Fur Farming

EDM number 60 in 1997-98, proposed by Gerry Steinberg on 02/06/1997.

That this House is opposed to the farming of mink and fox for their fur; notes that mink are highly active animals which in the wild live on and defend territories a mile or more in length; believes that it is cruel to keep mink and fox which are essentially wild creatures in small barren cages; further believes that it is ethically unacceptable for a civilised society to keep animals in such restricted and deprived conditions simply for fashion and adornment; welcomes Labour's statement in its 1996 document New Life for Animals that it is totally opposed to fur farming and will take action to end this cruel method as soon as practicable; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to introduce measures without delay to phase out fur farming by law.

This motion has been signed by a total of 166 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Gerry Steinberg	02/06/1997	Durham, City of	Labour	Proposed
Jim Cunningham	02/06/1997	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	02/06/1997	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	02/06/1997	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	02/06/1997	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	02/06/1997	Ochil	Labour	Signed
David Hinchliffe	02/06/1997	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	02/06/1997	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	02/06/1997	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	03/06/1997	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	03/06/1997	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	03/06/1997	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	03/06/1997	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	03/06/1997	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	03/06/1997	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Cummings	03/06/1997	Easington	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	03/06/1997	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	03/06/1997	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	03/06/1997	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Colin Pickthall	03/06/1997	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	04/06/1997	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	04/06/1997	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	04/06/1997	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Audrey Wise	04/06/1997	Preston	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	04/06/1997	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	04/06/1997	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	04/06/1997	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Alan Johnson	04/06/1997	Kingston upon Hull West & Hessle	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	04/06/1997	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/06/1997	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	04/06/1997	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	05/06/1997	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	05/06/1997	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	05/06/1997	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Austin	05/06/1997	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	05/06/1997	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	05/06/1997	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	05/06/1997	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	05/06/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	05/06/1997	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martyn Jones	06/06/1997	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	06/06/1997	Newport West	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	09/06/1997	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	09/06/1997	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	09/06/1997	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	09/06/1997	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	10/06/1997	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Illsley	10/06/1997	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	10/06/1997	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	10/06/1997	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	10/06/1997	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	11/06/1997	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Tommy Graham	11/06/1997	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	11/06/1997	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	11/06/1997	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	11/06/1997	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	12/06/1997	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	12/06/1997	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	12/06/1997	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	12/06/1997	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	16/06/1997	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	18/06/1997	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	18/06/1997	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/06/1997	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Vernon Coaker	23/06/1997	Gedling	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	15/07/1997	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	16/07/1997	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	17/07/1997	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Gerry Sutcliffe	17/07/1997	Bradford South	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	17/07/1997	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	21/07/1997	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Peter Snape	22/07/1997	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	22/07/1997	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	24/07/1997	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jackie Ballard	24/07/1997	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	24/07/1997	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	24/07/1997	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	24/07/1997	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	28/07/1997	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	28/07/1997	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Martlew	28/07/1997	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	28/07/1997	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	28/07/1997	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Judith Church	29/07/1997	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	29/07/1997	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	29/07/1997	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	29/07/1997	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	30/07/1997	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Davis	30/07/1997	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Dan Norris	30/07/1997	Wansdyke	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	30/07/1997	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Fiona Mactaggart	30/07/1997	Slough	Labour	Signed
Melanie Johnson	30/07/1997	Welwyn Hatfield	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	30/07/1997	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	31/07/1997	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Richard Allan	31/07/1997	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	31/07/1997	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	31/07/1997	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tim Loughton	31/07/1997	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Linda Perham	31/07/1997	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	27/10/1997	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jamie Cann	27/10/1997	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	27/10/1997	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	27/10/1997	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	27/10/1997	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	27/10/1997	Selby	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	27/10/1997	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	27/10/1997	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	27/10/1997	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	27/10/1997	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	27/10/1997	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	27/10/1997	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	27/10/1997	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Robinson	27/10/1997	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Martin Salter	27/10/1997	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Jacqui Smith	27/10/1997	Redditch	Labour	Signed
John Stanley	27/10/1997	Tonbridge & Malling	Conservative	Signed
Charles Kennedy	27/10/1997	Ross, Skye & Inverness West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	27/10/1997	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Livsey	27/10/1997	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	27/10/1997	Medway	Labour	Signed
Gillian Merron	27/10/1997	Lincoln	Labour	Signed
Ray Michie	27/10/1997	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Brand	27/10/1997	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gareth Thomas	29/10/1997	Clwyd West	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	30/10/1997	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	30/10/1997	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Bill Rammell	03/11/1997	Harlow	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	03/11/1997	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Ann Keen	04/11/1997	Brentford & Isleworth	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	05/11/1997	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	06/11/1997	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	07/11/1997	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Lembit	07/11/1997	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oliver Letwin	11/11/1997	West Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	12/11/1997	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Joe Ashton	12/11/1997	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	12/11/1997	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	24/11/1997	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Eileen Gordon	26/11/1997	Romford	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	27/11/1997	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	27/11/1997	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Simon Hughes	18/12/1997	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geraldine Smith	21/01/1998	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Robert McCartney	21/01/1998	North Down	UKUP	Signed
Rosie Winterton	26/01/1998	Doncaster Central	Labour	Signed
Caroline Flint	28/01/1998	Don Valley	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	12/03/1998	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	16/03/1998	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	16/03/1998	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Stephen Twigg	16/03/1998	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	17/03/1998	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	17/03/1998	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	23/03/1998	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	31/03/1998	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	01/04/1998	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	07/04/1998	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Geraint Davies	15/06/1998	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
Liz Blackman	15/06/1998	Erewash	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	17/06/1998	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Ben Bradshaw	24/06/1998	Exeter	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	23/07/1998	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Fiona Jones	02/09/1998	Newark	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	Unknown			Withdrawn
Charles Clarke	Unknown			Withdrawn
Patricia Hewitt	Unknown			Withdrawn

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