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 and Sheppey | Labour | Seconded |
Mark Tami | 06/06/2005 | Alyn and 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 |
Gordon Prentice | 07/06/2005 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
Bob Russell | 07/06/2005 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Bob Spink | 07/06/2005 | Castle Point | Conservative | Signed |
Paul Holmes | 07/06/2005 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Glenda Jackson | 07/06/2005 | Hampstead and Highgate | Labour | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 07/06/2005 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
David Lepper | 07/06/2005 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
Chris Mullin | 07/06/2005 | Sunderland South | Labour | Signed |
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 |
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 and Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
Mark Lazarowicz | 08/06/2005 | Edinburgh North and 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 |
Colin Breed | 08/06/2005 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Annette Brooke | 08/06/2005 | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Russell Brown | 08/06/2005 | Dumfries and Galloway | Labour | Signed |
Chris Bryant | 08/06/2005 | Rhondda | Labour | Signed |
Vincent Cable | 08/06/2005 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Ronnie Campbell | 08/06/2005 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
Martin Caton | 08/06/2005 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
Ben Chapman | 08/06/2005 | Wirral South | Labour | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 08/06/2005 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
John Cummings | 08/06/2005 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
Janet Dean | 08/06/2005 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
Andrew Dismore | 08/06/2005 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
Jim Dowd | 08/06/2005 | Lewisham West | Labour | Signed |
David Drew | 08/06/2005 | Stroud | 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 and 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 |
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 |
Jim Dobbin | 09/06/2005 | Heywood and Middleton | Labour | Signed |
Frank Dobson | 09/06/2005 | Holborn and St Pancras | Labour | 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 and 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 |
Adam Price | 13/06/2005 | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
John Pugh | 13/06/2005 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Christine Russell | 13/06/2005 | City of Chester | 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 |
Colin Challen | 13/06/2005 | Morley and Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
David Clelland | 13/06/2005 | Tyne Bridge | Labour | Signed |
Michael Connarty | 13/06/2005 | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | 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 and South Perthshire | Labour | Signed |
Mark Pritchard | 13/06/2005 | The Wrekin | Conservative | Signed |
Greg Pope | 14/06/2005 | Hyndburn | Labour | Signed |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | 14/06/2005 | Medway | Labour | Signed |
Nigel Dodds | 14/06/2005 | Belfast North | DUP | Signed |
Ian Gibson | 14/06/2005 | Norwich North | 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 | North East Fife | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Evan Harris | 16/06/2005 | Oxford West and Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alan Meale | 16/06/2005 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
John Battle | 16/06/2005 | Leeds West | Labour | Signed |
Christopher Huhne | 20/06/2005 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Kevan Jones | 20/06/2005 | North Durham | Labour | Signed |
Rob Marris | 20/06/2005 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
Tom Brake | 20/06/2005 | Carshalton and Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Roger Williams | 20/06/2005 | Brecon and Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Mike Wood | 20/06/2005 | Batley and Spen | Labour | Signed |
Andrew Gwynne | 20/06/2005 | Denton and Reddish | Labour | Signed |
Fabian Hamilton | 21/06/2005 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
Norman Baker | 21/06/2005 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Michael Jack | 22/06/2005 | Fylde | Conservative | Signed |
John McDonnell | 22/06/2005 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Signed |
Joan Walley | 22/06/2005 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
Sammy Wilson | 22/06/2005 | East Antrim | DUP | Signed |
David Heyes | 23/06/2005 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
Simon Hughes | 27/06/2005 | North Southwark and Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Paul Truswell | 27/06/2005 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
John Hemming | 30/06/2005 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Nick Harvey | 04/07/2005 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Don Foster | 04/07/2005 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Peter Ainsworth | 04/07/2005 | East Surrey | Conservative | Signed |
Peter Bottomley | 04/07/2005 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
Jim Cousins | 05/07/2005 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Labour | Signed |
David Crausby | 05/07/2005 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
John Barrett | 05/07/2005 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Diana Johnson | 05/07/2005 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
John Leech | 05/07/2005 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Paul Rowen | 05/07/2005 | Rochdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Peter Luff | 06/07/2005 | Mid Worcestershire | Conservative | Signed |
Edward Davey | 06/07/2005 | Kingston and Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 06/07/2005 | City of Durham | Labour | Signed |
Kerry McCarthy | 06/07/2005 | Bristol East | Labour | Signed |
Dan Rogerson | 06/07/2005 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | 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 |
Eric Illsley | 12/07/2005 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
Nick Brown | 12/07/2005 | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Labour | Signed |
Richard Bacon | 12/07/2005 | South Norfolk | Conservative | 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 and Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
Sandra Osborne | 19/07/2005 | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Labour | Signed |
Nicholas Clegg | 21/07/2005 | Sheffield, Hallam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Phil Willis | 21/07/2005 | Harrogate and Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Andrew Rosindell | 10/10/2005 | Romford | Conservative | Signed |
Martin Salter | 10/10/2005 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
Michael Jabez Foster | 10/10/2005 | Hastings and Rye | Labour | Signed |
Ann Widdecombe | 10/10/2005 | Maidstone and The Weald | Conservative | Signed |
Paul Burstow | 26/10/2005 | Sutton and 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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