Banning Trophy Hunting All-Party Parliamentary Group Webinar

Thanks for this info, Ian.

It will be interesting to see what the outcome will be- and not before time. This from the gov.uk website:


"The Government consulted on a ban in 2019 and we received over 44,000 responses which showed clear public and conservation group support for tighter restrictions with 86% supporting further action."

... and from the BBC-


Conservation groups and campaigners have called on the government to move faster with plans to ban the import of animal hunting trophies.



On Friday, the government published its long-awaited response to a public consultation on the issue and promised a ban.



But it stopped short of naming a date when legislation would be introduced.



Trophies made from hunted lions and elephants are brought into the UK each year.



"The longer it goes on, the more animals are being shot and brought back to Britain as trophies," Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting founder Eduardo Goncalves told BBC News.



"It's encouraging that the government is setting out its plans - but it's deeply frustrating that we still don't have any timetable."
A ban on the import of hunting trophies was included in the Conservative Party's 2019 election manifesto and the Queen's Speech that followed and has been mentioned by Prime Minister Boris Johnson several times in Parliament.



But asked in early December when the legislation would be brought to Parliament, Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg replied: "In the fullness of time."        

In other words, when something or another freezes over, probably.