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Routine Use Of Antibiotics In Livestock Farming

EDM number 228 in 1998-99, proposed by Jim Fitzpatrick on 21/01/1999.

That this House notes with concern the emergence of resistance in bacteria to some of the antibiotics used to treat serious infections in humans; welcomes the decision by the European Union to prohibit the use of four of the antibiotics used as growth promoters in farming; fears that this move will not on its own be sufficient to address the risk to human health presented by the excessive use of antibiotics in livestock farming which encourages the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria; accordingly believes the use of all antibiotics as growth promoters in animals should be brought to an end; further believes that the routine use of antibiotics to forestall the diseases which are inevitable in intensive farming should be restricted and replaced by the introduction of healthy practices in animal husbandry and good hygiene; and urges Her Majesty's Government to take the lead in persuading our European Union partners to phase out the use of all antibiotics in farming as growth promoters and to introduce tighter restrictions on their use in farming for phophylactic purposes.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jim Fitzpatrick21/01/1999Poplar & Canning TownLabourProposed
Lynne Jones25/01/1999Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
John Austin25/01/1999Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Tom Cox25/01/1999TootingLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden26/01/1999Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore26/01/1999HendonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin26/01/1999Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ian Gibson26/01/1999Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Norman Godman26/01/1999Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley26/01/1999Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson27/01/1999Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones27/01/1999CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Clarke27/01/1999MidlothianLabourSigned
Harry Cohen27/01/1999Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Audrey Wise27/01/1999PrestonLabourSigned
Christine Butler28/01/1999Castle PointLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster02/02/1999Hastings & RyeLabourSigned
Bill Etherington04/02/1999Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Phil Sawford04/02/1999KetteringLabourSigned
Rudi Vis08/02/1999Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Joan Walley09/02/1999Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham10/02/1999Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Oona King11/02/1999Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Michael Connarty11/02/1999Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Ann Cryer15/02/1999KeighleyLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith16/02/1999Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Andrew Stunell22/02/1999Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Tonge22/02/1999Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Kevin McNamara22/02/1999Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn26/02/1999Islington NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell05/03/1999Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Andrew George24/03/1999St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Ben Bradshaw26/03/1999ExeterLabourSigned
Peter Brand13/04/1999Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Ken Livingstone05/05/1999Brent EastLabourSigned
Diane Abbott10/05/1999Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Graham StringerUnknownWithdrawn

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