Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Debate between Peter Heaton-Jones and Boris Johnson

Wednesday 16th May 2018 Ministerial Corrections

[Peter Heaton-Jones (North Devon) (Con)]

T8. Residents of North Devon regularly raise with me their concerns about the continuing illegal international trade in wildlife and wildlife products. Will my right hon. Friend please update the House on how we are tackling that?

[Boris Johnson]

I can tell the House that this is a subject that arouses the grave concern of the entire British people. The illegal wildlife trade is currently worth about £1.7 billion, and it is of course associated with many other criminal activities. That is why, in October, we are holding a global summit in London on that very matter, which I think will attract the interest of the world.

[Official Report, 15 May 2018, Vol. 641, c. 132.]

Letter of correction from Boris Johnson.

An error has been identified in the response I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Peter Heaton-Jones) during Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

The correct response should have been:

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Peter Heaton-Jones and Boris Johnson

Tuesday 15th May 2018 Commons Chamber

[Boris Johnson]

The right hon. Lady had an opportunity to be clear about what Labour wants to do. Conservative Members have been absolutely clear. The Prime Minister has said it time and time again: we are coming out of the single market, we are taking back control of our borders, our laws and our money, and we are coming out of the customs union. In her Mansion House speech, she gave plenty of indications of how we will deal with the problems that the right hon. Lady has described.

[Peter Heaton-Jones (North Devon) (Con)]

T8. Residents of North Devon regularly raise with me their concerns about the continuing illegal international trade in wildlife and wildlife products. Will my right hon. Friend please update the House on how we are tackling that?

[Boris Johnson]

I can tell the House that this is a subject that arouses the grave concern of the entire British people. The illegal wildlife trade is currently worth about £1.7 billion, and it is of course associated with many other criminal activities. That is why, in October, we are holding a global summit in London on that very matter, which I think will attract the interest of the world.[Official Report, 16 May 2018, Vol. 641, c. 3MC.]

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Debate between Peter Heaton-Jones and Boris Johnson

Monday 13th November 2017 Commons Chamber

[Boris Johnson]

The case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a very difficult consular case, and that is how we are treating it.

[Peter Heaton-Jones (North Devon) (Con)]

A number of my constituents have contacted me expressing concerns about the case. Can my right hon. Friend assure them that he and the Government are doing absolutely everything possible to exert influence to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, and does he agree that that should be our one and only priority and our one and only focus, in the Government and in the House?

[Boris Johnson]

I can certainly give my hon. Friend that assurance, and I can also tell him that our ambassador —our excellent ambassador—in Tehran is working on the case daily.