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1465826

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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

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

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