UK Bee Health

EDM number 188 in 2008-09, proposed by Timothy Farron on 09/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture and Animal diseases.

That this House recognises the importance of the UK bee population, responsible for pollinating 70 per cent. of the food eaten in the UK and valued commercially at approximately £165 million by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; expresses concern at the threat posed by an increase in reported cases of colony collapse disorder and resistance to the chemical treatment for the varroa destructor mite; is deeply concerned that since the winter of 2007 there has been a 30 per cent. reduction in the bee population; is dismayed 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 calls on the Government to provide more funding for research into ways of combating the threats to British hives.

This motion has been signed by a total of 77 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tim Farron	09/12/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Lynne Jones	09/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Nigel Evans	09/12/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	09/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	09/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Robert Key	10/12/2008	Salisbury	Conservative	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	10/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	10/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
David Drew	10/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	10/12/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	10/12/2008	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	10/12/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	10/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	10/12/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	10/12/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	10/12/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/12/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	10/12/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	10/12/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	10/12/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Luff	10/12/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	10/12/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	10/12/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Cawsey	11/12/2008	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	11/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	11/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
James Gray	11/12/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	11/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Ancram	11/12/2008	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Colin Burgon	11/12/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	11/12/2008	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Prentice	11/12/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	11/12/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	11/12/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	11/12/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	11/12/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	15/12/2008	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Browne	15/12/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	15/12/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	15/12/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	15/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	15/12/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	15/12/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	15/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Horam	15/12/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	16/12/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	16/12/2008	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	16/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	17/12/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	17/12/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	17/12/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	17/12/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	17/12/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	17/12/2008	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	18/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	18/12/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	12/01/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/01/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	12/01/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	14/01/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/01/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	26/01/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Albert Owen	27/01/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	10/02/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	23/04/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	05/05/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	11/11/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn

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