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other products held by the Hong Kong authorities arising from confiscation ; and what plans are being considered for disposal of the items.

Mr. Waldegrave [holding answer 23 April 1990] : The following stocks of confiscated CITES specimens were held by the Hong Kong authorities as at 15 April 1990 :


                      |Specimen         |Quantities                         

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Mammals                                                                     

Bear                  |paw              |22 pc                              

                      |skin             |1 pc                               

                                                                            

Felidae (Cat family)  |skin             |759 pc                             

                      |skin scrap       |7.3 kg                             

                      |stuffed          |11 hd                              

                                                                            

Red Deer              |antler           |24 pc                              

                      |stuffed head     |1 hd                               

                                                                            

Antelope              |horn             |9 pc                               

                                                                            

Chinchilla            |skin             |45 pc                              

                                                                            

Elephant ivory        |worked ivory     |133.85 kg                          

                      |raw ivory        |506.5 kg                           

                                                                            

Skunk                 |skin             |3 pc                               

                                                                            

Rhino                 |horn             |130.7 kg + 6 pc                    

                      |hide             |25 pc                              

                                                                            

Genet                 |skin             |5 pc                               

                                                                            

Guanaco               |skin             |1 pc                               

                                                                            

Seal                  |skin             |20 pc                              

                                                                            

Musk Deer             |musk grain       |5 kg                               

                      |musk pod         |6.17 kg + 17 pc                    

                                                                            

Otter                 |skin             |18 pc                              

                                                                            

Pangolin              |stuffed specimen |5 hd                               

                      |scale            |10 kg                              

                      |skin             |312 pc                             

                                                                            

Cetacean              |skull            |1 pc                               

                                                                            

Avea                                                                        

Hornbill              |oasque           |47 pc                              

                                                                            

Bird of Paradise      |stuffed specimen |4 hd                               

                                                                            

Bird of Prey          |stuffed specimen |23 hd                              

                                                                            

Reptiles                                                                    

Crocodile/Alligator   |stuffed specimen |43 hd                              

                      |skin             |1,717 pc                           

                      |stuffed head     |1 pc                               

                                                                            

Lizard                |stuffed specimen |19 hd                              

                      |skin             |17 kg + 678 pc                     

                                                                            

Python                |stuffed specimen |2 hd                               

                      |skin             |301 pc                             

                                                                            

Sea Turtle            |stuffed specimen |258 hd                             

                      |scale            |27.45 kg + 399 pc                  

                      |shell            |7 pc                               

                                                                            

Turtle                |skeleton         |1 set                              

                                                                            

Invertebrates                                                               

Black Coral           |skeleton         |5 pc                               

                                                                            

Butterfly             |mounted specimen |34 pc                              

                                                                            

Plant                                                                       

American Wild Ginseng |root             |17.3 kg                            

The specimens may be offered to scientific and educational institutions, museums and management authorities. The Hong Kong Government have no intention of offering the items for sale for the foreseeable future.


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HEALTH

Pharmaceutical Industry

Mr. Rost : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the 70-plus trade associations in the pharmaceutical industry referred to in a departmental letter of 6 April to the hon. Member for Erewash.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The reference is to the number of organisations that have asked to be included on the Medicines Control Agency's circulation list to receive details of any proposed changes in regulations to be made under the Medicines Act 1968. The list is as follows :

Acupuncture Association

Advertising Association

Advertising Standards Authority Limited

Agricultural Research Council

Animal Health District Association

Anthroposophical Medical Association

Associated Health Foods Limited

Association for the Advancement of British Pharmacy

Association of Anaesthetists Great Britain and Ireland

Association of Contact Lens Manufactuers Limited

Association of County Councils

Association of Independent Hospitals

Association of Manufacturers of Medicinal Preparations

Association of Metropolitan Authorities

Association of Optical Practitioners

Association of Public Analysts

Association of Public Analysts of Scotland

Association of Veterinarians in Industry

Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

BMA Belfast

BMA Edinburgh

Bio-Chemical Society

British Acupuncture Association and Register

British Aerosol Manufacturers' Association

British Agrochemicals Association

British Association for Chemical Specialities

British Association of Dermatologists

British Association of Feed Supplement Manufacturers Limited British Association of Pharmaceutical Physicians

British Chemical and Dyestuffs Traders Association

British Chiropractic Association

British College of Optometrists

British Committee on Natural Therapeutics

British Contact Lens Association

British Dental Association (Scottish Branch)

British Dental Trade Association

British Distributors of Animal Medicines Association

British Herbal Medicine Association

British Herbalists Union Limited

British Homoeopathic Manufacturers Association

British Institute of Regulatory Affairs

British Insulin Manufacturers

British Medical Association

British Naturopathic and Osteopathic Association

British Paediatric Association

British Pharmacological Society

British Poultry Federation Limited

British Standards Institution

British Universities Committee Ophthalmic Optics

British Veterinary Association

British and European Osteopathic Association

"CHEMIST and DRUGGIST"

Chiropodists Board, and Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine

Clinical Genetics Society

Cocoa Chocolate and Confectioners Alliance

College of Osteopaths

College of Osteopathy

Company Chemist Association Limited

Conference of Medical and Surgical Adhesive Plaster Manufacturers Consumer Council

Contact Lens Study Group


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Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

Coroners Society

Cosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association Limited

English National Board for Nursing Midwifery and Health Visiting European Federation of the Contact Lens Industry Limited Faculty of Homoeopathy Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital Farmers Union of Wales

Federation of Dressings, Plaster and Feminine Hygiene Industries General Council and Register of Consultant Herbalists Limited General Council and Register of Osteopaths

General Dental Council

Guild of British Dispensing Opticians

Guild of Hospital Pharmacists

Guild of Natural Medicine Practioners

Health and Safety Executive

Herb Society

Homoeopathic Joint Committee

Homoeopathic Research and Education Trust

Homoepathic Association

Huntingdon Research Centre

Incorporated Society of British Advertisers Limited

Independent Broadcasting Authority

Independent Television Companies Association Limited

Institute of Biology

Institute of Chiropodists

Institute of Packaging

Institute of Practitioners in Advertising

Institute of Trichologists

Joint Consultant's Committee--BMA House

Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine

Meat and Livestock Commission

Medical Biology Centre

Medical Contact Lens Association

Medical Defence Union

Medical Research Council

"MIMS"

Multiple Food and Drink Retailers Association

NAFPD

National Association of Local Councils

National Association of Pharmaceutical Distributors

National Biological Standards Board

National Chamber of Trade

National Egg Producer Retailers' Association

National Farmers Union of Scotland

National Farmers Union

National Federation of Consumers Groups

National Federation of Wholesale Grocers and Provision Merchants National Federation of Women's Institutes

National Food and Drink Federation

National Institute of Medical Herbalists

National Office of Animal Health

National Organisation of Animal Health

National Pharmaceutical Association Limited

National Union of Small Shopkeepers

National Union of Townswomen's Guilds

Natural Medicines Group

Newspaper Publishers Association Limited

Newspaper Society

North of Ireland Veterinary Association

Ophthalmic Group Committee--BMA House

Osteopathic and Naturopathic Guild Limited

Periodical Publishers Association Limited

Pharmaceutical General Council Scotland

Pharmaceutical Journal

Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee

Pharmaceutical Society for Northern Ireland

Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (Scottish Department) Proprietary Association of Great Britain

Radiochemical Centre

Register and Council of Homoepathics

Royal College of General Practitioners

Royal College of Midwives

Royal College of Nursing

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists


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