§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the list of those whale products to be excluded from the ban announced by the EEC Ministers on 30 June.
§ Mr. MonroDetailed consideration by a Council working group of the list of products to be controlled has not yet been completed. It is hoped that controls will be on the primary products of cetaceans significantly in trade together with some secondary products such as mixtures of oils and leathers and leather products containing sperm whale oil.
§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to introduce legislation implementing the decision taken by the Council of Environment Ministers on 30 June to ban imports of most whale products into the EEC.
§ Mr. MonroThe European Community regulation on common controls on imports of whale products will have the force of law in this country when adopted and the provisionally agreed date of implementation is 1 January 1982.