Pandas From China (EDM1588)

Pandas From China

EDM number 1588 in 2007-08, proposed by Mike Hancock on 15/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare, Animals, Asia, Nature conservation and Wildlife.

That this House expresses its concern at the proposal by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) to lease two giant pandas from a research centre in China for exhibition and captive breeding at Edinburgh Zoo; considers that there are serious animal welfare problems attached to the keeping of giant pandas in zoos; notes that captive breeding of giant pandas has resulted in no successful reintroduction to the wild; believes that the best way to conserve the giant panda population is to support in situ projects such as panda reserves and habitat conservation; urges the RZSS to reconsider this plan; and requests the Scottish and UK Governments not to become involved in using live animals as currency in the course of diplomatic exchange.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mike Hancock	15/05/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	16/05/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Lee Scott	19/05/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Seconded
David Heyes	19/05/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Seconded
Rudi Vis	19/05/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Seconded
Marsha Singh	19/05/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Seconded
Alan Simpson	19/05/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	19/05/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	20/05/2008	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	20/05/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
John Leech	20/05/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	20/05/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	21/05/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Phil Willis	02/06/2008	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	02/06/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	02/06/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	02/06/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	02/06/2008	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Farrelly	02/06/2008	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	03/06/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	03/06/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	04/06/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
Joan Humble	04/06/2008	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	04/06/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	05/06/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	09/06/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	12/06/2008	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Ben Wallace	13/06/2008	Lancaster and Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Osborne	02/07/2008	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	09/07/2008	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
John Austin	15/07/2008	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	21/07/2008	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	06/10/2008	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	09/10/2008	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	13/11/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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