Crime: Wildlife Crime

Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate Excerpts
Thursday 31st January 2013

(11 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord De Mauley Portrait Lord De Mauley
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First, I pay tribute to the work that my noble friend does. The Government support a wide range of action to tackle illegal wildlife trade, including working with other countries, contributing financially to Interpol-led projects which build enforcement capacity in countries where the animals in question live in the wild to conserve tigers, elephants and rhino, funding a post in the CITES secretariat to help to combat wildlife crime and chairing the CITES rhino working group, tasked with investigating the dramatic rise in rhino poaching.

Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate Portrait Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate
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My Lords, does the Minister think that opting out of the crime and justice measures of the European Union will assist in the fight against international wildlife crime?