§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement to the House on the outcome of the Conference on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting in Florida.
§ Mr. Atkins[pursuant to his reply 24 November 1994 column 241–42]: I regret that some of the factual information given in my answer was incorrect. The first paragraph of the answer should have read as follows:
The CITES conference of the parties agreed new measures to strengthen the operation and effectiveness of the convention. Thirty species presently included on appendix 11 and 111 will be uplisted to appendix 1, and five species will be uplisted from appendix 111 to appendix 11. Twenty-two species presently on appendix 1 or 11 will be downlisted, including six which will be deleted from the appendices altogether. The current listing of a further eight species will be unchanged, but attached conditions will be relaxed. Thirty-three species will be added to the convention for the first time.Additionally the number of parties given in paragraph 9 of my answer should have been 124 instead of 126.