Japan: Whaling Debate

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Lord Boswell of Aynho

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Japan: Whaling

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Wednesday 2nd February 2011

(13 years, 3 months ago)

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Lord Henley Portrait Lord Henley
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Our views and the views of other member states have been made fairly clear to Iceland. Put very simply, it has been advised that whaling is possibly incompatible with EU membership.

Lord Boswell of Aynho Portrait Lord Boswell of Aynho
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My Lords, I welcome what my noble friend said. Is he aware of anything at all of scientific interest that has emerged from the Japanese practice of capturing whales for allegedly scientific purposes?

Lord Henley Portrait Lord Henley
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My Lords, I am not aware, and that is why the words I used in my original Answer were “so-called scientific whaling”.

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