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Igc And Objectives Of Agricultural Policy

EDM number 356 in 1995-96, proposed by Paul Tyler on 31/01/1996.

That this House is concerned that the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy, as set out in Article 39 of the Treaty of the EU, are out of date; and calls upon the Governmentto take advantage of the opportunity presented by the IGC to redesign and refocus Article 39 so that it enables the agriculture sector to contribute to the production of high quality foodstuff, the protection and enhancement of nature and the environment and to the sustainable development of rural areas, as suggested in a recent document by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature 'New Objectives for the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union'.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Tyler31/01/1996North CornwallProposed
Elfyn Llwyd31/01/1996Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Peter Temple-Morris31/01/1996LeominsterSigned
Matthew Taylor31/01/1996TruroSigned
Alex Carlile31/01/1996MontgomerySigned
Dale Campbell-Savours31/01/1996WorkingtonSigned
Elliot Morley31/01/1996Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Ray Michie31/01/1996Argyll & ButeSigned
Nick Harvey01/02/1996North DevonSigned
Lynne Jones01/02/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Alan Meale01/02/1996MansfieldSigned
Bill Michie01/02/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Eric Clarke01/02/1996MidlothianSigned
Paddy Tipping01/02/1996SherwoodSigned
Dennis Turner01/02/1996Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Alan Wynne Williams01/02/1996CarmarthenSigned
Dafydd Wigley02/02/1996CaernarfonSigned
Clive Soley05/02/1996HammersmithSigned
Robert Wareing05/02/1996Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Joan Ruddock06/02/1996Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
John Heppell06/02/1996Nottingham EastSigned
Bill Etherington06/02/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
John Evans06/02/1996St Helens NorthSigned
Jim Wallace06/02/1996Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Edward O'Hara07/02/1996Knowsley SouthSigned
Terry Davis07/02/1996Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Terry Rooney08/02/1996Bradford NorthSigned
Win Griffiths08/02/1996BridgendSigned
Nigel Jones08/02/1996CheltenhamSigned
Charles Kennedy13/02/1996Ross and Cromarty and SkyeSigned
Colin Pickthall15/02/1996West LancashireSigned
Audrey Wise19/02/1996PrestonSigned
Malcolm Bruce20/02/1996GordonSigned
Barry Sheerman21/02/1996HuddersfieldSigned
Jack ThompsonUnknownWithdrawn

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