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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to work with other governments, including (1) the government of South Africa, and (2) the government the United States, to end canned hunting.

The Government takes the conservation of endangered species seriously, with imports of hunting trophies into the UK subject to strict controls under the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations.

The UK is also continuing to work hard on the international stage to agree tough, transparent, global standards on trophy hunting to make sure hunting safeguards are of the highest standard and there is no impact on the sustainability of the species concerned. We will continue to discuss this with other countries.