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Welfare And Quality In The British Pig Meat Industry

EDM number 949 in 2004-05, proposed by Richard Bacon on 17/03/2005.

That this House commends the British pig meat industry's commitment to high standards of welfare, in particular since the banning of sow stalls and tethers in the UK from 1999; welcomes the launch of the new British Meat Quality Standard for Pork, Bacon, Ham and Sausages; notes that the standard provides an independently audited guarantee of animal welfare, quality control and traceability; and calls on supermarkets and caterers to respond to consumer demand by using the Quality Standard Mark.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Richard Bacon17/03/2005South NorfolkConservativeProposed
Owen Paterson17/03/2005North ShropshireConservativeSigned
Tim Yeo17/03/2005South SuffolkConservativeSigned
Roger Williams17/03/2005Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
James Gray17/03/2005North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Nigel Evans17/03/2005Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
James Paice17/03/2005South East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Anne McIntosh17/03/2005Vale of YorkConservativeSigned
Kevan Jones17/03/2005North DurhamLabourSigned
Tim Loughton18/03/2005East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley18/03/2005Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Julian Lewis21/03/2005New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Ann Cryer21/03/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock21/03/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Thomas21/03/2005CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
David Wilshire21/03/2005SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton21/03/2005CongletonConservativeSigned
Nicholas Winterton22/03/2005MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Andrew George22/03/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Garnier22/03/2005HarboroughConservativeSigned
Nigel Dodds22/03/2005Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Mark Oaten22/03/2005WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones22/03/2005CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Marion Roe22/03/2005BroxbourneConservativeSigned
Colin Breed22/03/2005South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
David Burnside23/03/2005South AntrimUUPSigned
Martin Caton23/03/2005GowerLabourSigned
Rudi Vis23/03/2005Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Malcolm Moss24/03/2005North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Annette Brooke24/03/2005Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler24/03/2005North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Hurst04/04/2005BraintreeLabourSigned
Nigel Waterson04/04/2005EastbourneConservativeSigned
Crispin Blunt04/04/2005ReigateConservativeSigned
Cheryl Gillan04/04/2005Chesham & AmershamConservativeSigned
Adrian Flook04/04/2005TauntonConservativeSigned
Derek Conway04/04/2005Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Eleanor Laing04/04/2005Epping ForestConservativeSigned
Oliver Heald05/04/2005North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Hugo Swire05/04/2005East DevonConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson06/04/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Terry LewisUnknownWithdrawn

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