§ 17. Colonel Wheatleyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if, in view of the slaughter of wild fauna now taking place in Southern Rhodesia, he will consider calling an international conference under the Protocol of 8th November, 1933, to the Convention for the Protection of Fauna and Flora, to examine the working of the convention and to see if improvements might be made to it.
§ The Under-Secretary of State for the Dominions (Mr. Parker)I have been asked to reply. The question of the destruction of wild fauna in Southern Rhodesia is entirely a matter for the Southern Rhodesia Government. The hon. and gallant Member's suggestion for calling a further international conference will be kept in mind, but I am not in a position to make any statement on the subject at present.
§ Colonel WheatleyIs the hon. Gentleman aware that great suffering is caused to countless numbers of wild animals by this debateable method of trying to eliminate sleeping sickness?
§ Mr. ParkerThat is a matter into which the Southern Rhodesian Government are going.