For the avoidance of doubt, will the hon. Lady confirm that the EU has not said just that these issues are best left to member states? The Commissioner has specifically said that they are the responsibility of member states. That is what gives us the legitimacy to have a ban, and to have it now.
Wild Animals (Circuses)
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Foster of Bath
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 23 June 2011.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Wild Animals (Circuses).
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
530 c567
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2023-12-15 18:23:52 +0000
URI
http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_752776
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_752776
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_752776