§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether his Department has obtained a copy for its library of the article, "The Bulb Trade—A Threat to Wild Plant Populations", in volume 23 of the FFPS journal, "Oryx"; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. TrippierYes. Endangered species of bulbs are already afforded strict protection under the convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (CITES). The United Kingdom plays a full and active part in the CITES plants committee and in discussions with our EC partners concerning the trade controls on bulbs. At the seventh CITES conference in 1989, we supported the addition to the appendices of the genus Galanthus (snowdrop) and were successful in proposing the addition of the genus Sternbergia (autumn daffodil), thereby ensuring the regulation of trade in these species.
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