§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to ensure that fur coats offered for sale in the United Kingdom, made from the skins of animals trapped using the steel-jawed leg-hold traps, bear a label carrying that information; and if he will make a statement. [43960]
§ Mrs. RocheI have been asked to reply.
Having taken into account the operational difficulties and our legal obligations in the WTO, the Government have reluctantly decided not to pursue a labelling scheme for furs taken by steel-jawed leghold traps.