§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many German Shepherd dogs were exported to Nigeria in 1981, 1982 and to the nearest available date in 1983.
§ Mr. ChannonI have been asked to reply.
I regret that this information is not available as dogs are not separately identified in the statistics of overseas trade.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take immediate steps to ban the mass exporting of German Shepherd dogs to Nigeria; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ChannonI have been asked to reply.
No. I am not satisfied on present evidence that it would be right to interfere with the export of dogs.