§ Mr. Brooksasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will take 121W steps to ban the trade in otter skins in this country.
§ Mr. DellNo. I am not aware of any grounds which would justify my considering interference with this trade.
§ Mr. Brooksasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give details of the number and value of otter skins imported into this country during each of the past five years, the sources of such skins, and the extent to which such imports were supplemented by the use of skins from the indigenous British species of otter.
§ Mr. DellThe detailed information requested by my hon. Friend is not readily available and could not be provided without disproportionate expenditure of time and money. However, from the limited information available it would appear that between 2,000 and 5,000 otter skins are imported into Britain annually. British produced skins are negligible in quantity.