Battery Hens (No. 2)

EDM number 509 in 1998-99, proposed by Harry Cohen on 30/03/1999.

That this House believes that the battery cage system imposes a high degree of suffering on laying hens; is concerned that battery hens are kept in cages so small that they are unable to stretch their wings, let alone move around or peck and scratch at the ground; notes that a 1996 report by the European Commission's Scientific Veterinary Committee concluded that because of its small size and barrenness the battery cage as used at present has inherent severe disadvantages for the welfare of hens; welcomes the fact that in January 1999 the European Parliament voted decisively for the battery cage to be phased out throughout the European Union by 2009; and urges Her Majesty's Government to take the lead in persuading the European Union's Council of Agriculture Minister to agree to the EU-wide phase-out of battery cages called for by the European Parliament.

This motion has been signed by a total of 61 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Harry Cohen	30/03/1999	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Proposed
Chris Pond	30/03/1999	Gravesham	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	30/03/1999	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Hancock	30/03/1999	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	30/03/1999	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	31/03/1999	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	31/03/1999	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	31/03/1999	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	31/03/1999	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	31/03/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Norman Godman	31/03/1999	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	31/03/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	31/03/1999	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	31/03/1999	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	31/03/1999	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	31/03/1999	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Linda Perham	31/03/1999	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Michael Foster	31/03/1999	Worcester	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	31/03/1999	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	31/03/1999	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	31/03/1999	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	31/03/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	31/03/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ashok Kumar	31/03/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	13/04/1999	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	13/04/1999	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	13/04/1999	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	13/04/1999	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	13/04/1999	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	13/04/1999	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	14/04/1999	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	14/04/1999	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	14/04/1999	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Maria Fyfe	14/04/1999	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	14/04/1999	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Edward Davey	14/04/1999	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	14/04/1999	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	14/04/1999	Workington	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	14/04/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	14/04/1999	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	15/04/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/04/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	16/04/1999	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	19/04/1999	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	19/04/1999	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
John Austin	19/04/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	19/04/1999	Preston	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/04/1999	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	21/04/1999	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	21/04/1999	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	21/04/1999	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/04/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	29/04/1999	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	05/05/1999	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	11/05/1999	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
David Drew	12/05/1999	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nick Harvey	20/05/1999	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	21/05/1999	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Janet Dean	14/06/1999	Burton	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	21/07/1999	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	Unknown			Withdrawn

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