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EDM number 1777 in 2003-04, proposed by Desmond Turner on 20/10/2004.

That this House welcomes the proposed Animal Welfare Bill; supports the objective to modernise and strengthen existing legislation protecting animals through a duty of care; but is concerned that the Draft Bill contains a proposal to legalise pet markets and that this represents a retrograde step that will significantly lower current animal welfare standards; recognises that reasonable standards of animal welfare cannot be attained at temporary, makeshift markets; acknowledges that the trade in exotic pets and all of its associated problems will increase with the proliferation of exotic pet markets and could stimulate an upsurge in numbers of birds and reptiles trapped from the wild for the pet trade; and calls on the Animal Welfare Bill Select Committee to recommend that no licensing of pet markets is provided for under general licensing of activities involving animals and indeed that pet markets be specifically excluded from the Bill.

This motion has been signed by a total of 63 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Desmond Turner20/10/2004Brighton, KemptownLabourProposed
David Lepper20/10/2004Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tony Banks20/10/2004West HamLabourSigned
Janet Anderson20/10/2004Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
Tom Clarke20/10/2004Coatbridge & ChrystonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard20/10/2004WalthamstowLabourSigned
Lynne Jones21/10/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn21/10/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins25/10/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Tom Cox25/10/2004TootingLabourSigned
Mike Hancock25/10/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Barnes25/10/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Betty Williams25/10/2004ConwyLabourSigned
Martin Caton26/10/2004GowerLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg26/10/2004Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Vera Baird26/10/2004RedcarLabourSigned
Win Griffiths26/10/2004BridgendLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths26/10/2004Reading EastLabourSigned
Albert Owen26/10/2004Ynys MLabourSigned
Terry Lewis26/10/2004WorsleyLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle26/10/2004ChorleyLabourSigned
Bob Russell26/10/2004ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
David Marshall27/10/2004Glasgow, ShettlestonLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara27/10/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Frank Cook27/10/2004Stockton NorthLabourSigned
David Hamilton27/10/2004MidlothianLabourSigned
Rudi Vis27/10/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt27/10/2004Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins28/10/2004TamworthLabourSigned
Alan Meale28/10/2004MansfieldLabourSigned
Tony Colman01/11/2004PutneyLabourSigned
Colin Pickthall01/11/2004West LancashireLabourSigned
Janet Dean02/11/2004BurtonLabourSigned
John Lyons03/11/2004Strathkelvin & BearsdenLabourSigned
Bill Tynan04/11/2004Hamilton SouthLabourSigned
Valerie Davey08/11/2004Bristol WestLabourSigned
Stephen Hesford09/11/2004Wirral WestLabourSigned
Colin Breed09/11/2004South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cunningham09/11/2004Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Sue Doughty09/11/2004GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington09/11/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Ian Gibson09/11/2004Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Norman Baker09/11/2004LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Teddy Taylor09/11/2004Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
Paul Flynn10/11/2004Newport WestLabourSigned
Barbara Follett10/11/2004StevenageLabourSigned
Colin Challen10/11/2004Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Patsy Calton10/11/2004CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham10/11/2004Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/11/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh11/11/2004Bradford WestLabourSigned
Joan Humble11/11/2004Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Martin O'Neill11/11/2004OchilLabourSigned
Don Foster11/11/2004BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Hurst15/11/2004BraintreeLabourSigned
Jim Dowd15/11/2004Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan16/11/2004West RenfrewshireLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell16/11/2004Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes17/11/2004North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones17/11/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell17/11/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Bill Olner17/11/2004NuneatonLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd17/11/2004Cynon ValleyLabourSigned

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