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date	07/09/2016
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	Nature Conservation: Africa
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 work the Government has undertaken with African governments on identifying and protecting endangered species.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	45338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government works with African governments on the conservation of endangered species through a number of fora. We work multi-laterally through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to protect a wide range of endangered species in Africa. This includes attending the CITES Conference of Parties, the next of which will take place in South Africa between 24 September and 5 October this year, where proposals on a wide range of endangered species of interest to African governments will be discussed. As preparation for this meeting the UK part funded a meeting bringing together African lion range countries to discuss lion conservation in Entebbe during the summer.</p><p>In addition the UK has undertaken bi-lateral work with various African countries, in particular to address illegal wildlife trade since the London Conference on Combatting Illegal Wildlife Trade was held in 2014. This work is supported with £13 million, most of which is distributed through the competitive Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/09/2016 14:22:26 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

574070

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date	02/09/2016
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	Trapping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Government did not meet the deadline for implementing the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards; who the Government consulted on its decision to delay that implementation; and whether the Government requested permission from the EU to extend that deadline.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	44687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS) applies to a limited number of species in the UK (stoat, badger, otter, beaver and pine marten).</p><p> </p><p>Of these, the stoat is the only species for which lethal traps are used in the UK. Defra has been working with trap testing facilities to test the humaneness of spring trap designs that can replace traps currently in use. Testing to date has not identified a suitable alternative design that meets AIHTS standards.</p><p> </p><p>Defra aims to implement the AIHTS as soon as is practically possible, but to use a permitted transition provision to allow delayed implementation of the agreement for stoats whilst a suitable compliant design is identified.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/09/2016 15:24:16 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy