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Humane Trapping Standards

EDM number 605 in 1995-96, proposed by Jim Lester on 12/03/1996.

That this House congratulates the Secretary of State for the Environment on obtaining unanimous support in the Council of Environment Ministers for the British lead in standing firm against the import of furs obtained by the use of leghold traps; and further notes that all 15 member states reaffirmed that if a worldwide framework agreement on humane trapping standards has not been concluded by 31st December, the implementation of the European fur import ban would then be inevitable.

This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
James Lester12/03/1996BroxtoweProposed
Toby Jessel12/03/1996TwickenhamSigned
Den Dover12/03/1996ChorleySigned
Michael Fabricant12/03/1996Staffordshire MidSigned
Harry Greenway12/03/1996Ealing NorthSigned
David Atkinson12/03/1996Bournemouth EastSigned
Roy Thomason12/03/1996BromsgroveSigned
Tim Rathbone13/03/1996LewesSigned
Peter Griffiths13/03/1996Portsmouth NorthSigned
Elizabeth Peacock14/03/1996Batley & SpenSigned
Peter Bottomley14/03/1996ElthamSigned
Gerry Bermingham19/03/1996St Helens SouthSigned

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