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Domestic Ivory Market

Proceeding contribution from Luke Hall (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 February 2017. It occurred during e-petition debate on Domestic Ivory Market.

I will talk later about the action that countries around the world are currently taking and looking to take in the years ahead.

As I was saying, it is unclear how all ivory could be age tested. Radiocarbon dating every piece of ivory would be hugely expensive and significantly increase the cost of the licensing regime. International momentum for action is also building. In December last year, China announced a timetable for closing its domestic ivory trade.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
621 c2WH 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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