I recently joined organisations campaigning to save the promised Animals Abroad Bill – which would ban imports of hunting “trophies”, fur, and foie gras as well as the promotion of elephant tourist rides overseas. I joined representatives from the “Don’t Betray Animals” Coalition who launched two enormous balloons, shaped like an elephant and a lion, above Parliament to send a clear message to Boris Johnson that animals need action, not hot air.  

This is in the wake of reports that the government is backpedalling on its pledge to “have and promote the highest standards of animal welfare”

I am trying to keep up the pressure on the government to act on fur and foie gras imports with another set of questions.

“To ask her Majesty’s Government whether a fur import and sales ban, expected in the Queen’s Speech within the Animal’s Abroad Bill, will be legislated for this parliamentary session using other measures.”

To ask her Majesty’s Government when they plan to publish the results of The Fur Market in Great Britain call for evidence.”

To ask her Majesty’s Government whether a foie gras import and sales ban, expected in the Queen’s Speech within the Animal’s Abroad Bill, will be legislated for this parliamentary session using other measures.”