Primates As Pets

EDM number 257 in 2005-06, proposed by Eric Martlew on 06/06/2005.

That this House notes with concern the continuing trade in primates as pets in the UK; believes that the intelligence, sensitivity and wild nature of monkeys and apes make them unsuitable to be kept in the home; recognises that illegal trade in wild caught monkeys for the international pet market is one of the major threats to many primate populations and species; further notes that the results of the recent IFAW investigation into this trade exposed 146 primates advertised for sale on the Internet in just one week, including chimpanzees, lemurs, a gibbon and a gorilla; is alarmed that pet shops in the UK offered to source endangered primates as pets; is concerned that the proposed delisting of primates under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 will lead to a significant increase in the trade; and calls on the Government immediately to implement Article 8.2 of Commission Regulation (EU) 338/97 to phase out the keeping of primates in private ownership and to prohibit any future ownership of primates as pets.

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

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Eric Martlew	06/06/2005	Carlisle	Labour	Proposed
Derek Wyatt	06/06/2005	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Seconded
Mark Tami	06/06/2005	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Seconded
Ian Lucas	06/06/2005	Wrexham	Labour	Seconded
Brian Iddon	06/06/2005	Bolton South East	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	06/06/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Albert Owen	07/06/2005	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/06/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	07/06/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	07/06/2005	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	07/06/2005	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Chris Mullin	07/06/2005	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	07/06/2005	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	07/06/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	07/06/2005	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	07/06/2005	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	07/06/2005	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	07/06/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	07/06/2005	Pendle	Labour	Signed
David Drew	08/06/2005	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	08/06/2005	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/06/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	08/06/2005	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	08/06/2005	Easington	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/06/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	08/06/2005	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
David Amess	08/06/2005	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Clive Betts	08/06/2005	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	08/06/2005	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/06/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	08/06/2005	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Anthony D Wright	08/06/2005	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Edward Vaizey	08/06/2005	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Ben Chapman	08/06/2005	Wirral South	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	08/06/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	08/06/2005	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	08/06/2005	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/06/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	08/06/2005	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	08/06/2005	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/06/2005	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John MacDougall	08/06/2005	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	08/06/2005	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	08/06/2005	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	08/06/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Bryant	08/06/2005	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	08/06/2005	Dumfries & Galloway	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
Bill Etherington	09/06/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/06/2005	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	09/06/2005	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	09/06/2005	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	09/06/2005	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nia Griffith	09/06/2005	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	09/06/2005	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	09/06/2005	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/06/2005	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	09/06/2005	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	09/06/2005	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	09/06/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	09/06/2005	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	09/06/2005	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	09/06/2005	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	09/06/2005	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	13/06/2005	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/06/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	13/06/2005	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	13/06/2005	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	13/06/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	13/06/2005	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Mark Pritchard	13/06/2005	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
David Clelland	13/06/2005	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	13/06/2005	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	13/06/2005	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Pugh	13/06/2005	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Russell	13/06/2005	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	13/06/2005	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/06/2005	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	13/06/2005	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	13/06/2005	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	14/06/2005	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	14/06/2005	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	14/06/2005	Medway	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	14/06/2005	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	15/06/2005	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	15/06/2005	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	15/06/2005	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	16/06/2005	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	16/06/2005	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	16/06/2005	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Gwynne	20/06/2005	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	20/06/2005	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	20/06/2005	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	20/06/2005	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	20/06/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	20/06/2005	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	20/06/2005	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	21/06/2005	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	21/06/2005	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	22/06/2005	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Joan Walley	22/06/2005	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	22/06/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Michael Jack	22/06/2005	Fylde	Conservative	Signed
David Heyes	23/06/2005	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	27/06/2005	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	27/06/2005	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	30/06/2005	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	04/07/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	04/07/2005	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Don Foster	04/07/2005	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	04/07/2005	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	05/07/2005	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	05/07/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Johnson	05/07/2005	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	05/07/2005	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	05/07/2005	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	05/07/2005	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	06/07/2005	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	06/07/2005	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	06/07/2005	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	06/07/2005	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Luff	06/07/2005	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Tony Wright	07/07/2005	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Lynda Waltho	07/07/2005	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	11/07/2005	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	12/07/2005	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Nick Brown	12/07/2005	Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	12/07/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	13/07/2005	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	14/07/2005	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	14/07/2005	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	18/07/2005	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	19/07/2005	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	21/07/2005	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	21/07/2005	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	10/10/2005	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	10/10/2005	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	10/10/2005	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	10/10/2005	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Paul Burstow	26/10/2005	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	02/11/2005	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Natascha Engel	07/11/2005	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	21/11/2005	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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