Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 22 March 2010.
Andrew Rosindell
Shadow Minister (Home Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) country of export and (b) purpose of importation was of each importation of a species listed in the convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauner and flora imported from outside the EU in each of the last three years.
Huw Irranca-Davies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Marine and Natural Environment)
The information available regarding the country of export and purpose of import for CITES listed species imported into the UK from outside the EU in each of the last three years has been placed in the Libraries of the House. The information given is for imports of live specimens of animals and plants.
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