Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

New clause 2—Implementation and m...

It is good to see you in the Chair, Mr Speaker.

New clause 1 concerns duration and would ca...

How much, in percentage terms, of the budget to protect wildlife comes from trophy hunting?

All of it. One of the problems I will come to in a moment is that, where we are asking people to ...

Can my hon. Friend confirm that Vernon Booth, a conservationist and wildlife consultant in Zimbab...

I have no reason to disagree with that, and it demonstrates what a thorny issue this is.

It...

I think some of the statistics that I have been sent around the Bill have been produced, on both ...

To be fair, I have not used many statistics, because I fully agree with my hon. Friend. This was ...

We are all united in this House in trying to protect endangered African wildlife. I have seen a l...

I am mindful that new clause 4 should not stray beyond what it does, which is to try to get a tea...

I confess that I am a little confused by the hon. Gentleman’s argument about us seeking to underm...

I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman’s understanding. Unfortunately, it is not quite as str...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will be delighted to give way while I am shuffling my papers.

Happy St Patrick’s Day, Mr Speaker. I was reflecting that perhaps the animals hunted as trophies ...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his typically helpful intervention, which allowed me to s...

I would like to confirm that the Government are minded to accept both new clause 4 and amendment ...

I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend the Minister. She has been about as helpful as any Mini...

Just to clarify the point, the Bill is limited to the United Kingdom. It would affect only this c...

It is a privilege to speak in this debate and consider the amendments and new clauses tabled by m...

I am glad the hon. Member mentions the issue of Northern Ireland. I raised the point in Committee...

The detailed response to that needs to come from the Minister, not from a simple backwoodsman Bac...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Henry Smith) for supporting new clause 4....

I thank all colleagues, both those who have spoken in today’s debate and those who have played th...

I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion.

Clause, by leave, withdrawn.

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

I am extraordinarily grateful to y...

As my hon. Friend knows, I support the Bill, and it is great news that it will be passed today wi...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his intervention, and he anticipates some of the remark...

My hon. Friend has been generous in allowing amendments to the Bill. Has he received any assuranc...

I sincerely hope that that is the case.

I love the way the House is listening carefully to this debate. I can confirm that there is no ne...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that contribution. He rightly says that this legislation is a...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on the work he has done to get the Bill thus far and I hope it ...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his contribution. He is right to say that a clear m...

rose—

Just in time—

Timing is everything in life. Will the hon. Gentleman join me in commending Eduardo Goncalves for...

I am grateful for that message of congratulations and for highlighting Eduardo and the campaign e...

I have a quick point to make. I find it distasteful to have heads on walls, but I believe those h...

This legislation takes effect from when it is passed and receives Royal Assent; it is not retrosp...

I wish to make only a brief speech. My party is totally committed to the Bill. In fact, I was ple...

I wish to put on record my strong support for the Bill. As a former environment editor of The Obs...

I am pleased to see the Bill return to the Chamber for its final Commons hurdle. The hon. Member ...

Order. Could everyone who is trying to catch my eye please stand up? It is a bit confusing if onl...

I will keep my comments fairly brief. I was enjoying the debate until the hon. Member for Rutherg...

I rise to support the important Bill of my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Henry Smith) to ba...

I rise also as the Member for Southend West, not only to extend my congratulations to my hon. Fri...

Sir David was very kind to me from the first day I came into Parliament and he encouraged me to w...

I thank the hon. Lady very much for that contribution, which I will pass on to Lady Amess and the...

I will be brief, because I know many hon. Members would have loved to speak in the debate today. ...

I call the shadow Minister.

10.43 am

It is a real pleasure to be able to speak so soon in this debate—I am not sure we thought we woul...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

It is a pleasure to give way.

I welcome the passage of this Bill, not least because I will not have to move my own Bill next Fr...

I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. I have had fruitful discussions with the Minis...

I thank all Members who have contributed to the debate, and I also thank those Members who, sadly...

It looks as though we have more time in the parliamentary calendar running up to the autumn, but ...

The right hon. Gentleman invites me to make promises on timings that I simply cannot make. Howeve...

Will the Minister give way?

I will of course give way to my esteemed colleague.

My hon. Friend makes an important point. There is cross-party support for the Bill, with Members ...

My right hon. Friend is correct. We have accepted this amendment because we want the Bill to prog...

I hope that I made it clear that my concern is not only that Northern Ireland could become a back...

I would like to put on record that our current controls on imports will continue to apply to Nort...

The Minister says that the Government will seek to do this using the CITES legislation. If that w...

My right hon. Friend makes a convincing point, but it should be recognised that this is a Brexit ...

Does the Minister accept that, apparently, the Netherlands, despite being within the European Uni...

Madam Deputy Speaker, you will excuse me from being drawn into that wider argument. To return to ...