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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the Illegal Wildlife Trade conference, held in London on 11 and 12 October 2018.

The conference represented a significant step forward in the global fight to eliminate the illegal wildlife trade. Evaluation of the conference showed very high levels of satisfaction with the content, structure and opportunities to build partnerships that it offered. The London 2018 conference declaration has been sign by 56 countries so far and of these a significant number have made important commitments to take specific actions. A copy of the declaration can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/declaration-london-conference-on-the-illegal-wildlife-trade-2018. A full list of the commitments made will be published shortly in the form of an annex to the declaration.