HC Deb 20 March 1972 vol 833 cc208-9W
43. Sir C. Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will take steps to ban the importation of whale meat into the United Kingdom.

49. Mr. David Steel

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether, in the interests of conservation of the species and in view of the example of the United States Government, he will take steps to ban the import of all whale meat and whale meat products.

Mr. Anthony Grant

I assume my hon. Friend is concerned with the conservation of whale species, and I would refer him and the hon. Member for Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles (Mr. David Steel) to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Rye (Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine) on 15th March.

Miss Fookes

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will ban the import of whale products into the United Kingdom.

Mr. Anthony Grant

I assume that my hon. Friend is concerned with conservation of whale species and I would refer her to the answer that I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Rye (Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine) on 15th March.—[Vol. 832. c.118.]