Parliament Website

Prohibition Of Battery Cages For Egg-Laying Hens

EDM number 325 in 2006-07, proposed by Eric Martlew on 28/11/2006.

That this House notes that the European Union prohibition of conventional battery cages for egg-laying hens that is due to come into force in 2012 under Council Directive 1999/74 is to be reviewed during 2007; firmly believes that the prohibition should not be repealed or postponed; notes that the report of the Scientific Panel for Animal Health and Welfare of the European Food Safety Authority concludes that the inability of battery hens to perform their natural behaviours poses a particularly severe threat to their welfare; further notes that the LayWel report prepared for the European Commission concludes that the welfare of hens is severely compromised in conventional battery cages; further believes that many members of the public would be dismayed if the prohibition were to be postponed; and urges the Government to take the lead in persuading the UK's EU partners that the prohibition of conventional battery cages should not be postponed but should come into force in 2012 as enacted by Council Directive 1999/74.

This motion has been signed by a total of 208 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Eric Martlew28/11/2006CarlisleLabourProposed
Jeremy Corbyn28/11/2006Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Alan Meale29/11/2006MansfieldLabourSeconded
Andrew Dismore29/11/2006HendonLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins29/11/2006Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Elliot Morley29/11/2006ScunthorpeLabourSeconded
Gordon Prentice29/11/2006PendleLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson29/11/2006Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara29/11/2006Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Martin Caton29/11/2006GowerLabourSigned
Ann Cryer29/11/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
David Drew29/11/2006StroudLabourSigned
Mike Hancock29/11/2006Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley29/11/2006Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Graham Stringer29/11/2006Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
David Taylor29/11/2006North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Rudi Vis29/11/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Pugh30/11/2006SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones30/11/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz30/11/2006Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Harry Cohen30/11/2006Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Derek Conway30/11/2006Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Jon Cruddas30/11/2006DagenhamLabourSigned
Ian Gibson30/11/2006Norwich NorthLabourSigned
John Leech30/11/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes04/12/2006ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins04/12/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Rob Marris04/12/2006Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Bill Etherington04/12/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Betty Williams04/12/2006ConwyLabourSigned
David Heyes05/12/2006Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Kate Hoey05/12/2006VauxhallLabourSigned
Annette Brooke05/12/2006Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Anderson05/12/2006Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Stephen Williams05/12/2006Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter05/12/2006CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen06/12/2006RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Wright07/12/2006TelfordLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt07/12/2006Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
John McDonnell11/12/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard11/12/2006WalthamstowLabourSigned
John Hemming11/12/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson13/12/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Crausby13/12/2006Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Vincent Cable18/12/2006TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Farrelly18/12/2006Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Linda Riordan18/12/2006HalifaxLabourSigned
Joan Humble08/01/2007Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Jo Swinson08/01/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood09/01/2007CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Hepburn10/01/2007JarrowLabourSigned
Katy Clark11/01/2007North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
John Austin19/01/2007Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Nick Harvey22/01/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Walley19/02/2007Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner20/02/2007BolsoverLabourSigned
Evan Harris20/02/2007Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Horam20/02/2007OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Brian Iddon20/02/2007Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Marsha Singh21/02/2007Bradford WestLabourSigned
Eric Illsley21/02/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
David Amess21/02/2007Southend WestConservativeSigned
Michael Weir21/02/2007AngusScottish National PartySigned
Lorely Burt21/02/2007SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Shepherd22/02/2007Aldridge-BrownhillsConservativeSigned
Andrew Love22/02/2007EdmontonLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden22/02/2007Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Colin Breed22/02/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham22/02/2007Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Gavin Strang22/02/2007Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Daniel Kawczynski22/02/2007Shrewsbury and AtchamConservativeSigned
Andrew Miller23/02/2007Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Janet Dean23/02/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin23/02/2007Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor23/02/2007Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders26/02/2007TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Clare Short26/02/2007Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Paul Keetch26/02/2007HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Olner26/02/2007NuneatonLabourSigned
David Chaytor26/02/2007Bury NorthLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham26/02/2007Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Desmond Turner26/02/2007Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Pete Wishart26/02/2007Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
David Howarth26/02/2007CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Madeleine Moon26/02/2007BridgendLabourSigned
David Lepper27/02/2007Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Michael Connarty27/02/2007Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Frank Cook27/02/2007Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey27/02/2007West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Roger Berry27/02/2007KingswoodLabourSigned
Clive Betts27/02/2007Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Kerry McCarthy27/02/2007Bristol EastLabourSigned
