Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 10 September 2025.
John Lamont
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his proposed ban on trophy hunting imports will include the (a) import and (b) export of hunting trophies, (c) enforcement of existing (i) national and (ii) international Laws against trophy hunting and (d) enforcement of penalties for offenders.
Mary Creagh
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Government is committed to banning the import of hunting trophies from species of conservation concern. Defra is engaging with relevant stakeholders on the scope and design of this ban, including on the enforcement of penalties and hunting trophy exports.
We will continue to implement all existing national and international Laws regarding trophy hunting trade, for example, under the UK Wildlife Trade Regulations and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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