Written questions

Marine Animals: Animal Welfare

Lords · Question HL10342 · Tabled 9 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Baroness Boycott

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they made to the government of the United States as part of their application for a comparability finding under the Marine Mammal Protection Act import provisions.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 17 Sep 2025

In 2021 the Government worked with the Devolved Administrations, Marine Management Organisation, Joint Nature and Conversation Committee and academia, to submit a suite of evidence to support the UK’s application for a comparability finding in respect of ...