HC Deb 11 January 1993 vol 216 c660W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the progress of discussions between officials of EC Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and the Indonesian Government relating to the CITES appendix II ban affecting Indonesia.

Mr. Maclean

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is still discussing with the Indonesian authorities the management and sustainable use of the country's wildlife. The European Commission has not yet received sufficient information to enable an assessment to be made of the conservation status of the species covered by the current import ban.