Welfare Of Greyhounds

EDM number 1742 in 2005-06, proposed by Alan Meale on 02/03/2006.

That this House calls on the Government to address animal welfare concerns within greyhound racing; notes that 10,000 greyhounds retire from racing each year, only 2,000 of which are known to be re-homed; welcomes provisions for improving racing greyhound welfare in the Animal Welfare Bill; and calls on the Government to bring forward measures, including the possible introduction of compulsory levies, to ensure that proper levels of funding are made available from within the industry towards the cost of greyhound welfare.

This motion has been signed by a total of 127 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Meale	02/03/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Proposed
Paul Flynn	02/03/2006	Newport West	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Stunell	02/03/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Rudi Vis	02/03/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Seconded
Henry Bellingham	02/03/2006	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	02/03/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bill Etherington	02/03/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	02/03/2006	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	02/03/2006	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	02/03/2006	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	02/03/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	02/03/2006	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	02/03/2006	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	02/03/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	03/03/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	03/03/2006	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	06/03/2006	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	06/03/2006	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	06/03/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/03/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	06/03/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	06/03/2006	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	06/03/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	06/03/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	06/03/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/03/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	07/03/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	07/03/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	07/03/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
John Leech	07/03/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	07/03/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	07/03/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	07/03/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	07/03/2006	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	07/03/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	07/03/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/03/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	07/03/2006	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	07/03/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	07/03/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	08/03/2006	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Paul Truswell	08/03/2006	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	08/03/2006	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	08/03/2006	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
David Drew	08/03/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	08/03/2006	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/03/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	08/03/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	08/03/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
David Heyes	08/03/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	08/03/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	08/03/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	08/03/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	09/03/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	09/03/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Angus MacNeil	09/03/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lorely Burt	09/03/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	09/03/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	09/03/2006	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	09/03/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	09/03/2006	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	09/03/2006	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	10/03/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	10/03/2006	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	10/03/2006	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	13/03/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	13/03/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	13/03/2006	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	13/03/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	13/03/2006	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	13/03/2006	Dover	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	14/03/2006	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	14/03/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	14/03/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
John MacDougall	14/03/2006	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	14/03/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	14/03/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	14/03/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	15/03/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	15/03/2006	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	15/03/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	16/03/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	16/03/2006	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	16/03/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	16/03/2006	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/03/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Horam	17/03/2006	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	20/03/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	20/03/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	21/03/2006	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/03/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	21/03/2006	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	22/03/2006	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	23/03/2006	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	23/03/2006	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	23/03/2006	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	27/03/2006	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
David Hamilton	29/03/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Mark Pritchard	29/03/2006	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
Sally Keeble	30/03/2006	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	30/03/2006	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	18/04/2006	Bedford	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	18/04/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	18/04/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	20/04/2006	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	24/04/2006	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	25/04/2006	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	08/05/2006	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	15/05/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	16/05/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	05/06/2006	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Phil Willis	10/07/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	14/07/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	14/07/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Chris Mullin	17/07/2006	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	18/07/2006	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
James Duddridge	19/07/2006	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Anne Milton	19/07/2006	Guildford	Conservative	Signed
Robert Goodwill	20/07/2006	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
Linda Gilroy	20/07/2006	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	24/07/2006	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	09/10/2006	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	09/10/2006	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	16/10/2006	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	17/10/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Hollobone	Unknown			Withdrawn
Vera Baird	Unknown			Withdrawn

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