I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his intervention, and he anticipates some of the remarks I was about to make. This Bill is about the values we in Britain have: we do not want to be part of a trade in the body parts of endangered species. We are not telling other countries how to run their trade, conservation or hunting policies, although we may have a range of personal opinions on that. It is important to remember that. This is about those CITES appendices I and II species, almost 6,000 species of flora and fauna, that are endangered. We hope that this legislation, when enacted, can play a part in conserving them.
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Henry Smith
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 17 March 2023.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill.
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