Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the 2018 Ivory Act to be implemented.
The consultation on the implementation of the Ivory Act 2018 was published on 9 March and closed on 4 May. We published a summary of responses on 14 September confirming our plans for implementation.
We plan to implement the ban this winter and for the ban to come into force in spring 2022.