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Welfare Of Broiler Chickens

EDM number 150 in 2000-01, proposed by Bill Etherington on 21/12/2000.

That this House notes that a recent report by the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare has revealed that serious health and welfare problems are imposed on the chickens reared for their meat by intensive broiler chicken production; further notes that the Scientific Committee concludes that rapid growth rates lead to chickens suffering from leg disorders and heart failure; notes that the Scientific Committee stresses that stocking densities should be significantly lower than those commonly used in the United Kingdom if major welfare problems are largely to be avoided; further notes that the Scientific Committee concludes that the severe feed restriction to which many broiler breeders are subjected results in the birds being very hungry and in unacceptable welfare problems; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to press the European Commission to prepare as soon as possible a proposed directive to address the problems highlighted by the Scientific Committee.

This motion has been signed by a total of 122 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bill Etherington21/12/2000Sunderland NorthLabourProposed
Jeremy Corbyn21/12/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
John Austin21/12/2000Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Angela Smith08/01/2001BasildonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tom Cox08/01/2001TootingLabourSigned
Ann Cryer08/01/2001KeighleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock08/01/2001Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Palmer09/01/2001BroxtoweLabourSigned
Syd Rapson09/01/2001Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones09/01/2001CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd09/01/2001Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Kevin McNamara09/01/2001Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Bill Michie09/01/2001Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Russell Brown09/01/2001DumfriesLabourSigned
Vincent Cable09/01/2001TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cummings09/01/2001EasingtonLabourSigned
Harry Barnes09/01/2001North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley09/01/2001Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Gerry Steinberg09/01/2001Durham, City ofLabourSigned
David Taylor09/01/2001North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Bob Russell10/01/2001ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Ivan Henderson10/01/2001HarwichLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins10/01/2001Luton NorthLabourSigned
Barry Jones10/01/2001Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Jon Owen Jones10/01/2001Cardiff CentralLabour Co-operativeSigned
John McWilliam10/01/2001BlaydonLabourSigned
Tony Clarke10/01/2001Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen10/01/2001Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Gerry Bermingham10/01/2001St Helens SouthLabourSigned
Harold Best10/01/2001Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Dafydd Wigley10/01/2001CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Betty Williams10/01/2001ConwyLabourSigned
Eric Illsley11/01/2001Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt11/01/2001CrawleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton11/01/2001GowerLabourSigned
Win Griffiths11/01/2001BridgendLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe15/01/2001LeighLabourSigned
Paul Flynn15/01/2001Newport WestLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara17/01/2001Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Joan Humble18/01/2001Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Lynne Jones18/01/2001Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra18/01/2001Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Archy Kirkwood18/01/2001Roxburgh & BerwickshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Olner18/01/2001NuneatonLabourSigned
Peter Brand18/01/2001Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dobbin18/01/2001Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Julia Drown18/01/2001South SwindonLabourSigned
Clive Efford18/01/2001ElthamLabourSigned
Jackie Ballard18/01/2001TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis18/01/2001Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner22/01/2001BolsoverLabourSigned
Brian Iddon22/01/2001Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson22/01/2001Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay22/01/2001ThurrockLabourSigned
Frank Cook22/01/2001Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham22/01/2001Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Ron Davies22/01/2001CaerphillyLabourSigned
Janet Dean22/01/2001BurtonLabourSigned
Barbara Follett22/01/2001StevenageLabourSigned
Bruce George22/01/2001Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Donald Anderson22/01/2001Swansea EastLabourSigned
Hilary Benn22/01/2001Leeds CentralLabourSigned
David Stewart22/01/2001Inverness East, Nairn and LochaberLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe22/01/2001WellingboroughLabourSigned
Teddy Taylor22/01/2001Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
Jenny Tonge22/01/2001Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Worthington22/01/2001Clydebank & MilngavieLabourSigned
Linda Perham23/01/2001Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders23/01/2001TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
John McAllion23/01/2001Dundee EastLabourSigned
Tony McWalter23/01/2001Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Andrew Miller23/01/2001Ellesmere Port & NestonLabourSigned
Martin O'Neill23/01/2001OchilLabourSigned
Diana Organ23/01/2001Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Colin Breed23/01/2001South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Gidley23/01/2001RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Grogan23/01/2001SelbyLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey23/01/2001West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Matthew Taylor23/01/2001Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Turner23/01/2001WiganLabourSigned
Jackie Lawrence24/01/2001Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Tony Benn24/01/2001ChesterfieldLabourSigned
Roger Berry24/01/2001KingswoodLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone25/01/2001Brent EastIndependentSigned
Chris McCafferty25/01/2001Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd25/01/2001Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Simon Hughes26/01/2001North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood26/01/2001Batley & SpenLabourSigned
David Amess29/01/2001Southend WestConservativeSigned
Richard Body29/01/2001Boston & SkegnessConservativeSigned
Debra Shipley30/01/2001StourbridgeLabourSigned
Alan Keen30/01/2001Feltham & HestonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alan Meale30/01/2001MansfieldLabourSigned
John Gunnell30/01/2001Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Howard Stoate30/01/2001DartfordLabourSigned
Bill Tynan30/01/2001Hamilton SouthLabourSigned
Robert McCartney31/01/2001North DownUKUPSigned
Peter Snape01/02/2001West Bromwich EastLabourSigned
John McDonnell01/02/2001Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Tom Brake01/02/2001Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell01/02/2001Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Barry Sheerman05/02/2001HuddersfieldLabour Co-operativeSigned
Donald Gorrie05/02/2001Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker05/02/2001LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Rammell06/02/2001HarlowLabourSigned
Dari Taylor06/02/2001Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Phil Sawford08/02/2001KetteringLabourSigned
Jon Trickett08/02/2001HemsworthLabourSigned
Barry Gardiner12/02/2001Brent NorthLabourSigned
Terry Davis14/02/2001Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Geoffrey Robinson26/02/2001Coventry North WestLabourSigned
Ian Davidson26/02/2001Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Desmond Turner26/02/2001Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Stephen Twigg26/02/2001Enfield, SouthgateLabourSigned
Stephen Ladyman28/02/2001South ThanetLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff06/03/2001Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Allan Rogers21/03/2001RhonddaLabourSigned
Christine Butler21/03/2001Castle PointLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis27/03/2001Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Diane Abbott27/03/2001Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Paul Burstow03/04/2001Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Gapes10/04/2001Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned

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