Ivory Bill

I had hoped we might have a rather longer debate on this, but of course I listened very carefully...

Moved by

The Earl of Kinnoull

3: Clause 1, page 1, line 23, at end insert—

“( )...

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register of the House, in particular as a dire...

My Lords, the noble Earl’s amendment would insert a declaratory statement into the Bill confirmin...

I am very grateful to the Minister, with whom I had a number of amusing conversations over the we...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

4: Clause 1, page 1, line 23, at end insert—

“( ) E...

My Lords, there is ample evidence that illegal ivory trading frequently takes place online. The a...

My Lords, I wholly support the words of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. However, one serious ...

My Lords, I think that the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, is intend...

My Lords, I have sympathy with the amendment. I have nothing further to add but the noble Lord, L...

As noble Lords have heard, despite a ban on international trade in ivory, tens of thousands of el...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for raising this issue today. We t...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for initiating this debate on whether to ban certain ...

My Lords, can the Minister explain how we can take action against a forum that is based, say, in ...

My noble friend is quite right. If a forum is domiciled overseas, it will be up to enforcement to...

My Lords, I thank the Minister. In particular, that last sentence was extremely important in the ...

Moved by

Lord De Mauley

5: Clause 2, page 2, line 11, leave out “pre-1918” and insert...

My Lords, I will deal with Amendments 5, 6, 8 and 9 in this group, and start with Amendment 5. Cl...

My Lords, I have two amendments in this group, Amendments 7 and 11. I agree with everything that ...

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 9 and I declare my interest as a former president of the B...

My Lords, I want to make a few brief comments. When I last intervened, I should have explained th...

My Lords, I apologise to the House for not being able to be present at Second Reading. Clearly, t...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 10 in this group. I rather resent the implication that the n...

My Lords, my noble friends’ amendments would widen the scope of Clause 2 to allow more items to f...

My Lords, I want to follow up on the figures the Minister has given us. I apologise that I could ...

I will, of course, look into what my noble friend said and write a letter, which I will place in ...

My Lords, I apologise to the Committee for not giving my counsel on this group of amendments: I a...

My Lords, I have listened carefully to what my noble friend the Minister said and I shall read it...