Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Mann (Labour), on Thursday, 14 February 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 344 members in total.

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WWF/TRAFFIC WILDLIFE TRADE CAMPAIGN

That this House condemns the illegal trade in endangered species which is estimated to be worth billions of pounds annually; notes that this illegal trade is responsible for driving certain species towards extinction; further notes that the United Kingdom is a major centre for the trade in illegal wildlife products; strongly supports WWF and TRAFFIC's Wildlife Trade Campaign which calls for higher penalties and appropriate sentences to effectively deter those involved in the illegal trade in wildlife; and calls upon the Government to increase the maximum sentence under COTES Enforcement Regulations from two to five years to make this an arrestable offence and to commit to ask for guidelines to be issued to magistrates and judges on wildlife crime.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

862 

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Crime prevention Crime Sentencing Trade Wildlife World Wide Fund for Nature

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk