Bst And The Welfare Of Dairy Cows

EDM number 78 in 1994-95, proposed by Elliot Morley on 22/11/1994.

That this House congratulates Compassion in World Farming on the publication of its report The Cynical Abuse: BST - A Welfare Analysis; notes the report's conclusions that bovine somatotropin increases the incidence of painful mastitis in treated cows; further notes that BST may cause a range of other adverse effects on cow health including painful swellings at injection sites; and calls on the Government to vote against the licensing of BST for commercial use in the European Community.

This motion has been signed by a total of 58 MPs.