Absolutely immeasurable—nobody is disputing that. However, the argument that I am making is that we cannot compare a wonderful live elephant, where the value of the tusk is to the elephant, with something that comes from several thousands of years ago. I think the hon. Gentleman is trying to compare apples with pears, and that is the point I am trying to make to him. He does not have to agree with me, but that is the point I am making: that the value of an elephant tusk is to an elephant. What I am talking about are objects that have been around for thousands of years and are now in our museums.
Domestic Ivory Market
Proceeding contribution from
Victoria Borwick
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 February 2017.
It occurred during e-petition debate on Domestic Ivory Market.
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