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Select Committee
Born Free Foundation
 WoD0031 - Work of Defra

Written Evidence Mar. 29 2023

Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Faroe Islands grind A Government e-petition to suspend the trade agreement with Faroe Islands until

Written Question
Trade Agreements: Faroe Islands
Thursday 14th July 2022

Asked by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the Trade Agreement with the Faroe Islands until she receives a legally binding commitment from the government of the Faroe Islands that it will cease all further whale and dolphin hunts.

Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

HM Government is strongly opposed to the hunting of whales and dolphins. Multiple government colleagues and I have raised this issue directly with the government of the Faroe Islands. The Faroes are reviewing the hunt and have recently proposed a catch limit for white-sided dolphins. The fact of our trade agreement strengthens our ability to have these full and frank discussions and influence on crucial issues like animal welfare. As these hunts are not illegal in local law, there are no provisions under the Free Trade Agreement for the UK to suspend it on this basis. We will continue to use our relationship to lobby the Faroes to stop this practice altogether.

Parliamentary Research
E-petition 597171, relating to the hunting of dolphins and whales in the Faroe Islands - CDP-2022-0135
Jul. 04 2022

Found: E-petition 597171, relating to the hunting of dolphins and whales in the Faroe Islands

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning

Aug. 04 2022

Source Page: Rosebank Field Development
Document: Environmental Statement (PDF)

Found: east of the Faroe Islands.

Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2021-22: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Sep. 02 2022

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found:  Bill to protect the NHS in trade agreements  with other  countries.https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning

Aug. 22 2022

Source Page: Captain EOR Stage 2 Phase II Development
Document: Environmental Statement (PDF)

Found: Islands and Humber ports (Anatec, 2015).

Closed Petition closed 21st March 2022

Suspend trade agreement with Faroe Islands until all whale & dolphin hunts end - Final Signatures: 104,660

In 2019 UK Government finalised a free trade agreement (FTA) with Faroe Islands which allows for £100 million of exports of wild caught and farmed fish to Britain per annum (20% of the Faroe Islands global trade). This FTA should be suspended until all whale & dolphin hunts on Faroe Islands end

Debate: This petition was debated in Westminster Hall on 11th July 2022

The Government responsed to this petition on 26th October 2021 (View Full Response)
The UK strongly opposes the hunting of cetaceans and is committed to upholding high animal welfare standards in its trade relationships. We continue to urge the Faroe Islands to stop cetacean hunts.
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Found: The Free Trade Agreement with the Faroe Islands gives the UK Government significant leverage when it

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning

Jul. 26 2021

Source Page: Abigail Field Development
Document: Abigail Field Development (PDF)

Found: Densities of minke whale are likely to be low, with more sightings occurring further west, off the east

Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2015-16: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Apr. 01 2021

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: genital mutilation, equalizing children's rights 174 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/104738 Suspend

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Feb. 24 2021

Source Page: UK/Turkey: Free Trade Agreement [CS Turkey No.1/2021]
Document: UK/Turkey: Free Trade Agreement [CS Turkey No.1/2021] (PDF)

Found: UK/Turkey: Free Trade Agreement [CS Turkey No.1/2021]