Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to protect Asian elephants from being victims of trophy hunters.

We have pledged to bring forward legislation to ban imports of hunting trophies from thousands of species, including the Asian elephant.

This ban will be among the strongest in the world, leading the way in protecting endangered animals. We intend to bring this forward as soon as parliamentary time allows.