward legislation to ban imports of hunting trophies from thousands of species. This ban will be among the strongest in the world, leading the way in protecting endangered animals. We intend to bring this forward as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/06/2022 13:00:26 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1582015

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Products: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to fulfil the Government's manifesto pledge to ban the import of hunting trophies from endangered species.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	135167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>HM Government has pledged to ban the imports of hunting trophies from thousands of species. We are committed to a ban that is among the strongest in the world and leads the way in protecting endangered animals. We are supporting the Private Member’s Bill led by the hon. Member for Crawley that will deliver this.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 02/02/2023 07:57:42 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1566028

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Products: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's policy is on the importing of (a) fur and fur products, (b) foie gras and (c) hunting trophies; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	120844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Action Plan for Animal Welfare outlined our intention to explore potential action on the import of animal fur. We have since conducted a Call for Evidence on the fur sector along with other forms of engagement with interested parties. We are continuing to build our evidence base on the fur sector.</p><p>The production of foie gras by force feeding is banned in the UK as it is incompatible with our domestic legislation. We are committed to building a clear evidence base to inform any potential future decisions relating to imports.</p><p>HM Government has pledged to ban the imports of hunting trophies from thousands of species. We are committed to a ban that is among the strongest in the world and leads the way in protecting endangered animals. We are supporting the Private Member’s Bill led by the hon. Member for Crawley that will deliver this.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 25/01/2023 13:40:25 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson