Proceeding contribution from Victoria Borwick (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 February 2017. It occurred during e-petition debate on Domestic Ivory Market.
Domestic Ivory Market
Absolutely immeasurable—nobody is disputing that. However, the argument that I am making is that we cannot compare a wonderful live elephant, where the value of the tusk is to the elephant, with something that comes from several thousands of years ago. I think the hon. Gentleman is trying to compare apples with pears, and that is the point I am trying to make to him. He does not have to agree with me, but that is the point I am making: that the value of an elephant tusk is to an elephant. What I am talking about are objects that have been around for thousands of years and are now in our museums.
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- 621 c17WH
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- 2016-17
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- Westminster Hall
- Subjects
- Conservation Antiques Poaching Sales Trade Ivory Elephants
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