§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what aspects of the UK's foreign policy relate to the promotion of animal welfare; and if he will make a statement. [124210]
§ Mr. HainThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office works to promote British values worldwide. This includes the promotion of acceptable standards of animal welfare. Our overseas posts regularly raise these issues with their 41W host Governments and encourage them to adopt similar standards. We have also taken a number of initiatives such as encouraging agreement at the recent CITES conference on elephant welfare.