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David Linden
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(6 years, 11 months ago)
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Boris Johnson
I have every confidence in our Border Force and its ability to police the traffic of illegal items such as ivory. It should be evident, I hope, to everybody coming from another country with such an illegal item in their possession that they face the risk not only of prosecution, but of jail.
David Linden (Glasgow East) (SNP)
According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, rhino poaching in South Africa increased by 7,700% between 2007 and 2013. People in Broomhouse want to know what support the Secretary of State has offered his South African counterpart to help global campaigning to end this trade once and for all.
Boris Johnson
I can tell the hon. Gentleman that the Minister for Africa has raised that very matter with the South African Government only recently.