PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Cetaceans: Faroe Islands (4 September 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with the government of Denmark about hunting cetaceans in the Faroe Islands.
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Answer
The UK continues to raise its opposition to the Faroese cetacean hunts at every appropriate opportunity.
Most recently, in May 2014, the UK Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) wrote to the Danish and Faroese governments to reiterate our concerns over the welfare and sustainability of their hunts. Prior to this, the UK Ambassador to Denmark visited the Faroe Islands in April 2014 and raised the issue in a meeting with the Prime Minister and officials from their Fisheries Ministry.
Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
9 September 2014
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