HC Deb 19 January 1996 vol 269 c809W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the seizure of live animals and birds by HM Customs and Excise in each of the last three years. [8779]

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

The numbers of live animals and birds seized by HM Customs and Excise in the last three years for breach of the endangered species controls are as follows:

1993 1994 19951
Animals 313 1,036 2,034
Birds 2,503 120 53
1To end September.

Mr. Banks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many prosecutions were entered into as a result of seizure of live creatures and plants by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise in each of the last three years. [8780]

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

There have been five prosecutions in the last three years, all of them successful.

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