Welfare Of Greyhounds

EDM number 144 in 2003-04, proposed by Alan Meale on 26/11/2003.

That this House calls on Her Majesty's Government to address animal welfare concerns within greyhound racing; notes that 10,000 greyhounds retire from racing each year, only 2,000 of which are known to be re-homed; looks forward to provisions for improving racing greyhound welfare to be included in the proposed Animal Welfare Bill; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to bring forward measures, including the possible introduction of compulsory levies, to ensure that proper levels of funding are made available from within the industry towards the cost of greyhound welfare.

This motion has been signed by a total of 258 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Meale	26/11/2003	Mansfield	Labour	Proposed
Mark Tami	26/11/2003	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	26/11/2003	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Henry Bellingham	26/11/2003	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	26/11/2003	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	26/11/2003	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	27/11/2003	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	27/11/2003	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Garnier	27/11/2003	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	27/11/2003	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	27/11/2003	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	27/11/2003	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	27/11/2003	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	27/11/2003	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/12/2003	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	01/12/2003	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	01/12/2003	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	01/12/2003	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	01/12/2003	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	01/12/2003	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	01/12/2003	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
John Randall	01/12/2003	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Tony Colman	02/12/2003	Putney	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/12/2003	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	02/12/2003	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	02/12/2003	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Michael Fabricant	02/12/2003	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	02/12/2003	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	02/12/2003	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	02/12/2003	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	02/12/2003	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Colin Breed	02/12/2003	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	02/12/2003	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	02/12/2003	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	02/12/2003	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	02/12/2003	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	02/12/2003	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	02/12/2003	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	02/12/2003	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
John MacDougall	02/12/2003	Central Fife	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	02/12/2003	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	02/12/2003	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/12/2003	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	03/12/2003	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	03/12/2003	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	03/12/2003	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	03/12/2003	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	03/12/2003	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	03/12/2003	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	03/12/2003	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	03/12/2003	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	03/12/2003	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	03/12/2003	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Brian Jenkins	03/12/2003	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	03/12/2003	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Edward O'Hara	03/12/2003	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	03/12/2003	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	03/12/2003	Gower	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	03/12/2003	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	04/12/2003	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/12/2003	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	04/12/2003	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roy Beggs	04/12/2003	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Peter Bottomley	04/12/2003	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	04/12/2003	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Brian White	04/12/2003	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	04/12/2003	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	04/12/2003	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	04/12/2003	Pendle	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	04/12/2003	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	04/12/2003	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	04/12/2003	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	04/12/2003	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Peter Luff	04/12/2003	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Alice Mahon	04/12/2003	Halifax	Labour	Signed
David Wright	08/12/2003	Telford	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	08/12/2003	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	08/12/2003	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	08/12/2003	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	08/12/2003	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	08/12/2003	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	08/12/2003	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	08/12/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	08/12/2003	North Down	UUP	Signed
Evan Harris	08/12/2003	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	09/12/2003	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	09/12/2003	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	09/12/2003	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/12/2003	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	09/12/2003	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	09/12/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	09/12/2003	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	09/12/2003	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	10/12/2003	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	10/12/2003	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	10/12/2003	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	10/12/2003	Ayr	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	10/12/2003	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	10/12/2003	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	10/12/2003	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/12/2003	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	11/12/2003	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	11/12/2003	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	11/12/2003	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	11/12/2003	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	11/12/2003	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	15/12/2003	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julia Drown	15/12/2003	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	15/12/2003	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Atkinson	16/12/2003	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	16/12/2003	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	17/12/2003	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/12/2003	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	17/12/2003	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/12/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	18/12/2003	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	18/12/2003	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	05/01/2004	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	05/01/2004	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	05/01/2004	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	05/01/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	05/01/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin Hughes	05/01/2004	Doncaster North	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	05/01/2004	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	05/01/2004	Dover	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	08/01/2004	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	08/01/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	12/01/2004	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	12/01/2004	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Andrew Bennett	12/01/2004	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	12/01/2004	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	13/01/2004	Basingstoke	Independent Conservative	Signed
Denzil Davies	13/01/2004	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	13/01/2004	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Lembit	14/01/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Debra Shipley	15/01/2004	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	15/01/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	19/01/2004	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	20/01/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	20/01/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Bailey	21/01/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Amess	22/01/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Kevan Jones	26/01/2004	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	28/01/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	04/02/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Smith	09/02/2004	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	09/02/2004	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	10/02/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	11/02/2004	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	11/02/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paddy Tipping	12/02/2004	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	12/02/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Wayne David	12/02/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	12/02/2004	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Anne Begg	23/02/2004	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	23/02/2004	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	23/02/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	23/02/2004	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
John Taylor	23/02/2004	Solihull	Conservative	Signed
Teddy Taylor	23/02/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Pete Wishart	23/02/2004	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	23/02/2004	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	23/02/2004	Bedford	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	23/02/2004	Glasgow, Kelvin	Independent	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	23/02/2004	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	23/02/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Robert Smith	23/02/2004	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	23/02/2004	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	23/02/2004	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
John Burnett	23/02/2004	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	23/02/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McWilliam	24/02/2004	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	24/02/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	24/02/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	24/02/2004	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	25/02/2004	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Richard Allan	25/02/2004	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy King	25/02/2004	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	25/02/2004	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Chaytor	26/02/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	26/02/2004	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	26/02/2004	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Alan Hurst	27/02/2004	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	01/03/2004	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	01/03/2004	Selby	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	01/03/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	01/03/2004	Medway	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	01/03/2004	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alex Salmond	01/03/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mark Oaten	02/03/2004	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	02/03/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	04/03/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Iain Coleman	04/03/2004	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
John Mann	04/03/2004	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	05/03/2004	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	08/03/2004	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Frank Field	08/03/2004	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	09/03/2004	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	10/03/2004	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	10/03/2004	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barry Sheerman	12/03/2004	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Virginia Bottomley	15/03/2004	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	15/03/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Salter	17/03/2004	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	17/03/2004	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	22/03/2004	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	22/03/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	22/03/2004	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	30/03/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	31/03/2004	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Judy Mallaber	31/03/2004	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	01/04/2004	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	19/04/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	19/04/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Horam	20/04/2004	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	20/04/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Julie Morgan	21/04/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Flook	22/04/2004	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
Ross Cranston	22/04/2004	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	22/04/2004	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	26/04/2004	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	27/04/2004	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	28/04/2004	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Bryant	28/04/2004	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	29/04/2004	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	30/04/2004	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	30/04/2004	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	05/05/2004	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	05/05/2004	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	05/05/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	06/05/2004	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	06/05/2004	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	06/05/2004	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
Chris Mole	06/05/2004	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	06/05/2004	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	10/05/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	10/05/2004	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Diana Organ	10/05/2004	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Roger Casale	11/05/2004	Wimbledon	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	12/05/2004	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Ian Paisley	13/05/2004	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
Sarah Teather	13/05/2004	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Lyons	18/05/2004	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
John Smith	20/05/2004	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	21/05/2004	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Angela Watkinson	24/05/2004	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
George Stevenson	26/05/2004	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	07/06/2004	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Russell Brown	18/06/2004	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	07/09/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Richard Burden	07/09/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Michael Spicer	11/10/2004	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Iain Luke	11/10/2004	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	11/10/2004	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Peter Lilley	14/10/2004	Hitchin & Harpenden	Conservative	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	14/10/2004	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jim Marshall	Unknown			Withdrawn

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