Animal Welfare In Circuses

EDM number 965 in 2007-08, proposed by Mark Pritchard on 19/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare, Animals, Leisure and Wildlife.

That this House notes with concern that the Circus Working Group disregarded substantial amounts of evidence on the welfare of animals in circuses as a result of the methodology imposed by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; believes that the report of the Chair of the Circus Working Group fails to provide reliable information on this subject; and urges the Government to maintain its commitment to ban the use of wild species in travelling circuses and to restrict and limit the use of domesticated species under a strict, accountable and open licensing system.

This motion has been signed by a total of 187 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mark Pritchard	19/02/2008	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Proposed
Mike Hancock	19/02/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Taylor	19/02/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
David Drew	19/02/2008	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Sian James	19/02/2008	Swansea East	Labour	Seconded
Betty Williams	19/02/2008	Conwy	Labour	Seconded
Desmond Swayne	19/02/2008	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	19/02/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	20/02/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	20/02/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	20/02/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	20/02/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/02/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	20/02/2008	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	20/02/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/02/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	20/02/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/02/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	21/02/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	21/02/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	21/02/2008	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Michael Penning	21/02/2008	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	21/02/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	21/02/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	21/02/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	21/02/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	21/02/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	21/02/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/02/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Gordon Marsden	21/02/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	21/02/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	21/02/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	22/02/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	22/02/2008	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/02/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	22/02/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	22/02/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	22/02/2008	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Hywel Williams	25/02/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Truswell	26/02/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	26/02/2008	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	26/02/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	26/02/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	26/02/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/02/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	27/02/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	27/02/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	27/02/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	27/02/2008	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
David Heath	27/02/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anthony D Wright	29/02/2008	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	03/03/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	04/03/2008	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	05/03/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Horam	06/03/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	07/03/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	10/03/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	11/03/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	11/03/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	18/03/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	18/03/2008	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	25/03/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	26/03/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	26/03/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Doran	26/03/2008	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	26/03/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	26/03/2008	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	26/03/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	26/03/2008	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Soames	26/03/2008	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Sanders	26/03/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	26/03/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynda Waltho	27/03/2008	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	27/03/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	27/03/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Gilroy	27/03/2008	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	27/03/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Miller	27/03/2008	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	27/03/2008	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	31/03/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	31/03/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	31/03/2008	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Frank Field	31/03/2008	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	31/03/2008	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	31/03/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	31/03/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Laxton	31/03/2008	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	31/03/2008	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	31/03/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	01/04/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	01/04/2008	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	01/04/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	01/04/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	01/04/2008	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
George Howarth	01/04/2008	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Michael Spicer	01/04/2008	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	01/04/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	02/04/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	02/04/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	02/04/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	02/04/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	02/04/2008	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	02/04/2008	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	02/04/2008	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	02/04/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Steve Webb	03/04/2008	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	03/04/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	03/04/2008	Crosby	Labour	Signed
David Curry	03/04/2008	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	03/04/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	03/04/2008	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Martyn Jones	03/04/2008	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	03/04/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Ainger	21/04/2008	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	21/04/2008	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	21/04/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	21/04/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	21/04/2008	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	21/04/2008	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	21/04/2008	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	21/04/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	21/04/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Virendra Sharma	21/04/2008	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	21/04/2008	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	21/04/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	21/04/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	21/04/2008	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	21/04/2008	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	21/04/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
Lynne Jones	21/04/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	21/04/2008	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	21/04/2008	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	21/04/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	21/04/2008	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	21/04/2008	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	22/04/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stewart Hosie	22/04/2008	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ian Stewart	22/04/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	22/04/2008			Signed
Tom Brake	22/04/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	22/04/2008	Medway	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	23/04/2008	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	23/04/2008	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	23/04/2008	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	23/04/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	23/04/2008	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	24/04/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	25/04/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	25/04/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Cruddas	29/04/2008	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	29/04/2008	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	29/04/2008	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geraldine Smith	29/04/2008	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	06/05/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paddy Tipping	12/05/2008	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	12/05/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Anne Moffat	12/05/2008	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	15/05/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Sarah Teather	15/05/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	16/05/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Christopher Huhne	19/05/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Clwyd	19/05/2008	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	20/05/2008	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	02/06/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	04/06/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	04/06/2008	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	04/06/2008	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	09/06/2008	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	10/06/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Bob Neill	11/06/2008	Bromley & Chislehurst	Conservative	Signed
Michael Clapham	11/06/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	17/06/2008	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	19/06/2008	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	23/06/2008	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	26/06/2008	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Lee Scott	30/06/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Bailey	10/07/2008	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	21/07/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	06/10/2008	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
George Mudie	08/10/2008	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	13/10/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	21/10/2008	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
John Mason	20/11/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Quentin Davies	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn
John MacDougall	Unknown			Withdrawn
Kevan Jones	Unknown			Withdrawn

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