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I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention.

The King is, of course, greatly enamoured of both wildlife and London zoo, and I am therefore delighted that he has given King’s consent to

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will take your remark into account.

I have not mentioned the immense zoological research done at the zoo by world-famous scientists.

Let me explain the situation with the length of lease, which is the point of contention.

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, but I do not have that detail to hand.

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and I will come to that point in a few moments.

Clearly, the decision has been made to move the larger animals to Whipsnade zoo, which ZSL also runs, so that they have the space they need

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention.

The reality is that there are 10,000 animals of various species in the zoo.