PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Wildlife: Imports (1 July 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department gives UK nationals on purchasing or acquiring (a) abalone, (b) coral, (c) conch, (d) shark fin, (e) sea turtle meat or shells, (f) bushmeat, (g) ivory and (h) rhino horn when overseas.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

The trade in endangered animal and plant species, and their import and export, is controlled by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES).

Guidance on the provisions of CITES are published on GOV.UK at:

www.gov.uk/cites-controls-import-and-export-of-protected-species

Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
7 July 2014