HC Deb 23 January 1995 vol 253 cc22-3W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes) of 24 March 1994,Official Report, columns 343–44, what was the outcome of the discussions with Russia on seal hunting.

The Prime Minister

The British mission in Moscow raised this issue with the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in March last year, and left the Russians in no doubt of the strength of United Kingdom public opposition to the practice of seal culling. We continue to take suitable opportunities to raise this matter with the Russians.