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registered interest false more like this
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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 Porpoises: Conservation more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she or her ministerial colleagues have made to the government of Mexico on steps to protect the vaquita from extinction. more like this
tabling member constituency Bristol East more like this
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Kerry McCarthy more like this
uin 216966 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-12-08more like thismore than 2014-12-08
answer text <p>At my request, the UK Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) raised the critically endangered status of the vaquita at the IWC meeting in September 2014, as well as in bilateral meetings with Mexican officials. The UK commended the efforts and progress made by the Mexican Government in tackling this issue and urged it to continue its important work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK also announced a donation to the IWC Small Cetaceans Fund, which supports research projects, including on the vaquita.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth more like this
answering member printed George Eustice more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-12-08T14:10:51.5Zmore like thismore than 2014-12-08T14:10:51.5Z
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label Biography information for George Eustice more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy more like this