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  Ivory Bill - New Clause 2 - Report on the International Ivory Market
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require a report on the international ivory market.
  @ MP voted no not to require a report on the international ivory market.
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to require a report on the international ivory market.
  
  MPs were considering the Ivory Bill[1] which sought to largely prohibit dealing in ivory from the tusk or tooth of an elephant, with exceptions[2] for:
  
  â  Items containing only a small proportion of ivory (known as a "de minimis" exemption) comprising less than 10% ivory by volume and produced before 3 March 1947;
  
  â Musical instruments comprising less than 20% ivory by volume, and produced before 1975;
  
  â Portrait miniatures with a surface area of no more than 320cm2 (excluding the frame) produced prior to 100 years before the coming into force of the ban under this Bill;
  
  â Items produced 100 years or more before the coming into force of the ban under this Bill which are assessed by an independent advisory institution as being among the rarest and most important items of their type; and
  
  â Sales to, and between, accredited museums. 
  
  
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Report on the international ivory market'' and stated:
  :(1) Within 12 months of section 1 of this Act coming into force, the Secretary of State must publish and lay before each House of Parliament a report on the international ivory market.
  
  :(2) The report must as far as practicable analyse the impact of this Act on the demand for ivory in the United Kingdom and in other countries.
  
  :(3) The report must considerâ
  
  :(a) the impact on nations or communities that generate income from ivory ofâ
  
  :(i) the provisions of this Act, and
  
  :(ii) international agreements related to the ivory trade,
  
  :(b) the work of the Department for International Development inâ
  
  :(i) reducing the global demand for ivory, and
  
  :(ii) mitigating any negative impact of the provisions of this Act on nations or communities that generate an income from ivory.â
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:
  
  :This new clause would require a report to be laid before each House of Parliament on the international ivory market, including how the Department for International Development is working to reduce global demand for ivory.
  
  
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/ivory.html Parliament's webpage on the Ivory Bill]
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2017-2019/0119/18119en03.htm Exlplanatory notes to the Ivory Bill]
  
  
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