Dogs Given As Christmas Presents

EDM number 1159 in 2005-06, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 30/11/2005.

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, Clarissa 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 dogs to be abandoned is at the start of the Easter holidays, when pups who were given as Christmas presents have grown up to be big, boisterous dogs; further notes that the problem of dogs being given as Christmas presents is still a major concern, in a country where there were at least 105,000 stray and abandoned dogs taken in by local authorities last year; and wholeheartedly supports the Dogs Trust in its determination to ensure that one day all dogs are cared for by responsible owners, and have a home for life.

This motion has been signed by a total of 69 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Rosindell	30/11/2005	Romford	Conservative	Proposed
Ashok Kumar	30/11/2005	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Seconded
Julian Lewis	30/11/2005	New Forest East	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	30/11/2005	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	01/12/2005	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Alan Meale	01/12/2005	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	01/12/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	01/12/2005	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Drew	01/12/2005	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	01/12/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/12/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	01/12/2005	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Diana Johnson	01/12/2005	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	01/12/2005	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
John Cummings	01/12/2005	Easington	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	01/12/2005	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Harry Cohen	01/12/2005	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	01/12/2005	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	01/12/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	01/12/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	01/12/2005	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	01/12/2005	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tim Loughton	01/12/2005	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Edward O'Hara	01/12/2005	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	01/12/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
James Gray	02/12/2005	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	02/12/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	02/12/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	02/12/2005	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	02/12/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	05/12/2005	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	05/12/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	05/12/2005	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/12/2005	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	05/12/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	05/12/2005	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	06/12/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	06/12/2005	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Richard Burden	06/12/2005	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	06/12/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	06/12/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	06/12/2005	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	07/12/2005	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	07/12/2005	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	07/12/2005	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	07/12/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	07/12/2005	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Kidney	07/12/2005	Stafford	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	07/12/2005	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Brian Jenkins	08/12/2005	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	08/12/2005	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	12/12/2005	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	13/12/2005	North Down	UUP	Signed
Martin Horwood	13/12/2005	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	13/12/2005	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	14/12/2005	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	15/12/2005	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	20/12/2005	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	09/01/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	09/01/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	10/01/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	11/01/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Edward Vaizey	12/01/2006	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Mark Pritchard	16/01/2006	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
David Crausby	17/01/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	19/01/2006	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
John Barrett	15/05/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Douglas Carswell	12/07/2006	Harwich	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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