Ivory Bill

My Lords, it is a pleasure to be taking part in the Second Reading of this most important Bill. T...

My Lords, I draw attention to my interest as the voluntary chairman of the United for Wildlife tr...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hague of Richmond, who has played a key...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord on an excellent speech and it is a pleasure to follow him...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a trustee of Space for Giants, the conservation charity, and a...

My Lords, I have an interest to declare, in that I own a 19th-century artefact made entirely of i...

My Lords, despite a ban on the international trade in ivory, as we have heard today, tens of thou...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in this debate and welcome this Bill. I pay tribute to the Mi...

My Lords, strangely, I want to start by making a declaration of non-interest. Because of the some...

My Lords, I want to bring to the Minster’s attention some specific concerns on behalf of the musi...

My Lords, after some of the recent speeches on this Bill, I hesitate to make my contribution, whi...

My Lords, I welcome this Bill to ban dealing in ivory. It is good that the UK is one of the leadi...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Jones of Cheltenham, ended on a moving note but it was a remarkabl...

My Lords, in my contribution to this Second Reading debate I will concentrate on the relationship...

My Lords, everyone who has spoken in the debate supports the Bill, and it really is motherhood an...

My Lords, the Government’s aim to reduce the poaching of elephants for their tusks is an entirely...

My Lords, unlike the noble Baroness, Lady Flather, I did not grow up knowing elephants, but I do ...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Fookes, who made another comp...

My Lords, I support the Bill for all the reasons that the Minister has skilfully put to the House...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a former president of the British Antique Dealers’ Association...

My Lords, this has been a most interesting and informative debate, and I thank the Minister for h...

My Lords, as my noble friend Lord Grantchester has made clear, we very much support the aims of t...

My Lords, this has been an exceptional debate and we have heard from noble Lords with direct know...

I hope that the Minister will at least listen to representations from the pipers but, to reinforc...

Yes, I understand the noble Baroness’s point. I think that I have explained the position that we ...