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Export Of Live Horses From Eastern Europe To The European Union

EDM number 806 in 1997-98, proposed by Mike Hancock on 17/02/1998.

That this House condemns the export of live horses from eastern Europe to the European Union where at journey's end they are slaughtered for meat; believes that this trade causes widespread animal suffering; is concerned that by the time they reach the European Union many of the horses are exhausted, while others are injured and some are dead, having succumbed to the stresses of the long journeys; notes that in 1997 the 15 EU member states adopted a new Protocol on Improved Protection and Respect for the Welfare of Animals which recognises animals as sentient beings; believes that the European Union should now act upon this Protocol and bring these live horse imports to an end; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government as the Presidency government of the European Union to take the lead in persuading our EU partners to bring this cruel trade in horses to an end.

This motion has been signed by a total of 50 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mike Hancock17/02/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratProposed
Ken Livingstone17/02/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
John Cummings18/02/1998EasingtonLabourSigned
Audrey Wise18/02/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg18/02/1998Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn18/02/1998SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey18/02/1998Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Cox18/02/1998TootingLabourSigned
Michael Clapham18/02/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara18/02/1998Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Bill Michie18/02/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar18/02/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Lynne Jones18/02/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Martin Smyth18/02/1998Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Bob Russell18/02/1998ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Pickthall18/02/1998West LancashireLabourSigned
Jackie Ballard19/02/1998TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Wallace19/02/1998Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor19/02/1998North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Harry Barnes19/02/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
John Austin19/02/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Norman Godman19/02/1998Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
John Cryer19/02/1998HornchurchLabourSigned
John McDonnell19/02/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alice Mahon19/02/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
Terry Lewis19/02/1998WorsleyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins19/02/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner19/02/1998BolsoverLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore19/02/1998HendonLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle23/02/1998ChorleyLabourSigned
Tom Brake23/02/1998Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer23/02/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe23/02/1998LeighLabourSigned
Norman Baker23/02/1998LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing24/02/1998Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe24/02/1998WellingboroughLabourSigned
Jenny Jones24/02/1998Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell25/02/1998Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Eileen Gordon25/02/1998RomfordLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell25/02/1998Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones26/02/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeff Ennis26/02/1998Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Bill Etherington26/02/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Alan Williams26/02/1998Swansea WestLabourSigned
Martyn Jones27/02/1998Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick10/03/1998Poplar & Canning TownLabourSigned
Terry Davis11/03/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Nick Palmer17/03/1998BroxtoweLabourSigned
Syd Rapson23/03/1998Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis23/03/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned

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