Ivory Trade

EDM number 1401 in 2007-08, proposed by Ian Cawsey on 23/04/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare, Animals, Asia, International trade, Nature conservation and Wildlife.

That this House is dismayed that 20,000 elephants a year are still being slaughtered to supply the illegal ivory trade; notes with concern that China remains the major destination for illicit ivory; further notes that Chinese citizens have been convicted of illegally trading ivory in 22 of the 37 African elephant range states; is aware that China may request to buy ivory stockpiles at the forthcoming Standing Committee meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in July; recognises the commendable progress China has made in recent years to improve illegal wildlife trade enforcement; is concerned, however, that ivory market controls in China remain insufficient to prevent continued illegal trade in ivory; is further concerned that any sale of stockpiled ivory to China may provide a smokescreen for further illegal ivory to be laundered into the system creating an incentive for more elephant poaching; welcomes the Government's role as a European Union representative on the CITES Standing Committee; and calls upon the Government to use that position to bring together EU partners in opposition to any attempt by China to buy ivory stockpiles.

This motion has been signed by a total of 168 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ian Cawsey	23/04/2008	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Proposed
David Anderson	23/04/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Miller	23/04/2008	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Seconded
John Pugh	23/04/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Rosindell	23/04/2008	Romford	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	23/04/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	23/04/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	24/04/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Taylor	24/04/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/04/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	24/04/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
David Drew	24/04/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	24/04/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	24/04/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	24/04/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	24/04/2008	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	24/04/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	24/04/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	24/04/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	25/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	25/04/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	25/04/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	25/04/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	25/04/2008	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	25/04/2008	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	28/04/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	28/04/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	28/04/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	28/04/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	28/04/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	28/04/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	28/04/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	28/04/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	28/04/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	28/04/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	28/04/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	28/04/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	28/04/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Leech	29/04/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	29/04/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	29/04/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Martin Caton	29/04/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	29/04/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	29/04/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	29/04/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	29/04/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Simpson	29/04/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Iris Robinson	29/04/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Ken Purchase	29/04/2008	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	30/04/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	30/04/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	30/04/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	30/04/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Maclean	30/04/2008	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/05/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	01/05/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	01/05/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	06/05/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jo Swinson	06/05/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	07/05/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	07/05/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	07/05/2008	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	08/05/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	09/05/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	14/05/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	15/05/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	20/05/2008	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Mark Oaten	20/05/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	20/05/2008	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
John Austin	21/05/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	21/05/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	22/05/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
David Tredinnick	22/05/2008	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Gavin Strang	22/05/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	22/05/2008	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	22/05/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	02/06/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	02/06/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	02/06/2008	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	02/06/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	03/06/2008	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
John Battle	03/06/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	03/06/2008	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	03/06/2008	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	04/06/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	04/06/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paddy Tipping	04/06/2008	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	04/06/2008	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dowd	04/06/2008	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	04/06/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	04/06/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	04/06/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	04/06/2008	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	05/06/2008	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	09/06/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Ainger	09/06/2008	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	09/06/2008	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	09/06/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	09/06/2008	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Joan Ryan	09/06/2008	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	10/06/2008	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	10/06/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Clwyd	16/06/2008	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	17/06/2008	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Anne Moffat	17/06/2008	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
John Horam	19/06/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	23/06/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	24/06/2008	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Bob Laxton	25/06/2008	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	26/06/2008	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Simon Burns	26/06/2008	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	26/06/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Moss	26/06/2008	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Michael Spicer	26/06/2008	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Greg Pope	26/06/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	30/06/2008	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Michael Howard	30/06/2008	Folkestone & Hythe	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Soames	30/06/2008	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Ian Stewart	01/07/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	01/07/2008	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Peter Viggers	01/07/2008	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	01/07/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	01/07/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	02/07/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Janet Anderson	02/07/2008	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	02/07/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	02/07/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	02/07/2008	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	02/07/2008	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Todd	03/07/2008	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	03/07/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Wright	07/07/2008	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	07/07/2008	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	07/07/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	07/07/2008	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	07/07/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
Chris Ruane	07/07/2008	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	08/07/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	08/07/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
John Hemming	08/07/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	09/07/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Levitt	10/07/2008	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	10/07/2008	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	14/07/2008			Signed
Anne Begg	14/07/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	16/07/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	16/07/2008	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	22/07/2008	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	22/07/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	22/07/2008	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	06/10/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	06/10/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	06/10/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	06/10/2008	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	06/10/2008	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Osborne	06/10/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	06/10/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ben Wallace	13/10/2008	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Susan Kramer	23/10/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	28/10/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Barrett	04/11/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	06/11/2008	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Henry Bellingham	25/11/2008	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
John MacDougall	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Spellar	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ann McKechin	Unknown			Withdrawn
Quentin Davies	Unknown			Withdrawn

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