I am extremely grateful to my noble friend for giving way. I entirely agree with him that this must be evidence-based legislation, and a lot of a misleading and mischievous false information has circulated around this subject for some time. Does he share my surprise that the Minister for Environment and Tourism in Botswana felt obliged to issue today a press release, which I think was circulated to all noble Lords, refuting the allegations made by the acting CEO of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, Dr Adam Cruise, concerning trophy hunting in Botswana? Is that not precisely the sort of misleading information—rather arrogant and high-handed to a country such as Botswana—that we should avoid?
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Swire
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 12 September 2023.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill.
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