HC Deb 27 October 1994 vol 248 cc756-7W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give details of tiger products and material containing tiger products seized by HM Customs and Excise in each of the last five years.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

HM Customs and Excise made the following seizures over the period.

1989

  • Musk and tiger plaster— 2packets.
  • Tiger bone tablets—number not known.

1990

  • Tiger skin–1.

1991

  • Tiger skin handbag–1.

1992

  • None.

1993

  • Tiger skin–1 whole, 1 piece and 1 pair of shoes.
  • Tincture of tiger bone–2 bottles.
  • Tiger bone plaster–43 packets and 30 strips.
  • Tiger bone pills–51 boxes and 420 tablets.
  • Tiger bone medicine–1 packet and 3 sachets.
  • Tiger claws–2.

1994 (to date)

  • Tiger bone plasters–22.
  • Lion and tiger claws–13.
  • Tincture of tiger bone–20 x 70c1 bottles.
  • Tiger bones—number not known.

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