Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2016-09-13-Speech-2-1043-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2016-09-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Key objectives for the CITES CoP17 meeting in Johannesburg (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20160913.55.2-1043-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2016-09-13-Speech-2-1044-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Julie Girling2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would like to thank the Commissioner and all my co-authors, because this has been quite an easy question to put together, for a change. I am particularly concerned though, about wildlife trafficking, as we all are, and it is vital that we make sure that the rules, as represented in CITES, are watertight so that we can be absolutely clear there is no ambiguity between what is legal and what is illegal. To that end, I support the position of some colleagues on trophy hunting, that it should be outlawed. In that sense I do not support the Commissioner’s view: this is perhaps a small point but I really do believe it is important that we make sure we have zero tolerance on these issues. The species-specific recommendations are obviously very varied, but most of the representations I receive from members of the public – and there are a lot of them as this is a very important subject – are about ivory. Ivory is totemic. I know we spend a lot of time talking about ivory, but it is really important that we get ivory right. To that end, I would remind you of the maxim that has been in use for the last five years or so, namely that all ivory, even if legally sourced, fuels the ivory trade. I am very proud of the fact that the UK already has a ban on the export of pre-convention raw ivory and I would prefer to see this extended to all Member States and made part of the EU negotiation brief. I would ask you, Commissioner, to raise yet again the issue of mammoth ivory, which is increasingly being mined and is increasingly muddying the waters when it comes to seeing what is legal and what is illegal."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; FEMM (2014-07-09--2017-01-18)3 substitute; AGRI (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 member; ENVI (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 member; Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector (2016-02-01--2017-04-04)3 member; PECH (2014-07-01--2018-02-27)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Julie Girling,"1 "on behalf of the ECR Group"1
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