§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide an estimate of the number of birds which were illegally imported into the United Kingdom for each year since 1987.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardCustoms detected the following numbers of birds being illegally imported into the United Kingdom in contravention of the laws relating to the convention on the international trade in endangered species—CITES.
Number 1986–87 209 1987–88 208 1988–89 380 1989–90 533 1990–91 243 It is not possible to estimate how many illegal importations may have evaded Customs controls.