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Long Distance Transport Of Animals In The European Union

EDM number 241 in 2003-04, proposed by Gwyn Prosser on 09/12/2003.

That this House regrets that the European Commission's recent proposals for a new regulation on the protection of animals during transport do not include a maximum overall limit of eight hours on journeys to slaughter or for further fattening; is disappointed with the proposal for sequence of travel and rest which can be indefinitely repeated which will allow extremely long journeys to be undertaken; notes that each year around three million farm animals are transported huge distances across Europe on journeys lasting up to 70 hours, during which many suffer from exhaustion, dehydration and stress, often leading to injuries and in the worse cases death; notes that in 2002 a report by the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare concluded that welfare tends to get worse as journey length increases and so journeys should be as short as possible; and urges Her Majesty's Government to take the lead in negotiations at the EU Agriculture Council in persuading its EU partners to enact a maximum limit of eight hours on the transport of farm animals to slaughter or for further fattening.

This motion has been signed by a total of 114 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Gwyn Prosser09/12/2003DoverLabourProposed
Bob Russell09/12/2003ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Debra Shipley09/12/2003StourbridgeLabourSigned
Rob Marris09/12/2003Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd09/12/2003Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock09/12/2003Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker09/12/2003LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley09/12/2003Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Taylor09/12/2003North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Stephen Pound10/12/2003Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Syd Rapson10/12/2003Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders10/12/2003TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink10/12/2003Castle PointConservativeSigned
Brian Iddon10/12/2003Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson10/12/2003Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Lynne Jones10/12/2003Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Tim Loughton10/12/2003East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Edward O'Hara10/12/2003Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Martin Caton10/12/2003GowerLabourSigned
Ann Cryer10/12/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore10/12/2003HendonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn10/12/2003Newport WestLabourSigned
Hywel Francis10/12/2003AberavonLabourSigned
Harry Barnes10/12/2003North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Harold Best10/12/2003Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg10/12/2003Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Desmond Turner10/12/2003Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Marsha Singh11/12/2003Bradford WestLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner11/12/2003BolsoverLabourSigned
Eric Illsley11/12/2003Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
David Lepper11/12/2003Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Chris McCafferty11/12/2003Calder ValleyLabourSigned
David Chaytor11/12/2003Bury NorthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn11/12/2003Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Crausby11/12/2003Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Jim Dowd11/12/2003Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Win Griffiths11/12/2003BridgendLabourSigned
Rudi Vis11/12/2003Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Brian White11/12/2003North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Paul Holmes15/12/2003ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins15/12/2003Luton NorthLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith15/12/2003Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Frank Cook15/12/2003Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Jim Cousins15/12/2003Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin15/12/2003Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Sandra Gidley15/12/2003RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Banks15/12/2003West HamLabourSigned
John Barrett15/12/2003Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams15/12/2003ConwyLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara16/12/2003Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Brian Cotter16/12/2003Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Sheridan17/12/2003West RenfrewshireLabourSigned
Lady Hermon17/12/2003North DownUUPSigned
Andy King17/12/2003Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Terry Lewis17/12/2003WorsleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell17/12/2003Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Wayne David17/12/2003CaerphillyLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis17/12/2003Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Bill Tynan17/12/2003Hamilton SouthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson18/12/2003Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Tony Clarke18/12/2003Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Clive Efford18/12/2003ElthamLabourSigned
Tom Cox05/01/2004TootingLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard05/01/2004WalthamstowLabourSigned
Colin Burgon06/01/2004ElmetLabourSigned
Paul Truswell06/01/2004PudseyLabourSigned
Greg Pope08/01/2004HyndburnLabourSigned
Tom Brake12/01/2004Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Denzil Davies13/01/2004LlanelliLabourSigned
Nigel Jones14/01/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington19/01/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey21/01/2004West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Mike Gapes22/01/2004Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Brian H Donohoe10/02/2004Cunninghame SouthLabourSigned
Don Foster10/02/2004BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Humble11/02/2004Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Martin O'Neill11/02/2004OchilLabourSigned
Janet Dean11/02/2004BurtonLabourSigned
Peter Ainsworth11/02/2004East SurreyConservativeSigned
John Horam12/02/2004OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Brian Jenkins12/02/2004TamworthLabourSigned
Julia Drown12/02/2004South SwindonLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell12/02/2004Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Prentice23/02/2004PendleLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood23/02/2004ClydesdaleLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd23/02/2004Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Sue Doughty23/02/2004GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Begg23/02/2004Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
John Austin24/02/2004Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
David Marshall25/02/2004Glasgow, ShettlestonLabourSigned
Alan Meale25/02/2004MansfieldLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham25/02/2004Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Ann Widdecombe25/02/2004Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
David Chidgey01/03/2004EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis01/03/2004Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Mole03/03/2004IpswichLabourSigned
David Amess10/03/2004Southend WestConservativeSigned
Matthew Taylor10/03/2004Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony McWalter15/03/2004Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Anne Campbell15/03/2004CambridgeLabourSigned
Eric Martlew16/03/2004CarlisleLabourSigned
Andrew Selous24/03/2004South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Helen Clark24/03/2004PeterboroughLabourSigned
Chris Ruane26/03/2004Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Henry Bellingham30/03/2004North West NorfolkConservativeSigned
Derek Wyatt30/03/2004Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn31/03/2004JarrowLabourSigned
Michael Connarty01/04/2004Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Valerie Davey19/04/2004Bristol WestLabourSigned
John Bercow19/04/2004BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Piara S Khabra22/04/2004Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
George Stevenson04/05/2004Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Russell Brown18/06/2004DumfriesLabourSigned
Terry DavisUnknownWithdrawn

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