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Written question asked by Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru) on Monday, 13 December 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 December 2021. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 December 2021 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Ivory Act 2018

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to implement the provisions of the Ivory Act 2018.

Answer

Earlier this year we ran a consultation on the implementation of the Ivory Act 2018 and on 14 September we published a summary of responses confirming our plans for implementation.

More recently we ran a consultation on additional enforcement requirements to the Ivory Act 2018 and published the government response on 6 December. There are no more consultations required ahead of us introducing secondary legislation to implement the Act, and establish enforcement provisions to bring the ban into force. We plan to implement the Ivory Act this winter and for the ban to come into force in Spring 2022.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
91846
Session
2021-22
Legislation
Ivory Act 2018
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk