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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-10-25more like thismore than 2016-10-25
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 Elephants: Conservation remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the UK voted against the upgrading of elephant populations remaining in Appendix II to Appendix I at the recent Convention on International Trade and Endangered Species conference. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Hague of Richmond more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-11-08more like thismore than 2016-11-08
answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to tackling the crisis facing the African elephant from poaching and illegal trafficking. We fully support the existing global ban on ivory trade. The view of the UK and the EU was that the large and growing elephant populations of southern Africa did not meet the scientific criteria established by CITES for their inclusion in Appendix I of the Convention.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-11-08T16:00:05.983Zmore like thismore than 2016-11-08T16:00:05.983Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Lord Hague of Richmond more like this