§ Miss Fookesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now take steps to ban the import of sperm oil.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe sperm whale is not listed in either of the appendices to the Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. For this reason, there are no grounds for imposing a ban on the import of sperm oil under the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976.