Commercial Seal Hunts And The Importation Of Seal Products Into The UK

EDM number 237 in 2005-06, proposed by Eric Martlew on 26/05/2005.

That this House notes with grave concern the killing of 317,672 seals in Canada's cruel commercial hunt in 2005; is appalled by the unacceptable cruelty of the hunt; notes that a team of independent veterinarians who observed the Canadian seal hunt in 2001 found that 42 per cent. of the seals skulls examined were found to have minimal or no fractures, suggesting that these animals were conscious when skinned; is concerned that the current level of killing is unsustainable for the harp seal population; further notes that trade data shows that thousands of seal skins were imported into the UK between 1995 and 2003; further notes that the US banned imports of all seal products in 1972 and that Belgium and Italy currently have initiatives to ban such trade; and calls on the Government to prohibit the import of all seal products into the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 222 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Eric Martlew	26/05/2005	Carlisle	Labour	Proposed
Lynne Jones	06/06/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	06/06/2005	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	06/06/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
David Lepper	06/06/2005	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Seconded
Martin Caton	07/06/2005	Gower	Labour	Seconded
Desmond Turner	07/06/2005	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/06/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	07/06/2005	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	07/06/2005	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	07/06/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	07/06/2005	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	08/06/2005	Halifax	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	08/06/2005	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/06/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	08/06/2005	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
David Drew	08/06/2005	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/06/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/06/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/06/2005	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	08/06/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	08/06/2005	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	08/06/2005	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Truswell	09/06/2005	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	09/06/2005	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	09/06/2005	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	09/06/2005	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/06/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	09/06/2005	Burton	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	09/06/2005	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	09/06/2005	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	09/06/2005	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	13/06/2005	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	13/06/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	13/06/2005	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/06/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	13/06/2005	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	14/06/2005	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	14/06/2005	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	15/06/2005	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	15/06/2005	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paddy Tipping	15/06/2005	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	15/06/2005	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	15/06/2005	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	15/06/2005	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	15/06/2005	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	15/06/2005	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	15/06/2005	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	15/06/2005	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	16/06/2005	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	16/06/2005	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	16/06/2005	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	16/06/2005	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	20/06/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	20/06/2005	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	20/06/2005	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	20/06/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	20/06/2005	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	20/06/2005	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	21/06/2005	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynda Waltho	21/06/2005	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	21/06/2005	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	21/06/2005	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	21/06/2005	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	21/06/2005	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	21/06/2005	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	21/06/2005	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Clive Betts	22/06/2005	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Graham Allen	22/06/2005	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	22/06/2005	Medway	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	22/06/2005	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	22/06/2005	North Down	UUP	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/06/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mary Creagh	23/06/2005	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	23/06/2005	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Iain Wright	23/06/2005	Hartlepool	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	23/06/2005	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	23/06/2005	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Michael Connarty	23/06/2005	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
John Horam	27/06/2005	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	27/06/2005	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Nick Brown	28/06/2005	Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	28/06/2005	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	28/06/2005	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	29/06/2005	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	30/06/2005	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	30/06/2005	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	30/06/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	30/06/2005	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	04/07/2005	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James McGovern	04/07/2005	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	04/07/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	04/07/2005	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	04/07/2005	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	05/07/2005	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	05/07/2005	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	05/07/2005	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	06/07/2005	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	06/07/2005	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	06/07/2005	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	06/07/2005	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	06/07/2005	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	06/07/2005	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	07/07/2005	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Johnson	07/07/2005	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	07/07/2005	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Austin	07/07/2005	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	07/07/2005	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Alan Williams	07/07/2005	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	07/07/2005	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Anne Snelgrove	11/07/2005	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	11/07/2005	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	11/07/2005	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	11/07/2005	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	11/07/2005	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	11/07/2005	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	12/07/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Neil Turner	12/07/2005	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Andrew Gwynne	13/07/2005	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	13/07/2005	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	14/07/2005	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	18/07/2005	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	18/07/2005	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	18/07/2005	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Austin	18/07/2005	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	19/07/2005	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	19/07/2005	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	19/07/2005	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	20/07/2005	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	20/07/2005	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	21/07/2005	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	21/07/2005	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	21/07/2005	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
John MacDougall	21/07/2005	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Kitty Ussher	10/10/2005	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	10/10/2005	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	10/10/2005	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Bercow	10/10/2005	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	10/10/2005	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Don Foster	10/10/2005	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	10/10/2005	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	10/10/2005	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	10/10/2005	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Henry Bellingham	12/10/2005	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Dawn Butler	13/10/2005	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Shahid Malik	17/10/2005	Dewsbury	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	20/10/2005	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Mark Pritchard	21/10/2005	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	25/10/2005	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	02/11/2005	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Natascha Engel	07/11/2005	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	10/11/2005	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Anne Milton	22/11/2005	Guildford	Conservative	Signed
Judy Mallaber	24/11/2005	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Celia Barlow	02/12/2005	Hove	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	20/12/2005	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	12/01/2006	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	16/01/2006	Dover	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	16/01/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Jessica Morden	17/01/2006	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	17/01/2006	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	17/01/2006	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	17/01/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Edward Vaizey	18/01/2006	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	18/01/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stuart	18/01/2006	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Louise Ellman	18/01/2006	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	18/01/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	19/01/2006	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Edward Davey	19/01/2006	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	19/01/2006	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	23/01/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Salter	24/01/2006	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	24/01/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	25/01/2006	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	25/01/2006	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	26/01/2006	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	26/01/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Barbara Keeley	26/01/2006	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	31/01/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Watkinson	07/02/2006	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hesford	14/02/2006	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
James Brokenshire	27/02/2006	Hornchurch	Conservative	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	28/02/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Randall	02/03/2006	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Huhne	07/03/2006	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	09/03/2006	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	27/03/2006	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	28/03/2006	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
William McCrea	29/03/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Gregory Campbell	29/03/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Paul Burstow	18/04/2006	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	18/04/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	19/04/2006	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	19/04/2006	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	20/04/2006	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	26/04/2006	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
John Smith	27/04/2006	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	04/05/2006	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	10/05/2006	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	16/05/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	23/05/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	23/05/2006	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Mudie	24/05/2006	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	24/05/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	25/05/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Nia Griffith	25/05/2006	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	05/06/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ian Paisley	05/06/2006	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
Sadiq Khan	06/06/2006	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	13/06/2006	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Lembit	21/06/2006	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	21/06/2006	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	05/07/2006	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	14/07/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Matthew Taylor	17/07/2006	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jamie Reed	09/10/2006	Copeland	Labour	Signed
David Wright	17/10/2006	Telford	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	24/10/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	31/10/2006	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jonathan Shaw	Unknown			Withdrawn

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