Animal Welfare (No. 2)

EDM number 1626 in 2005-06, proposed by Mike Hancock on 13/02/2006.

That this House commends the work of Animal Defenders International in collecting video evidence of the abnormal behaviour and suffering of animals in travelling circuses, and notes this shows that travelling circuses cannot adequately provide for the basic welfare needs of their animals and as such fail the welfare test of the Animal Welfare Bill; notes that circus animals spend excessive periods of time shut in transporters, whether travelling or not, are forced to live in temporary facilities lacking appropriate space and environmental enrichment, and often in inappropriate groupings of animals; further notes that violence is commonplace and part of the circus culture, and no other working animals spend such a long time, normally at least eight months, in temporary mobile accommodation, thus making animal transport regulations difficult to police and enforce, and that the arrangements for circus animals are entirely different from the higher quality accommodation and transport arrangements of animals being transported for racing, horse shows, dog shows and similar events; and therefore urges that the Animal Welfare Bill is used to end the use of animals in travelling circuses and to take measures to protect performing animals in permanent facilities through regulation and to end the currently legal use of violence to train animals for the purposes of entertainment.

This motion has been signed by a total of 144 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mike Hancock	13/02/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Lindsay Hoyle	13/02/2006	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	13/02/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Alan Meale	14/02/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
John Leech	14/02/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Harry Cohen	14/02/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Seconded
Paul Flynn	14/02/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	14/02/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	14/02/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	14/02/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	15/02/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	15/02/2006	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/02/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	15/02/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/02/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	15/02/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	15/02/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	15/02/2006	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	15/02/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	16/02/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	16/02/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	16/02/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	27/02/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	27/02/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	27/02/2006	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	27/02/2006	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	27/02/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	27/02/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	27/02/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	27/02/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	27/02/2006	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	27/02/2006	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	27/02/2006	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	27/02/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	28/02/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Madeleine Moon	28/02/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	28/02/2006	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	28/02/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	28/02/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	28/02/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	28/02/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	28/02/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	01/03/2006	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Austin	01/03/2006	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	01/03/2006	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	02/03/2006	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	02/03/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	03/03/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	06/03/2006	Medway	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/03/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	07/03/2006	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	07/03/2006	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	07/03/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	08/03/2006	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	09/03/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	10/03/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	13/03/2006	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	14/03/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	14/03/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	15/03/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/03/2006	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	15/03/2006	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/03/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	15/03/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	16/03/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Johnson	16/03/2006	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Sian James	16/03/2006	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	16/03/2006	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	16/03/2006	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Joe Benton	16/03/2006	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	16/03/2006	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	16/03/2006	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Angela Watkinson	17/03/2006	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Mark Todd	17/03/2006	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	17/03/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	17/03/2006	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	17/03/2006	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
John Horam	17/03/2006	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Geraldine Smith	17/03/2006	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	20/03/2006	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	20/03/2006	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	20/03/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	20/03/2006	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	21/03/2006	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	21/03/2006	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	21/03/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	22/03/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	22/03/2006	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	22/03/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	22/03/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	23/03/2006	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	23/03/2006	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	23/03/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	27/03/2006	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	27/03/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	27/03/2006	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Linda Gilroy	27/03/2006	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	27/03/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	27/03/2006	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	28/03/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	28/03/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Mark Pritchard	29/03/2006	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
David Anderson	29/03/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	29/03/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Hamilton	29/03/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	30/03/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	30/03/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	30/03/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Jamie Reed	18/04/2006	Copeland	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	18/04/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	18/04/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	18/04/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	18/04/2006	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	18/04/2006	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/04/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	18/04/2006			Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	18/04/2006	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	18/04/2006	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	18/04/2006	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	18/04/2006	Dover	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	19/04/2006	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	20/04/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	20/04/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	24/04/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	24/04/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	24/04/2006	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	26/04/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	26/04/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Smith	27/04/2006	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	02/05/2006	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	03/05/2006	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	04/05/2006	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	08/05/2006	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	09/05/2006	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	23/05/2006	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Cruddas	23/05/2006	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	25/05/2006	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Kitty Ussher	05/06/2006	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Dawn Butler	05/06/2006	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	14/06/2006	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Trickett	04/07/2006	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	25/07/2006	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	09/10/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	09/10/2006	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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