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Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill

Debate on bills on Friday, 25 November 2022, in the House of Commons, led by Henry Smith. The answering member was Rebecca Pow.
Second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committeed to a Public Bill Committee.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
723 cc569-452 
Session
2022-23
Legislative stage
Second reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill 2022-23
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Bills
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Henry Smith | 723 c570 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.

The Bill aims to ban the importatio...

Mike Penning | 723 c570 (Link to this contribution)

This is such an important subject, and my hon .Friend is right to highlight at the start of his s...


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Henry Smith | 723 c570 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend raises an important and alarming point; the so-called “canned” shooting of l...

Bill Wiggin | 723 c571 (Link to this contribution)

Will my hon. Friend explain to the House why the Government are issuing import licences for those...

Henry Smith | 723 cc571-432 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. I think that illustrates the need for the B...

Sarah Owen | 723 c432 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Member is making an incredibly powerful speech, and a powerful case on the big five. As ...

Henry Smith | 723 cc432-572 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for the hon. Lady’s support for the Bill and for her intervention. The Bill, when p...

Jane Stevenson | 723 c572 (Link to this contribution)

Many of my constituents have contacted me about this important Bill, and I thank my hon. Friend f...

Henry Smith | 723 c572 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her support. I declare an interest as a patron of the Conserv...

Clive Betts | 723 c572 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman says there is cross-party support for the measure; certainly, there is widespr...

Henry Smith | 723 cc573-433 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and his support. Let us be clear that th...

Matt Rodda | 723 c433 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman is making an excellent speech, and I wholeheartedly support his Bill. I have h...

Henry Smith | 723 cc433-574 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and his support. Yes, it was good to see...

Margaret Ferrier | 723 cc574-7 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Member for Crawley (Henry Smith) on bringing forward his private Member’s...

Roger Gale | 723 cc577-8 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier); I...

Alex Davies-Jones | 723 cc578-9 (Link to this contribution)

It is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for North Thanet (Sir Roger Gale), for wh...

Mike Penning | 723 cc579-580 (Link to this contribution)

I will not delay the House for long, as lots of colleagues want to get in and this Bill needs to ...

Nickie Aiken | 723 c580 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome the Bill and thank my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Henry Smith) for bringing thi...

Mike Penning | 723 c580 (Link to this contribution)

I apologise to the House, because I probably spoke for too long. These people are not hunters; we...

Nickie Aiken | 723 cc580-1 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend makes a salient point. Shooting magnificent animals such as rhinos, elephant...

Roger Gale | 723 c582 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend recognise that under the regime of Seretse Khama in Botswana, poaching was ef...

Nickie Aiken | 723 c435 (Link to this contribution)

As ever, my right hon. Friend makes good points, which I will absolutely take on board.

Bill Wiggin | 723 c435 (Link to this contribution)

But he is wrong. Will my hon. Friend give way?

Bill Wiggin | 723 c435 (Link to this contribution)

Unfortunately for my hon. and right hon. Friends, Save the Rhino International gave the statistic...

Nickie Aiken | 723 c435 (Link to this contribution)

The point I am trying to make is that I abhor hunting for trophies. I see no reason why anyone wo...

Aaron Bell | 723 c435 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is right to focus on what is happening in those countries. As my hon. Friend the M...

Nickie Aiken | 723 cc435-583 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The case I am trying to make is that we must persuade people ...

Ruth Jones | 723 c583 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken).

Rebecca Pow | 723 cc583-6 (Link to this contribution)

I begin by thanking the hon. Member for Crawley (Henry

Smith...

Bill Wiggin | 723 cc586-7 (Link to this contribution)

I am pleased to follow my hon. Friend the Minister. I wish she had explained why, under the curre...

Roger Gale | 723 c587 (Link to this contribution)

Will my hon. Friend indicate whether he took the trouble to research whether a number of his Afri...

Bill Wiggin | 723 cc587-592 (Link to this contribution)

I do not really care whether the people who have put their names to the emails have had contact w...

Henry Smith | 723 c591 (Link to this contribution)

With the leave of the House, I rise to thank Members across the House for their speeches and thei...

Dean Russell | 723 c591 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for his brilliant work in promoting the Bill. Does he agree that although ...

Henry Smith | 723 c591 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s support, and I endorse every word. I ask the House to give the...

Flick Drummond | 723 cc591-5 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Henry Smith) on promoting the Bill, which I...

Simon Fell | 723 cc595-7 (Link to this contribution)

I am very surprised to be called so early in this debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Membe...

Holly Mumby-Croft | 723 cc596-8 (Link to this contribution)

It is a real pleasure to speak in support of this excellent Bill from my hon. Friend the Member f...

Ben Everitt | 723 cc598-9 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Scunthorpe (Holly Mumby-Croft)—sunny Scu...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 723 c452 (Link to this contribution)

Order. We are moving between Bills, and it is really not nice of people who were present for the ...

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