Government to step in to help import tiger after PMQs plea to Cameron

Officials will work to transfer ex-circus tiger from Belgium to Isle of Wight zoo after topic came up during Jeremy Corbyn's first PMQs as Labour leader

Government officials have said they will work to help the Isle of Wight zoo import a tiger held in isolation in Belgium after David Cameron promised his support when the topic unexpectedly came up during Jeremy Corbyn's first appearance at prime minister's questions as leader of the opposition.

Andrew Turner, Conservative MP for the Isle of Wight, used the first question after Jeremy Corbyn's PMQs debut to plead with the prime minister to aid the zoo in breaking through a "bureaucratic logjam" to import the tiger.