§ 48. Mr. DalyellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state any convenient figures he has for the numbers of Customs and Excise personnel qualified to discriminate between legal and illegal imports of listed flora and fauna, rain-forest birds and reptiles.
§ Mr. RyderAll staff employed on Customs control are trained to be alert to the possibility of illegal imports of endangered species of flora and fauna. Where this is suspected and the identification of particular specimens is required, qualified experts in the appropriate field are called upon to advise Customs.