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Scottish Bee Health

EDM number 1916 in 2007-08, proposed by Danny Alexander on 30/06/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture, Animal diseases, Animals and Wildlife.

That this House notes with concern the threat to the UK bee population, valued commercially at approximately £165 million by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, posed by an increase in reported cases of colony collapse disorder and resistance to the chemical treatment for the Varroa destructor mite; further notes that Scottish bee farms, which run 25 per cent. of the UK's commercial hives, are particularly vulnerable as the alternative treatment for the Varroa mite requires an ambient temperature of over 15 degrees centigrade; observes that the limited diagnostic and follow-up service for bee health matters in Scotland comprises only four bee inspectors; expresses concern that the budget for commissioned bee health research and development is lower in real terms now than in 2001 despite the risk to the bee industry increasing; and welcomes the support of the Scottish Beekeepers Association and Bee Farmers Association for greater funding for research into ways of combating the threats to Scottish hives.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Danny Alexander30/06/2008Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratProposed
Willie Rennie30/06/2008Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Charles Kennedy30/06/2008Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jo Swinson30/06/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSeconded
Malcolm Bruce30/06/2008GordonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Michael Moore30/06/2008Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Spink30/06/2008Castle PointUKIPSigned
Lynne Jones30/06/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Nigel Evans30/06/2008Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
John McDonnell01/07/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Jim Devine01/07/2008LivingstonLabourSigned
Mark Hunter01/07/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark01/07/2008North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Mike Hancock01/07/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Gibson01/07/2008Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer01/07/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael01/07/2008Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty01/07/2008Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Robert Smith01/07/2008West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Prentice01/07/2008PendleLabourSigned
Alan Meale02/07/2008MansfieldLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil02/07/2008Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Rudi Vis02/07/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Taylor02/07/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn02/07/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton02/07/2008GowerLabourSigned
Alan Simpson02/07/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn02/07/2008Newport WestLabourSigned
John Pugh03/07/2008SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins03/07/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington03/07/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley03/07/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Stewart Hosie03/07/2008Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Vincent Cable07/07/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis07/07/2008Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams07/07/2008ConwyLabourSigned
William McCrea08/07/2008South AntrimDUPSigned
Denis Murphy09/07/2008WansbeckLabourSigned
Janet Dean09/07/2008BurtonLabourSigned
John Leech09/07/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson10/07/2008North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham06/10/2008Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
John Barrett04/11/2008Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned

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