TNAG-1956-FCO40-2785-Trade-of-rare-and-endangered-species-in-Hong-Kong-1989 — Page 33

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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

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18/10/89

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TEXT OF QUESTION :-

MR TONY BANKS (NEWHAM NORTH WEST) To ask the Secretary of State/HMG;

NOON 17/10/89

if he will give details of the sale by tender by the Hong Kong authorities of confiscated items permitted for commercial trade under CITES: what items were sold; to whom they were sold: and what amount was raised in each case.

to P/S

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(Minister)

for approval by

NOON

(Minister)

ANSWER:

There has been no sale by tender of confiscated items permitted

for commercial trade under CITES since February 1988. A sale

by tender, planned for January 1989, was cancelled.

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Parliamentary Clerk

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