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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider employing the Tiger precedent to implement Stricter National Measures under the UK Wildlife Trade Regulations to ban imports of hunting trophies of highly vulnerable species such as the African elephant, Polar bears, Cheetahs and other threatened and vulnerable species such as Black and White rhinoceroses.

This Government remains committed to bringing forward a ban on the import of hunting trophies from species of conservation concern, as this represents the most effective way to deliver the Government's manifesto commitment. The Department continues to engage with relevant stakeholders to determine the most appropriate scope of the ban and to ensure that any measures introduced are robust and enforceable.