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English Rose Vi Voyage To Protect The Albatross

EDM number 1379 in 2003-04, proposed by Martin Caton on 22/06/2004.

That this House welcomes John Ridgway's return to London in the yacht English Rose VI after he finished his 327 day trip which started in July 2003 from Ardmore (Scotland); congratulates Mr Ridgway for using his journey under the flag of the UN Environment Programme to raise awareness of the current threat to the world's albatross population; notes that more than 300,000 seabirds are killed every year by long line fishing which involves setting a multi-hooked single line of up to 130km behind a fishing boat; is appalled that an estimated one billion baited hooks are set annually by the world's long line fleets; acknowledge that for the most part these are not eaten by their intended targets, but by albatrosses and other seabirds; understands that the most serious threat to albatrosses is posed by Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported pirate fishing vessels; therefore urges the UK Government to combat illegal fishing and its consequent damage by promoting more effective enforcement of international agreements such as the Agreement on Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, the FAO-International Plan of Action, and the provisions included in the EU Common Fisheries Policy; further urges the UK Government to ensure that British overseas territories guarantee protection for albatrosses and other seabirds.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Martin Caton22/06/2004GowerLabourProposed
Laura Moffatt23/06/2004CrawleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn23/06/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer23/06/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Win Griffiths23/06/2004BridgendLabourSigned
Harry Barnes23/06/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt23/06/2004Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins24/06/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Harold Best24/06/2004Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Tom Brake24/06/2004Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Marsden24/06/2004Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Hoyle24/06/2004ChorleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson24/06/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Adam Price24/06/2004Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Janet Anderson28/06/2004Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
Betty Williams28/06/2004ConwyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock28/06/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard28/06/2004WalthamstowLabourSigned
Annette Brooke28/06/2004Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones28/06/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
John Randall28/06/2004UxbridgeConservativeSigned
David Crausby28/06/2004Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Rob Marris29/06/2004Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Alan Meale29/06/2004MansfieldLabourSigned
Bill Etherington29/06/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Desmond Turner29/06/2004Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Rudi Vis29/06/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara30/06/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd30/06/2004Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Mark Lazarowicz30/06/2004Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
Eric Illsley01/07/2004Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Alice Mahon01/07/2004HalifaxLabourSigned
Angela Eagle05/07/2004WallaseyLabourSigned
Paul Flynn05/07/2004Newport WestLabourSigned
Stephen Pound06/07/2004Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones06/07/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew12/07/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Janet Dean22/07/2004BurtonLabourSigned
Andrew Rosindell07/09/2004RomfordConservativeSigned
John McDonnell16/09/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned

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