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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Real Fur Sales

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered real fur sales in the UK.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. Banning fur is increasingly an issue of public concern, reflected in the decision that the vast majority of consumers now make to avoid buying …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Real Fur Sales

"How could I not agree with my hon. Friend, given that I name-dropped her in my speech? That shows that there is clear support not only in this Chamber but in the main Chamber and both Houses.

I invite hon. Members to imagine a scene—I apologise in advance for the …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Real Fur Sales

"I completely agree. It is a cruel irony that we have illegalised the practice in this country but offshored cruelty. It is not something that I am particularly happy about, and hopefully we will see change.

The 5 million or so animals caught for their fur in barbaric traps that …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Real Fur Sales

"I completely agree; in fact, it is almost as if the hon. Member has read part of my speech in advance. If we are exporting and importing cruelty, it is fundamentally wrong. Any sane, normal-minded person would find it absolutely intolerable.

Since 2003, we have imported more than £800 million …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Real Fur Sales

"I completely agree with the hon. Lady. The fact that we have to advertise where our food is coming from but not where our clothes are coming from is wrong on so many levels.

We must now be strong enough to eradicate our involvement—I hope any involvement—in the perpetuation of …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Real Fur Sales

"Again, I completely agree. I hope I am not putting words in the Minister’s mouth when she responds, but it is the right, fair and humane thing to do. There is overwhelming public—..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Real Fur Sales

"That is not a matter I was going to cover in this speech, but the hon. Lady makes a very educated and well-informed point. Certainly, in pandemic Britain, we need to think about this. If we allow more people to be infected across the globe, it is obviously going to …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Real Fur Sales

"I completely agree. People’s shopping habits have fundamentally changed in recent years, and there has been a growth in the import of faux fur, but again this comes down to a labelling issue. Far too often, people who buy faux fur end up wearing real fur, so there needs to …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Real Fur Sales

"I completely agree. As I have said in the Chamber in other debates on different topics, we are global Britain. We have a proud reputation across the globe and when we speak, people should listen. Other countries have followed, and we need only look at Israel, which has a complete …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Real Fur Sales

"I would disagree slightly, because some out there would try to picture hunting with some degree of romanticism, but that is just not true of the fur trade, which is barbaric and cruel. It is not hunting, but catching animals in traps and leaving them to bleed out or even …..."
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