Dai Davies27/02/2007Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Dawn Butler01/03/2007Brent SouthLabourSigned
Mike Wood02/03/2007Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser05/03/2007DoverLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd05/03/2007Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Howard Stoate05/03/2007DartfordLabourSigned
Don Touhig05/03/2007IslwynLabourSigned
Nia Griffith05/03/2007LlanelliLabourSigned
Susan Kramer05/03/2007Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Loughton06/03/2007East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSigned
John MacDougall06/03/2007GlenrothesLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson06/03/2007North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker07/03/2007LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Swayne14/03/2007New Forest WestConservativeSigned
John Thurso14/03/2007Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Pickles19/03/2007Brentwood and OngarConservativeSigned
Andrew Selous19/03/2007South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Oliver Heald19/03/2007North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson19/03/2007UpminsterConservativeSigned
Lee Scott19/03/2007Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Adam Holloway20/03/2007GraveshamConservativeSigned
Michael Fabricant21/03/2007LichfieldConservativeSigned
Michael Howard22/03/2007Folkestone and HytheConservativeSigned
Eleanor Laing22/03/2007Epping ForestConservativeSigned
Jim Dowd22/03/2007Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Cheryl Gillan22/03/2007Chesham and AmershamConservativeSigned
John Grogan22/03/2007SelbyLabourSigned
Patrick Mercer23/03/2007NewarkConservativeSigned
Andrew Murrison23/03/2007WestburyConservativeSigned
James Duddridge23/03/2007Rochford and Southend EastConservativeSigned
Bob Laxton26/03/2007Derby NorthLabourSigned
Stephen O'Brien28/03/2007EddisburyConservativeSigned
Julie Kirkbride29/03/2007BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Tony Baldry29/03/2007BanburyConservativeSigned
Jeff Ennis16/04/2007Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
James Arbuthnot16/04/2007North East HampshireConservativeSigned
John Bercow16/04/2007BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Bill Wiggin16/04/2007LeominsterConservativeSigned
Phil Willis16/04/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Hunt16/04/2007South West SurreyConservativeSigned
Mark Lancaster16/04/2007North East Milton KeynesConservativeSigned
Greg Mulholland16/04/2007Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Charles Hendry17/04/2007WealdenConservativeSigned
Robert Key17/04/2007SalisburyConservativeSigned
Andrew Mitchell17/04/2007Sutton ColdfieldConservativeSigned
Frank Doran17/04/2007Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Don Foster17/04/2007BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Sarah Teather17/04/2007Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross17/04/2007TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Pritchard17/04/2007The WrekinConservativeSigned
George Mudie18/04/2007Leeds EastLabourSigned
Alistair Burt18/04/2007North East BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Lynda Waltho18/04/2007StourbridgeLabourSigned
Mark Williams18/04/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Roberta Blackman-Woods20/04/2007City of DurhamLabourSigned
John Stanley23/04/2007Tonbridge and MallingConservativeSigned
Jennifer Willott23/04/2007Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Clegg25/04/2007Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Laura Moffatt26/04/2007CrawleyLabourSigned
Edward Vaizey26/04/2007WantageConservativeSigned
Richard Taylor27/04/2007Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Chris Mullin30/04/2007Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Diane Abbott30/04/2007Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Paul Truswell30/04/2007PudseyLabourSigned
Colin Burgon01/05/2007ElmetLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd02/05/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Michael Jabez Foster08/05/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson08/05/2007East AntrimDUPSigned
Denis Murphy15/05/2007WansbeckLabourSigned
Tom Brake15/05/2007Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Farron15/05/2007Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Caroline Spelman23/05/2007MeridenConservativeSigned
Ian Stewart04/06/2007EcclesLabourSigned
David Heath11/06/2007Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Martyn Jones11/06/2007Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
David Lidington11/06/2007AylesburyConservativeSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews11/06/2007MedwayLabourSigned
Richard Ottaway11/06/2007Croydon SouthConservativeSigned
Anne Main11/06/2007St AlbansConservativeSigned
Julia Goldsworthy12/06/2007Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Soames13/06/2007Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Patrick Hall13/06/2007BedfordLabourSigned
Paul Murphy14/06/2007TorfaenLabourSigned
David Curry14/06/2007Skipton and RiponConservativeSigned
Sarah McCarthy-Fry15/06/2007Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Emily Thornberry15/06/2007Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley18/06/2007City of YorkLabourSigned
Danny Alexander18/06/2007Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Widdecombe21/06/2007Maidstone and The WealdConservativeSigned
Anthony D Wright21/06/2007Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Christopher Huhne25/06/2007EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
John Gummer26/06/2007Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Anne Begg27/06/2007Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Crabb03/07/2007Preseli PembrokeshireConservativeSigned
Nigel Dodds09/07/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Keith Simpson10/07/2007Mid NorfolkConservativeSigned
Andrew Pelling12/07/2007Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Stephen Pound16/07/2007Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Michael Mates16/07/2007East HampshireConservativeSigned
Anne Milton17/07/2007GuildfordConservativeSigned
Doug Henderson18/07/2007Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLabourSigned
Christopher Fraser18/07/2007South West NorfolkConservativeSigned
Andrew George23/07/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Clive Efford25/07/2007ElthamLabourSigned
Jeremy Wright25/07/2007Rugby and KenilworthConservativeSigned
Alan Reid08/10/2007Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Moore08/10/2007Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Williams08/10/2007Swansea WestLabourSigned
Stephen Hammond08/10/2007WimbledonConservativeSigned
Mark Harper08/10/2007Forest of DeanConservativeSigned
John Penrose09/10/2007Weston-Super-MareConservativeSigned
Charles Walker15/10/2007BroxbourneConservativeSigned
Michael Meacher16/10/2007Oldham West and RoytonLabourSigned
Lady Hermon17/10/2007North DownUUPSigned
Mark TamiUnknownWithdrawn
Nicholas BrownUnknownWithdrawn

Download raw data as csv or xml.