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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will establish an inquiry into the extent to which ivory dealers are misrepresenting the age of ivory in order to bypass sanctions on the sale of post-1947 ivory; and if she will make a statement.

We intend to consult on our proposals for a ban on trade in worked ivory from the last 70 years. At the same time we will be calling for evidence on what more we can do to tackle this issue, including how we best enforce our measures.