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OpenHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill

Proposed amendments

40 amendments across 3 provisions

New clauses & schedules 4

Amendment #10006006#10006006Not calledNew clause / schedule
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To move the following Clause—
“Implementation and monitoring

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Sir Bill Wiggin
Amendment #10006009#10006009Not movedNew clause / schedule
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To move the following Clause—
“Duration of this Act

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Sir Bill Wiggin
Amendment #10006029#10006029Not calledNew clause / schedule
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To move the following Clause—
“Report on impact on Northern Ireland

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Sir Christopher Chope
Amendment #10006032#10006032AgreedNew clause / schedule
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To move the following Clause—
“Advisory Board on Hunting Trophies

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Clause 1 33

Amendment #10006004#10006004Not calledAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 9, leave out “hunted” and insert “killed”
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Sir Christopher Chope
Amendment #10006010#10006010Not calledAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 10, at end insert—
“(e) the animal was hunted less than ten years before the day on which it is brought into Great Britain.”
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Sir Bill Wiggin
Amendment #10006013#10006013Not calledAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 10, at end insert—
“(1A) The Secretary of State must by regulations provide for an exemption from the prohibition under subsection (1) to apply in cases where a hunting trophy can be shown to have been obtained in a way which contributed to the conservation of—

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Sir Bill Wiggin
Amendment #10006014#10006014Not calledAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 2, after “where” insert—
“(aa) The hunting trophy is brought from a country to which this Act applies,”
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Sir Christopher Chope
Amendment #10006015#10006015Not calledAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 2, after “where” insert—
“(aa) the hunting trophy is brought from a country other than Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe,”
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Sir Christopher Chope
Amendment #10006016#10006016Not calledAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 13, leave out “hunting” and insert “killing”
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Sir Christopher Chope
Amendment #10006017#10006017Not calledRemoves provision
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Clause 1, page 1, line 21, leave out subsection (4)
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Sir Christopher Chope
Amendment #10006020#10006020Not calledAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 9, leave out from “after” to end of line 10 and insert “1 June 2023”
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Sir Christopher Chope
Amendment #10006021#10006021Not calledAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 15, after “use”, leave out “(which does not include consumption)” and insert “as an ornament”
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Sir Christopher Chope
Amendment #10006025#10006025Not calledRemoves provision
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Clause 1, page 1, line 18, leave out subsection (3)
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Sir Christopher Chope
Amendment #10006026#10006026Not calledAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 10, at end insert—
“(1A) The Secretary of State must by regulations provide for an exemption from the prohibition under subsection (1) to apply in cases where, in respect of a hunting trophy—

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Sir Christopher Chope
Amendment #10006027#10006027Not calledAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 2, after “where”, insert—
“(aa) The hunting trophy has been brought from a country which is a party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)—”
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Sir Christopher Chope
Amendment #10006031#10006031Not calledAmends text
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Clause 1, page 2, line 2, at end insert—
“(5) Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Secretary of State must publish guidance for customs officers on the identification of hunting trophies.”
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Sir Bill Wiggin
Amendment #10008796#10008796No decisionAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 10, at end insert—
“(1A) Nothing in this Act may prohibit the bringing of a hunting trophy into Great Britain where an import certificate has been issued under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.”
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Lord Hamilton of Epsom
Amendment #10008800#10008800No decisionAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 5, after “hunter”, insert “with a declaration at the border being taken as sufficient verification”
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Lord Robathan
Amendment #10008801#10008801DisagreedAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 3, leave out “an animal to which this Act applies” and insert “a species classed as threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List and where that list records trophy hunting as a threat to that species”
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Lord Robathan
Amendment #10008802#10008802No decisionAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 7, leave out “hunted” and insert “killed”
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The Earl of Leicester
Amendment #10008803#10008803No decisionRemoves provision
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Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out “by or on behalf of the hunter”
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The Earl of Leicester
Amendment #10008805#10008805No decisionAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 9, leave out “hunted” and insert “killed”
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Viscount Trenchard
Amendment #10008806#10008806WithdrawnAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 3, leave out “an” and insert “a wild”
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The Earl of Leicester
Amendment #10008807#10008807No decisionAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 10, at end insert—
“(1A) Nothing in this Act may prohibit the bringing of a hunting trophy into Great Britain by or for a zoological collection.”
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Lord Hamilton of Epsom
Amendment #10008808#10008808No decisionAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 11, leave out “an” and insert “a wild”
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Lord Robathan
Amendment #10008814#10008814No decisionAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 10, at end insert—
“(1A) Nothing in this Act may prohibit the bringing of a hunting trophy into Great Britain for the purpose of education.”
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Lord Hamilton of Epsom
Amendment #10008818#10008818No decisionAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 10, after “force” insert “according to a declaration made at the border”
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The Earl of Leicester
Amendment #10008819#10008819No decisionAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 10, at end insert—
“(1A) Nothing in this Act may prohibit the bringing of a hunting trophy into Great Britain by a private or public museum.”
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Lord Hamilton of Epsom
Amendment #10008824#10008824No decisionAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 10, at end insert—
“(1A) Nothing in this Act may prohibit the bringing of a hunting trophy into Great Britain for the purpose of scientific or forensic research.”
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Lord Hamilton of Epsom
Amendment #10008826#10008826No decisionAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 7, leave out “a place where the hunter resides” and insert “the address where the hunter is on the electoral register”
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The Earl of Leicester
Amendment #10008832#10008832No decisionAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 8, after “resides” insert “according to signed declarations at the border”
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Viscount Trenchard
Amendment #10008834#10008834No decisionAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out “or on behalf of the hunter” and insert “the person who killed the animal”
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Viscount Trenchard
Amendment #10009100#10009100WithdrawnAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 3, leave out “an animal” and insert “a species classed as threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List”
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Lord Lucas
Amendment #10009101#10009101No decisionAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 10, at end insert—
“(1A) At the point of import, a certificate signed by a recognised overseas authority describing and illustrating the hunting trophy, and stating that, in their opinion, the hunting trophy does not fall within the prohibitions in this Act, is sufficient evidence, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the condition in subsection (1)(a) does not apply.
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Lord Lucas
Amendment #10009109#10009109WithdrawnAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 2, at beginning insert “Subject to section 4,”
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The Earl of Caithness
Amendment #10009149#10009149DisagreedAmends text
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Clause 1, page 1, line 1, at end insert—
“(A1) This section has effect in a calendar year only if, before the end of the previous calendar year, the Secretary of State has made a statement in writing to the effect that, in the Secretary of State’s view, its operation will not cause unintended and perverse consequences for wildlife conservation and for communities in areas outside Great Britain where hunting takes place.”
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Amendment #10006007#10006007AgreedRemoves provision
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Clause 2, page 2, line 6, leave out from “Regulation,” to end of line 20
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Sir Bill Wiggin
Amendment #10006022#10006022Not calledAmends text
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Clause 2, page 2, line 4, leave out from “to” to end of line 8 and insert—
“(a) Any animal or species which has been certified by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) as being threatened with extinction or might be threatened with extinction if trade was not regulated, and
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Sir Christopher Chope
Amendment #10006034#10006034Not calledAmends text
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Clause 2, page 2, line 5, leave out “Annex A or B of the Principal Wildlife Trade Regulation” and insert “Schedule 1 of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976, as enacted”
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Sir Christopher Chope