Written question asked by Helen Goodman (Labour) on Monday, 27 February 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 March 2017. It was answered by Baroness Coffey (Conservative) on Monday, 6 March 2017 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Turtles: Conservation
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to her international counterparts on ensuring that legislation introduced to protect turtles and their habitat is being enforced.
- Answer
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The UK is a signatory to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Conservation and Management of Marine Turtles and their Habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia and discusses implementation of the MoU with other signatory states at its triennial meetings. At the last meeting in September 2014, which the UK attended, signatory states discussed a number of turtle enforcement issues.
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- 65710
- Session
- 2016-17
- Subjects
- Conservation Turtles
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