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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 19 Jun 2018
Ivory Bill (Fifth sitting)

"I want to reinforce what my hon. Friend has said. The evidence from the police was clear: the burden of proof is critical, particularly given how easily items are passed around on the internet. There is huge scope for people to plead ignorance.

We heard examples of ivory being called …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 19 Jun 2018
Ivory Bill (Fifth sitting)

"I would like a bit more clarification on the point I raised about the phrase

“ought to know or suspect”.

When we pass the Bill, I hope the Government will share the news far and wide, because it will be a fantastic achievement. Surely everybody will think, even if they …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 19 Jun 2018
Ivory Bill (Fifth sitting)

"I appreciate the Minister’s generosity in giving way. I want to push him on what the words “ought to know” or “suspect” mean in this context. In the case of a police officer trying to convict someone, how can they prove that someone ought to know? He gave the example …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 19 Jun 2018
Ivory Bill (Fifth sitting)

"I rise to support new clause 3. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Workington on that powerful and thorough speech. There is not much I can add; she made every point inimitably. We all heard the evidence in Committee about how overstretched the Border Force at Heathrow and …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 19 Jun 2018
Ivory Bill (Fifth sitting)

"I appreciate the helpful explanation of the consultation process, and I completely agree with my hon. Friend. I am quite confused about the point that has been pressed a number of times, that widening the scope slightly to include other animals would delay the Bill’s progress. The Opposition have tabled …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 19 Jun 2018
Ivory Bill (Fifth sitting)

"I, too, rise to support the very important amendment 11. A phrase that is used with medical students is “first, do no harm”, and we ought to think about that all the time when passing legislation. I have a real concern, which is backed up by evidence, that when passing …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 19 Jun 2018
Ivory Bill (Sixth sitting)

"We mentioned this morning the knock-on effect of some bans. Does my hon. Friend agree that, if we have such a small Bill, focused only on elephants, the knock-on effect for other species not currently endangered could escalate their endangerment? There would be purely a knock-on effect for other species...."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 19 Jun 2018
Ivory Bill (Sixth sitting)

"The Minister is being generous with his time, but I refer him to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol East. It is important that we look at this issue through the prism of endangered species, but there is also a moral obligation. How much has …..."
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Written Question
Special Protection Areas: Birds
Friday 15th June 2018

Asked by: Anna Turley (Labour (Co-op) - Redcar)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what sites recommended to his Department by Natural England for classification or reclassification as Special Protection Areas under the Wild Birds Directive are not yet classified as such; on what date each such recommendation was received; and when he plans to classify those sites.

Answered by David Rutley

Defra has received scientific advice from Natural England regarding the following potential Special Protection Areas:

  • Bowland Fells (addition of lesser black backed gull) - Natural England departmental brief received 2 October 2012;
  • Flamborough and Filey Coast (site extension) - Natural England departmental brief received 19 June 2013;
  • Solway Firth (site extension) – Natural England departmental brief received 26 June 2015;
  • Solent and Dorset Coast (new marine site) – Natural England departmental brief received 8 September 2015;
  • Crouch and Roach Estuaries (site extension) - Natural England departmental brief received 9 March 2016;
  • Isles of Scilly (site extension) – Natural England departmental brief received 9 March 2018; and
  • Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast (site extension) - Natural England departmental brief received 9 March 2018.

The decision to classify the above sites formally will be made following consideration of the respective public consultations and in view of other site designation priorities.

Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 14 Jun 2018
Ivory Bill (Third sitting)

"I will help the Minister out, to allow the transaction to take place. I was interested by his reply. Is he essentially saying that by ruling themselves out of undertaking any transactions, organisations that have a genuine interest in acquiring something will under no circumstances be able to apply to …..."
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