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Animal Products: Imports

Asked by John LamontConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 9 September 2025UIN 74011

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the planned scope is of the proposed ban on trophy hunting imports; and when he plans to publish a timetable for introducing that legislation.

Answered by Mary Creagh

The Government is committed to banning the import of hunting trophies from species of conservation concern, as determined under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Timeframes for introducing legislation will be provided once there is sufficient clarity on the Parliamentary timetable.

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