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This motion has been signed by a total of 187 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mark Pritchard19/02/2008The WrekinConservativeProposed
Mike Hancock19/02/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Taylor19/02/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
David Drew19/02/2008StroudLabourSeconded
Si19/02/2008Swansea EastLabourSeconded
Betty Williams19/02/2008ConwyLabourSeconded
Martin Caton19/02/2008GowerLabourSigned
Desmond Swayne19/02/2008New Forest WestConservativeSigned
Gordon Prentice20/02/2008PendleLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins20/02/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle20/02/2008ChorleyLabourSigned
Robert Key20/02/2008SalisburyConservativeSigned
Ann Cryer20/02/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew George20/02/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech20/02/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams20/02/2008Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter20/02/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope21/02/2008HyndburnLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins21/02/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd21/02/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Gordon Marsden21/02/2008Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Eric Martlew21/02/2008CarlisleLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty21/02/2008Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt21/02/2008CrawleyLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara21/02/2008Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Colin Breed21/02/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn21/02/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin21/02/2008Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross21/02/2008TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Daniel Kawczynski21/02/2008Shrewsbury and AtchamConservativeSigned
Michael Penning21/02/2008Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Jim Devine21/02/2008LivingstonLabourSigned
Derek Conway22/02/2008Old Bexley and SidcupIndependentSigned
Janet Dean22/02/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Clive Efford22/02/2008ElthamLabourSigned
Bill Etherington22/02/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Janet Anderson22/02/2008Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
David Anderson22/02/2008BlaydonLabourSigned
Hywel Williams25/02/2008CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Alan Simpson26/02/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Colin Burgon26/02/2008ElmetLabourSigned
Harry Cohen26/02/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
David Crausby26/02/2008Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Mark Todd26/02/2008South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Paul Truswell26/02/2008PudseyLabourSigned
David Heath27/02/2008Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Fisher27/02/2008Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
John Austin27/02/2008Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Norman Baker27/02/2008LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis27/02/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Anthony D Wright29/02/2008Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Frank Cook03/03/2008Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Mike Wood04/03/2008Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Martin Horwood05/03/2008CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Horam06/03/2008OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Desmond Turner07/03/2008Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Jennifer Willott10/03/2008Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Gidley11/03/2008RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
David Hamilton11/03/2008MidlothianLabourSigned
Joan Humble18/03/2008Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Jim Dowd18/03/2008Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Ian Gibson25/03/2008Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Bob Russell26/03/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders26/03/2008TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Soames26/03/2008Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Dai Havard26/03/2008Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Paul Holmes26/03/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerald Kaufman26/03/2008Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Annette Brooke26/03/2008Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Doran26/03/2008Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Roger Williams26/03/2008Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Danny Alexander26/03/2008Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Pound27/03/2008Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Miller27/03/2008Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael27/03/2008Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Gilroy27/03/2008Plymouth, SuttonLabourSigned
John Hemming27/03/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt27/03/2008SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynda Waltho27/03/2008StourbridgeLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser31/03/2008DoverLabourSigned
Alan Reid31/03/2008Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Laxton31/03/2008Derby NorthLabourSigned
Mark Oaten31/03/2008WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable31/03/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Dobson31/03/2008Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Frank Field31/03/2008BirkenheadLabourSigned
Robert Walter31/03/2008North DorsetConservativeSigned
Katy Clark31/03/2008North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland31/03/2008Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Morgan01/04/2008Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Michael Spicer01/04/2008West WorcestershireConservativeSigned
George Howarth01/04/2008Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Tim Loughton01/04/2008East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSigned
Denis Murphy01/04/2008WansbeckLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne01/04/2008Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Albert Owen01/04/2008Ynys MLabourSigned
Willie Rennie01/04/2008Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price02/04/2008Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Jimmy Hood02/04/2008Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Khalid Mahmood02/04/2008Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Bill Olner02/04/2008NuneatonLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore02/04/2008HendonLabourSigned
Don Foster02/04/2008BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone02/04/2008Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan02/04/2008HalifaxLabourSigned
John Pugh03/04/2008SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Martyn Jones03/04/2008Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Michael Mates03/04/2008East HampshireConservativeSigned
Malcolm Bruce03/04/2008GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Curry03/04/2008Skipton and RiponConservativeSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas03/04/2008CrosbyLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell03/04/2008Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Webb03/04/2008NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh21/04/2008Bradford WestLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner21/04/2008BolsoverLabourSigned
Robert Smith21/04/2008West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon21/04/2008North DownUUPSigned
Lynne Jones21/04/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Sally Keeble21/04/2008Northampton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Keen21/04/2008Feltham and HestonLabourSigned
Paul Keetch21/04/2008HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cunningham21/04/2008Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly21/04/2008Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster21/04/2008Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Diane Abbott21/04/2008Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Nick Ainger21/04/2008Carmarthen West and South PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Michael Ancram21/04/2008DevizesConservativeSigned
Hugh Bayley21/04/2008City of YorkLabourSigned
Anne Begg21/04/2008Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor21/04/2008Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Pete Wishart21/04/2008Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Roberta Blackman-Woods21/04/2008City of DurhamLabourSigned
Julia Goldsworthy21/04/2008Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams21/04/2008CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Virendra Sharma21/04/2008Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews22/04/2008MedwayLabourSigned
Tom Brake22/04/2008Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Karen Buck22/04/2008Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Ian Stewart22/04/2008EcclesLabourSigned
Stewart Hosie22/04/2008Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Susan Kramer22/04/2008Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Salter23/04/2008Reading WestLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith23/04/2008Bristol North WestLabourSigned
David Chaytor23/04/2008Bury NorthLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton23/04/2008Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Tony Wright23/04/2008Cannock ChaseLabourSigned
Jo Swinson24/04/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth25/04/2008CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson25/04/2008North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Geraldine Smith29/04/2008Morecambe and LunesdaleLabourSigned
Norman Lamb29/04/2008North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lazarowicz29/04/2008Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas29/04/2008DagenhamLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy06/05/2008Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Moffat12/05/2008East LothianLabourSigned
Mark Durkan12/05/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Paddy Tipping12/05/2008SherwoodLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds15/05/2008Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Sarah Teather15/05/2008Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Eddie McGrady16/05/2008South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Christopher Huhne19/05/2008EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Clwyd19/05/2008Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Colin Challen20/05/2008Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Paul Flynn02/06/2008Newport WestLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard04/06/2008WalthamstowLabourSigned
Dari Taylor04/06/2008Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Emily Thornberry04/06/2008Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Patrick Hall09/06/2008BedfordLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell10/06/2008Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Michael Clapham11/06/2008Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Bob Neill11/06/2008Bromley and ChislehurstConservativeSigned
Geoffrey Robinson17/06/2008Coventry North WestLabourSigned
Lyn Brown19/06/2008West HamLabourSigned
Helen Southworth23/06/2008Warrington SouthLabourSigned
Ann Widdecombe26/06/2008Maidstone and The WealdConservativeSigned
Lee Scott30/06/2008Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Adrian Bailey10/07/2008West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Nick Harvey21/07/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Amess06/10/2008Southend WestConservativeSigned
George Mudie08/10/2008Leeds EastLabourSigned
John Barrett13/10/2008Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Davidson21/10/2008Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
John Mason20/11/2008Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Quentin DaviesUnknownWithdrawn
Jon TrickettUnknownWithdrawn
John MacDougallUnknownWithdrawn
Kevan JonesUnknownWithdrawn

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