§ Mr. Stan Thorneasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has taken steps to inform himself of the means used to kill the black bear, ursus americanus, and the numbers of bears, in view of their inclusion within the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976.
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§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe following information is available:
Dwellings Started for the Chronically Sick and Disabled: England 1st Quarter 1979 to 1st Quarter 1981
Numbers (% change on same quarter a year earlier)
Local authorities and new towns Housing associations Wheelchair Mobility Wheelchair Mobility 1979 1,142 1st Quarter 197 (-26) (-30) 34 (-72) 590 (+12) 1,274 2nd Quarter 105 (-4) (-22) 9 (-) 423 (+58) 1,008 3rd Quarter 86 (-73) (-57) 77 (-47) 310 (-67) 2,526 4th Quarter 278 (+28) (+45) 9 (-86) 993 (+272) 1980 1,639 1st Quarter 183 (+71) (+44) 43 (+26) 196 (-67) 2,036 2nd Quarter 193 (+84) (+60) 4 (-56) 170 (-60) 3rd Quarter 88 (+2) 754 (-25) 31 (-60) 3 (-99) 4th Quarter 58 (-79) 641 (-75) 10 (+11) 23 (-98) 1981 1st Quarter 29 (-84) 379 (-77) - (-100) -(-100)
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many (a) improvement grants and (b) intermediate grants were made for the adaptation of houses occupied by disabled people in 1980;
(2) how many houses owned by housing authorities were adapted to meet the needs of disabled occupants in 1980.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergFollowing is the available information:
§ Mr. MonroThere is no need to take such steps. Notwithstanding the fact that the black bear is not at present considered by CITES to be endangered Or threatened, imports of the black bear have been covered by the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 since it came into effect on 3 January 1977. If CITES or my scientific advisers conclude that the conservation status of the black bear is threatened by the present or future level of trade, they will advise me accordingly.
§ Mr. Stan Thorneasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will include within the provisions of schedule 3 of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act, the skin or any part of the skin of the black bear, ursus americanus, as an item the importation and exportation of which is restricted.
§ Mr. MonroSince 19 January 1979, Schedule 3 to the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 has included any furskin, whether raw or dressed, any piece or cutting, whether the head, tail and any paw, including 355W pieces assembled or sewn together, rugs, coverlets, coats, jackets, capes and stoles made wholly or partly from such furskins, except where the furskin is mere trimming, of all species of bear—ur sidae.