| Heading: |
Animal Products: Smuggling |
| Question ID: |
1757797 |
| UIN: |
25659 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1447 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Andrew Rosindell
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| Asking Member handle: |
AndrewRosindell
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@AndrewRosindell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to prevent the illegal importation of rhino horns. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-04 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1579 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mary Creagh
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| Answering Member handle: |
marycreagh_
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@marycreagh_
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| Answer text: |
The UK has strict border controls in place to detect and prevent illegal imports. In 2022, Border Force seized two separate imports of rhino horn originating from China and South Africa. The UK’s National Wildlife Crime Unit also plays a critical role in ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |