Treaty Of Rome

EDM number 157 in 1990-91, proposed by Ron Davies on 04/12/1990.

That this House notes the Treaty of Rome classifies farm animals as agricultural products together with such items as offals and cereals; and calls upon the Government to acknowledge that such creatures are in fact sentient animals capable of suffering and to negotiate within the European Community for a new status for animals based upon these considerations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 62 MPs.