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Impact Of The Wto Rules On Animal Welfare

EDM number 307 in 1999-00, proposed by Bill Etherington on 24/01/2000.

That this House is concerned that the WTO rules pose an increasing threat to attempts to secure improved standards of animal welfare; is dismayed that fears of WTO challenges have led to the EU severely diluting two of its key animal protection measures, the ban on the import of furs from countries using the leghold trap and the prohibition on the marketing of cosmetics tested on animals; believes that the WTO rules unduly constrain the EU's ability to introduce good new animal welfare measures and in particular to prohibit cruel rearing systems and the import of products derived from animals reared in such systems; believes that the WTO rules must be reformed to allow other legitimate considerations such as animal welfare to take an equal place alongside trade liberalisation; welcomes the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers' statement stressing that international acknowledgement of animal welfare rules must be one of the EU's key objectives for the next WTO round; and urges Her Majesty's Government to take the lead in persuading its EU partners to press vigorously for the adverse impact of the WTO rules on animal welfare to be brought to an end.

This motion has been signed by a total of 77 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bill Etherington24/01/2000Sunderland NorthLabourProposed
Edward O'Hara24/01/2000Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones25/01/2000Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
John Gunnell25/01/2000Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Norman Baker25/01/2000LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
David Borrow25/01/2000South RibbleLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley25/01/2000Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Taylor25/01/2000North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Gerry Steinberg27/01/2000Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Mike Hancock27/01/2000Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cummings27/01/2000EasingtonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn27/01/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen27/01/2000Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Eric Clarke27/01/2000MidlothianLabourSigned
Tom Brake27/01/2000Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Michie27/01/2000Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Nigel Jones27/01/2000CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins27/01/2000Luton NorthLabourSigned
Ivan Henderson27/01/2000HarwichLabourSigned
Bob Russell27/01/2000ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Russell Brown27/01/2000DumfriesLabourSigned
Tom Cox28/01/2000TootingLabourSigned
Brian Cotter31/01/2000Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn31/01/2000Newport WestLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt31/01/2000Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Ian Davidson01/02/2000Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ronnie Fearn01/02/2000SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Clive Efford01/02/2000ElthamLabourSigned
Syd Rapson01/02/2000Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser01/02/2000DoverLabourSigned
David Rendel02/02/2000NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Angela Smith02/02/2000BasildonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alice Mahon02/02/2000HalifaxLabourSigned
John McDonnell02/02/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham02/02/2000Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Jim Cousins02/02/2000Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Ann Cryer02/02/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew George02/02/2000St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Marsden03/02/2000Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Harold Best03/02/2000Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Janet Dean03/02/2000BurtonLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe07/02/2000LeighLabourSigned
Eric Illsley08/02/2000Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Phil Sawford09/02/2000KetteringLabourSigned
Rudi Vis10/02/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Win Griffiths11/02/2000BridgendLabourSigned
Martin Linton06/03/2000BatterseaLabourSigned
Peter Brand06/03/2000Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson07/03/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John Austin08/03/2000Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Bill Rammell08/03/2000HarlowLabourSigned
Ann Keen09/03/2000Brentford & IsleworthLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson10/03/2000Lagan ValleyUUPSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours13/03/2000WorkingtonLabourSigned
Paul Keetch14/03/2000HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony McWalter15/03/2000Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Simon Thomas16/03/2000CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Tony Wright22/03/2000Cannock ChaseLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham27/03/2000Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Michael Mates05/04/2000East HampshireConservativeSigned
Denzil Davies05/04/2000LlanelliLabourSigned
Bob Laxton05/04/2000Derby NorthLabourSigned
Jon Owen Jones06/04/2000Cardiff CentralLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jackie Lawrence06/04/2000Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell06/04/2000Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Valerie Davey11/04/2000Bristol WestLabourSigned
Malcolm Chisholm12/04/2000Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Sydney Chapman13/04/2000Chipping BarnetConservativeSigned
Martyn Jones18/04/2000Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Ben Bradshaw18/04/2000ExeterLabourSigned
Alan Keen02/05/2000Feltham & HestonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Diane Abbott10/05/2000Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Phil Willis15/05/2000Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Connarty18/05/2000Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Karen Buck27/06/2000Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Barry Jones03/07/2000Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Audrey WiseUnknownWithdrawn

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