Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 06 Feb 2017
Domestic Ivory Market
"I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for producing evidence, but he has left me more confused. When I looked at it, I found that the August 2016 report by TRAFFIC, “A Rapid Survey of UK Ivory Markets”, stated that links between the antiques trade and
“the current elephant …..."Rob Marris - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 06 Feb 2017
Domestic Ivory Market
"My hon. Friend is making a powerful case. I am trying to be pragmatic. I keep pressing for the evidence. I have to say to her, with all due respect, that she is assuming what she is trying to prove, and I do not accept that as a legislator. She …..."Rob Marris - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 06 Feb 2017
Domestic Ivory Market
"The hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) aid that while legal ivory trade in pre-1947 items continues, there will be an illegal ivory trade. That is true, but it is not the right question. The question is—perhaps the Minister can help with this—what is the evidence that …..."Rob Marris - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 06 Feb 2017
Domestic Ivory Market
"It has been suggested by some of those who are against a ban that a certification system could be introduced, whereby pieces of ivory to be sold in the United Kingdom market would have to carry a certificate indicating that they were pre-1947. The hon. Gentleman said a moment ago …..."Rob Marris - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 06 Feb 2017
Domestic Ivory Market
"The hon. Lady has just adduced a very interesting and helpful piece of evidence. She referred to carbon dating—that is how Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall found those six ringers. Can she give us an indication of how much it would cost to carbon date each piece, to put into context whether it …..."Rob Marris - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 06 Feb 2017
Domestic Ivory Market
"I am not an expert in these things, but because of the horrors of the atomic bombs in Japan, 1947 does not seem to be a bad date for carbon dating. The hon. Gentleman just said that he does not particularly favour a carbon dating approach. He is much more …..."Rob Marris - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 06 Feb 2017
Domestic Ivory Market
"The hon. Lady has connections with the antique trade, as she has declared. Can she answer the question that I keep asking, which is whether the antique trade would support some kind of certification system? There is already some paperwork—she spoke about paperwork on seizures and so on. Can she …..."Rob Marris - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 9th January 2017
Asked by:
Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2016 to Question 56069, what plans the Government has to remove the exemption from licensing requirements of people repeatedly selling kittens bred from their non-pedigree pet cat, currently in place under the provisions of the Pet Animals Act 1951, within new regulations governing the sale of pet animals made under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
Answered by George Eustice
As part of the review of animal establishment licensing schemes, the Government is proposing to remove the licence exemptions in the Pet Animals Act 1951. These exemptions are for those in the business of selling either pedigree animals that have been bred by them or the offspring of an animal that has been kept by them as a pet, for instance, the offspring of their non-pedigree pet cat. We will be publishing our ‘Next Steps’ document on the proposals shortly.
Written Question
Monday 9th January 2017
Asked by:
Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to respond to the letter to her Department from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West of 26 October 2016 on the transportation of live animals.
Answered by George Eustice
We received the letter to which the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West refers on 22 December, and you can expect a reply imminently.
Written Question
Thursday 8th December 2016
Asked by:
Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to bring forward proposals to amend the Pet Animals Act 1951 to prohibit repeat breeding and sale from the family cat or cats.
Answered by George Eustice
The Government is in the process of reviewing the animal establishments licensing schemes, including those that regulate the sale of pet animals. We have proposed to replace the Pet Animals Act 1951 with regulations made under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. One of our proposals is to remove the exemption whereby someone can sell any number of pedigree animals without a licence if they have been bred from the family pet.