Dogs Given As Christmas Presents (EDM399)

Dogs Given As Christmas Presents

EDM number 399 in 2004-05, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 15/12/2004.

That this House notes that the Dogs Trust's famous slogan, A Dog is For Life, Not Just for Christmas, was created in 1978 by the charity's Chief Executive, Clarrisa Baldwin, at a time when thousands of people were buying puppies to give to family and friends as Christmas presents, resulting in puppies being abandoned in the New Year; recognises that despite many years of campaigning by the Dogs Trust there still exists a problem of dogs being given as Christmas presents; further recognises that the Dogs Trust has seen that the most popular time of year for pups to be abandoned is at the start of the Easter holidays, when pups who were given for Christmas presents have grown up to be big boisterous dogs; further notes the problem of dogs being given as Christmas presents is still a major concern, in a country where there were at least 117,000 stray and abandoned dogs taken in by local authorities last year; and wholeheartedly supports the Dogs Trust in their determination to ensure that one day all dogs are cared for be responsible owners, and have a home for life.

This motion has been signed by a total of 61 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Rosindell	15/12/2004	Romford	Conservative	Proposed
Bob Russell	15/12/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	15/12/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	15/12/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	16/12/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	16/12/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	16/12/2004	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Michael Weir	16/12/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Rudi Vis	16/12/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	16/12/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	16/12/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	16/12/2004	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	16/12/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	16/12/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	16/12/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	16/12/2004	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	16/12/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Martin Smyth	16/12/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Betty Williams	20/12/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	20/12/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	20/12/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/12/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	20/12/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	20/12/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	20/12/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	20/12/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	20/12/2004	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Bob Spink	20/12/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Syd Rapson	20/12/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	20/12/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Cummings	20/12/2004	Easington	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	21/12/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	21/12/2004	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	21/12/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Vera Baird	21/12/2004	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	21/12/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/12/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	21/12/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	21/12/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	21/12/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Sheridan	21/12/2004	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/01/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	10/01/2005	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	10/01/2005	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/01/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/01/2005	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	10/01/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	11/01/2005	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	11/01/2005	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	12/01/2005	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	12/01/2005	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/01/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	18/01/2005	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	24/01/2005	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	24/01/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	24/01/2005	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Adrian Bailey	24/01/2005	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/02/2005	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	03/02/2005	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	10/02/2005	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Parmjit Gill	06/04/2005	Leicester South	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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