§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of the sale by tender by the Hong Kong authorities of confiscated items permitted for commercial trade under the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species; what items were sold; to whom they were sold; and what amount was raised in each case.
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§ Mr. MaudeThere has been no sale by tender of confiscated items permitted for commercial trade under CITES since February 1988. A sale by tender, planned for January 1989, was cancelled.