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Ministry Of Defence And Weapons Testing On Live Pigs

EDM number 1421 in 1997-98, proposed by Norman Baker on 10/06/1998.

That this House is deeply concerned that the Ministry of Defence has allowed Army personnel to attend Exercise Danish Bacon where high velocity weapons are fired at close quarters into live pigs; notes that the experiments have been going on for at least the last 10 years; further notes that animal experiments by the Ministry of Defence have increased approximately threefold since 1992; and urges Her Majesty's Government to put an end to this barbaric practice immediately and to put in place alternatives to using animals in military experiments.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Norman Baker10/06/1998LewesLiberal DemocratProposed
Ivor Caplin10/06/1998HoveLabourSigned
Edward Davey10/06/1998Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore10/06/1998HendonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn10/06/1998Newport WestLabourSigned
Jackie Ballard10/06/1998TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Godman11/06/1998Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn11/06/1998SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington11/06/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Ian Davidson11/06/1998Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ashok Kumar11/06/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Lynne Jones11/06/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Colin Pickthall11/06/1998West LancashireLabourSigned
Bill Michie11/06/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Angela Smith15/06/1998BasildonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick15/06/1998Poplar & Canning TownLabourSigned
Eric Clarke16/06/1998MidlothianLabourSigned
Mike Hancock16/06/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe16/06/1998LeighLabourSigned
Joan Humble16/06/1998Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins16/06/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Brian White17/06/1998North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Robert Wareing17/06/1998Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle17/06/1998ChorleyLabourSigned
David Taylor17/06/1998North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Gerry Steinberg17/06/1998Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Ann Cryer17/06/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara17/06/1998Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden17/06/1998Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Ivan Henderson17/06/1998HarwichLabourSigned
Bob Russell17/06/1998ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn17/06/1998Islington NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell18/06/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Clive Efford18/06/1998ElthamLabourSigned
Archy Kirkwood24/06/1998Roxburgh & BerwickshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson25/06/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John Austin29/06/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Harry Barnes29/06/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Michael Clapham02/07/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Audrey Wise08/07/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis13/07/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone15/07/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Nigel Jones21/07/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey23/07/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George27/07/1998St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan MealeUnknownWithdrawn

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