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tabling member printed	Henry Smith
min answer › date of answer	2019-09-30
answer › date of answer	2024-02-26
min answer › question first answered	2019-06-18T16:37:00.307Z
max date	2024-03-14

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16/02/2024

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Cetaceans: Import Controls

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25259

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to introduce a ban on the (a) display and (b) importation of (i) dolphins, (ii) whales, (iii) porpoises and (iv) other cetaceans.

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Crawley

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Henry Smith

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13998

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is ministerial correction

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26/02/2024

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The UK Government considers cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) to be highly intelligent, social animals, with complex needs that are unlikely to be met when removed from their natural marine habitat and kept in captivity. The Zoo Licensing Act 1981 and the Animal Welfare Act 2006 require high standards for the welfare of kept animals. We consider these protections sufficient to ensure cetaceans are not displayed or otherwise kept in captivity in this country. We are not aware of any cetaceans being kept in captivity or being displayed but if there was any indication that cetaceans were to be displayed or kept in captivity here again then we would of course consider further actions.

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Taunton Deane

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Rebecca Pow

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26/02/2024 17:34:28

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	label	Biography information for Henry Smith