Circus Animals

EDM number 64 in 1998-99, proposed by Norman Baker on 01/12/1998.

That this House congratulates the Animal Defenders for the excellent and thorough report, The Ugliest Show on Earth, detailing appalling abuse and day-to-day deprivation suffered by circus animals; is pleased to note the recent conviction of one of the defendants in the cruelty case resulting from evidence gathered by the Animal Defenders; is concerned at the practice of shackling elephants for excessive periods of time and that the law is ambiguous in this area; notes that circuses exist in a legal loophole, inadequately regulated, licensed and inspected; and calls for a ban on the use of animals in travelling circuses and the extension of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 to cover the permanent holding facilities thus regulating staffing, housing, food and other welfare issues, public safety, hygiene, breeding, transport, sale and other disposal of animals.

This motion has been signed by a total of 196 MPs, 5 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Norman Baker	01/12/1998	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
John Randall	01/12/1998	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Angela Smith	01/12/1998	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Vernon Coaker	01/12/1998	Gedling	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	01/12/1998	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	01/12/1998	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	02/12/1998	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Paul Clark	02/12/1998	Gillingham	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	02/12/1998	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Eileen Gordon	02/12/1998	Romford	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	02/12/1998	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	02/12/1998	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	02/12/1998	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	02/12/1998	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	02/12/1998	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	02/12/1998	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ashok Kumar	02/12/1998	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	02/12/1998	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Paul Tyler	03/12/1998	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	03/12/1998	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	03/12/1998	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	03/12/1998	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	03/12/1998	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	03/12/1998	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	03/12/1998	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Jones	03/12/1998	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	03/12/1998	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/12/1998	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	07/12/1998	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	07/12/1998	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	07/12/1998	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	08/12/1998	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	08/12/1998	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	08/12/1998	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	08/12/1998	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Butler	08/12/1998	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/1998	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/12/1998	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Brian White	09/12/1998	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Jim Wallace	09/12/1998	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	09/12/1998	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Drew	09/12/1998	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Terry Davis	09/12/1998	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/12/1998	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	09/12/1998	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	09/12/1998	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	09/12/1998	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	10/12/1998	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
John Austin	10/12/1998	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	10/12/1998	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	10/12/1998	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/12/1998	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/12/1998	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ivan Henderson	10/12/1998	Harwich	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	14/12/1998	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	15/12/1998	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/1998	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	17/12/1998	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	17/12/1998	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	17/12/1998	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	17/12/1998	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	11/01/1999	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	11/01/1999	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Tess Kingham	11/01/1999	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	11/01/1999	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	12/01/1999	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	12/01/1999	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	12/01/1999	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	12/01/1999	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Piara S Khabra	12/01/1999	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Martin Bell	13/01/1999	Tatton	Independent	Signed
Howard Flight	13/01/1999	Arundel & South Downs	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Love	13/01/1999	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martyn Jones	13/01/1999	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	13/01/1999	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Tom Pendry	13/01/1999	Stalybridge & Hyde	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	14/01/1999	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	14/01/1999	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	14/01/1999	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	14/01/1999	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	18/01/1999	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	18/01/1999	Burton	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	18/01/1999	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	18/01/1999	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	18/01/1999	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	18/01/1999	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	18/01/1999	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Chris Pond	18/01/1999	Gravesham	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	18/01/1999	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	18/01/1999	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	19/01/1999	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	19/01/1999	Eccles	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	19/01/1999	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Maria Eagle	19/01/1999	Liverpool, Garston	Labour	Signed
Alasdair Morgan	19/01/1999	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Scottish National Party	Signed
Oona King	19/01/1999	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	20/01/1999	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	20/01/1999	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Bill Rammell	20/01/1999	Harlow	Labour	Signed
Michael Foster	20/01/1999	Worcester	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	21/01/1999	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	21/01/1999	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	21/01/1999	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alice Mahon	21/01/1999	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	21/01/1999	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	25/01/1999	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tony Benn	25/01/1999	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	25/01/1999	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	26/01/1999	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	26/01/1999	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Dan Norris	27/01/1999	Wansdyke	Labour	Signed
Andy King	27/01/1999	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	27/01/1999	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Phil Willis	28/01/1999	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	28/01/1999	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	28/01/1999	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	28/01/1999	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	28/01/1999	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Candy Atherton	28/01/1999	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Teresa Gorman	28/01/1999	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Geraint Davies	28/01/1999	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	01/02/1999	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	02/02/1999	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Judy Mallaber	03/02/1999	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	03/02/1999	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	04/02/1999	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	08/02/1999	Dover	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ewing	08/02/1999	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Linda Gilroy	10/02/1999	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Hilton Dawson	11/02/1999	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	11/02/1999	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	11/02/1999	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Bowen Wells	15/02/1999	Hertford & Stortford	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	15/02/1999	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	15/02/1999	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	15/02/1999	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Ruddock	15/02/1999	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	16/02/1999	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Keith Darvill	16/02/1999	Upminster	Labour	Signed
Tommy Graham	16/02/1999	West Renfrewshire	Independent Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	22/02/1999	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	22/02/1999	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roseanna Cunningham	22/02/1999	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Marsden	22/02/1999	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	22/02/1999	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Geraldine Smith	22/02/1999	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	22/02/1999	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	23/02/1999	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Robert McCartney	23/02/1999	North Down	UKUP	Signed
Marsha Singh	23/02/1999	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Raymond Powell	23/02/1999	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	25/02/1999	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	25/02/1999	Medway	Labour	Signed
Richard Body	25/02/1999	Boston & Skegness	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	26/02/1999	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Allan Rogers	02/03/1999	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	03/03/1999	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	04/03/1999	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Snape	05/03/1999	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	05/03/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	09/03/1999	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	10/03/1999	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	11/03/1999	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	11/03/1999	Preston	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	12/03/1999	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Margaret Moran	16/03/1999	Luton South	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	18/03/1999	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Cecil Walker	24/03/1999	Belfast North	UUP	Signed
Alan Williams	25/03/1999	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Ben Bradshaw	26/03/1999	Exeter	Labour	Signed
John Hayes	31/03/1999	South Holland & The Deepings	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	31/03/1999	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	19/04/1999	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
John Healey	23/04/1999	Wentworth	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	27/04/1999	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	05/05/1999	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	10/05/1999	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Swinney	12/05/1999	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Simon Hughes	17/05/1999	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	20/05/1999	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	24/05/1999	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	26/05/1999	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Ian Paisley	08/06/1999	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
Paul Keetch	08/06/1999	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	08/06/1999	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lewis Moonie	19/10/1999	Kirkcaldy	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	26/10/1999	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	27/10/1999	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Shona McIsaac	03/11/1999	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	03/11/1999	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Ray Michie	04/11/1999	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Clark	Unknown			Withdrawn
Graham Stringer	Unknown			Withdrawn
Malcolm Wicks	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jacqui Smith	Unknown			Withdrawn
Chris Mullin	Unknown			Withdrawn

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