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Mr. Simon Hughes
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what discussions he has had with European Commission officials regarding the transportation of wild-caught humming birds and other nectar-feeding birds in the context of the proposed EC directive on transport of live animals; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maclean
I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Thanet, North (Mr. Gale) on 7 November at col. 246.