Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Commonwealth Secretariat on trophy hunting in Commonwealth countries.

The Foreign Secretary held constructive discussions with many of his counterparts from Commonwealth countries and the Commonwealth Secretariat during the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting on 15 March 2023, including on climate resilience and environmental sustainability issues. The UK Government works closely with Commonwealth countries by providing financial support to practical projects through the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund. Trudy Harrison, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, is the UK Government lead on the Hunting Trophies Bill.