Mentions:
1: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) We will ban the keeping of primates as pets and imports of hunting trophies and endangered species. - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) did not mention; we are exactly where we were two years ago on banning animal fur imports, which the - Speech Link
3: Alex Davies-Jones (LAB - Pontypridd) Member for Crawley (Henry Smith) on trophy hunting imports, which is currently in the other place. - Speech Link
4: Claire Hanna (SDLP - Belfast South) such as having a register of banned welfare abusers and banning the online sale of puppies. - Speech Link
5: Andrea Jenkyns (CON - Morley and Outwood) The Bill would have led the world in furthering protections for animals by banning the cruel trade of - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Twycross (LAB - Life peer) We know that in Botswana, banning trophy hunting benefited threatened species such as elephants and brought - Speech Link
2: Lord Lucas (CON - Excepted Hereditary) We may not like trophy hunting, but the proceeds of trophy hunting, flowing into a well-managed conservation - Speech Link
3: Lord Mancroft (CON - Excepted Hereditary) Without trophy hunting, habitat where hunting currently takes place will be lost. - Speech Link
4: Lord Rennard (LDEM - Life peer) A survey of 2,000 adults found that 86%, almost nine in 10, were in favour of banning trophy imports - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) the sale of glue traps, I am less enthusiastic about the ban on importing hunting trophies. - Speech Link
2: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) is just not happening, but that never stops the Government being determined to do this.We have the trophy - Speech Link
3: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (DUP - Life peer) I express in particular a concern about the trophy-hunting legislation, which, I understand from the - Speech Link
4: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) opportunities to do so in the future.On the noble Lord’s point about Northern Ireland and whether or not the trophy - Speech Link
Found: Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill: HL Bill 119 of 2022–23
Written Evidence Mar. 29 2023
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)Found: the conservation status of species abroad; Building a clear evidence base to inform decisions on banning
Written Evidence Mar. 29 2023
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)Found: end to the trade of animal fur in the UK; and campaigning for a ban on the import and export of hunting
TOGETHER WE PASSED THE BAN ON TROPHY HUNTING Proud to have worked with colleagues to ensure the bill banning the import of so-called “trophies” passed at the end of last week. It was in our manifesto, and something many residents had got in touch about. A huge step forward. https://t.co/HG5K1s8KDj
❌ BANNING TROPHY HUNTING ❌ This morning I’ll be in Parliament to help ensure that the bill banning the import of so-called trophies into the U.K. passes. I’m glad to stand with countless residents who’ve got in touch. It’s essential we #BanTrophyHunting once and for all. https://t.co/OSw6OLIbvW
Mentions:
1: Bill Wiggin (CON - North Herefordshire) Instead, trophy hunting generates revenue for anti-poaching and habitat conservation. - Speech Link
2: Bob Stewart (CON - Beckenham) How much, in percentage terms, of the budget to protect wildlife comes from trophy hunting? - Speech Link
3: Christopher Chope (CON - Christchurch) Eduardo Goncalves, the founder of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, has said:“We are aware of trophy - Speech Link
4: Anna Firth (CON - Southend West) Trophy hunting is a relic of the past. It has no place in modern Britain. - Speech Link
5: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) He told us how banning trophy hunting not only benefited threatened species such as elephants—Botswana - Speech Link
@wildshepherds Are you telling us that banning the import of animal body parts as spoils of trophy hunting to the U.K. will somehow lead to the destruction of wildlife conservation?