Bears In China

EDM number 489 in 2006-07, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 13/12/2006.

That this House welcomes the progress that is being made by the Animals Asia Foundation towards bringing an end to the abhorrent abuse of over 7,000 bears on farms in China; recognises that bear farmers and stakeholders in the industry continue to maintain that conditions on the farms are humane, whilst some evidence points to the contrary; notes that bears are kept for up to 22 years in cramped, rusting cages, with little room to stand up or turn around; further notes that bears continue to suffer in the most deplorable conditions, with metal catheters implanted deep into their gallbladders and infected fistula holes in their abdomens, enabling farmers to milk the bears for their bile twice daily; congratulates the Chinese government's work in partnership with the Animals Asia Foundation in rescuing 218 bears from bear farms to date; and calls upon the British Government to do everything in its power to encourage the Chinese government to bring about an urgent end to this barbaric practice, and to meet Chinese government officials in order to raise serious concerns at a national level.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Rosindell	13/12/2006	Romford	Conservative	Proposed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	13/12/2006	Medway	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	13/12/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	13/12/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	13/12/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Derek Conway	14/12/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Seconded
David Taylor	14/12/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	14/12/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	14/12/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	14/12/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	14/12/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	14/12/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	18/12/2006	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Madeleine Moon	18/12/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
John Leech	18/12/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	18/12/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	18/12/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	18/12/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	18/12/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	18/12/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	18/12/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Greg Knight	18/12/2006	East Yorkshire	Conservative	Signed
Tim Loughton	18/12/2006	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	18/12/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	19/12/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	19/12/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/12/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	19/12/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/12/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	19/12/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	19/12/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	19/12/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	08/01/2007	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	08/01/2007	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	09/01/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	09/01/2007	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	09/01/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/01/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	10/01/2007	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	16/01/2007	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/01/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/01/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	22/01/2007	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/01/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	25/01/2007	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Crausby	31/01/2007	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	01/02/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Watkinson	01/02/2007	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
John Barrett	19/02/2007	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	14/03/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Elliot Morley	21/03/2007	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	16/04/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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