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date	16/04/2018
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	Ivory: Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what further steps they intend to take to eradicate the market in ivory to protect the world’s population of elephants.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL6916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK is leading global efforts to protect elephants. On 3 April, the Government confirmed that it will introduce a ban on the sale of ivory items of all ages in the UK with narrow and limited exemptions. Primary legislation will be required to implement this ban and the Government will introduce a Bill as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>This proposed ban will be the toughest in Europe and amongst the toughest in the world. It will send the strongest possible message that the UK does not consider commercial trade in any ivory that could fuel poaching to be acceptable.</p><p> </p><p>The ban will complement other action that the Government is taking to tackle elephant poaching and the broader illegal wildlife trade. We are investing £26 million globally to tackle the systemic issues driving the illegal wildlife trade, and the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund has already provided £14 million for 47 projects around the world. This includes supporting key countries to develop National Ivory Action Plans.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also continue to call on other countries to take action on addressing the illegal wildlife trade. We will be bringing global leaders back to London in October 2018 for the Illegal Wildlife Trade conference, working with our international partners to tackle this criminal trade. This will include taking action to protect elephants.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 30/04/2018 11:28:09 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

459271

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date	10/03/2016
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	Plastics: Seas and Oceans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of microplastics from toiletries and detergents on aquatic life.
tabling member printed	Baroness Parminter
uin	HL6916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>Microplastics from cosmetic products make up a very small percentage of the total of microplastics entering the marine environment, with estimates ranging from 0.01% to 4.1%. Defra has funded a project, undertaken by the University of Plymouth, to study the effects of microplastics in the marine environment. The project studied whether chemical pollutants stick to plastic particles, whether marine organisms ingest plastic particles and pass them along the food chain, and whether the plastics themselves, or associated chemical pollutants, could cause harm to those organisms. The final report for this project is currently undergoing peer review.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 23/03/2016 13:51:18 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4178 label Biography information for Baroness Parminter

49964

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date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the reasons for the delay in implementing the Connecting Devon and Somerset Programme announced in 2013 that aims to ensure that 90 per cent of premises have access to fibre optic broadband by the end of 2016, and of the effect of that delay on business competitiveness within the South Somerset area.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL6916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Connecting Devon and Somerset project is scheduled to deliver superfast availability to 268,494 premises by March 2016. It is currently on track to reach this target and will have delivered to 70,000 premises by the end of July 2014, despite some delays caused by flooding.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten