Wild Animals In Circuses

EDM number 2179 in 2008-09, proposed by Mark Pritchard on 27/10/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare and Wildlife.

That this House notes with concern that current legislation fails to protect wild animals in circuses; is appalled that this had led to serious abuse such as the one revealed by Animal Defenders International's investigation in the Great British Circus, which shows violence against and the confinement of elephants; reminds the Government that it has repeatedly committed itself before this House to ban certain species of wild animals in circuses; further notes with disappointment that no substantial proposal has been yet made by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and once again 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 96 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mark Pritchard	27/10/2009	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Proposed
Oliver Letwin	27/10/2009	West Dorset	Conservative	Seconded
Robert Marshall-Andrews	27/10/2009	Medway	Labour	Seconded
John McDonnell	27/10/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	27/10/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Drew	27/10/2009	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	27/10/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ken Purchase	27/10/2009	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	28/10/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	28/10/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	28/10/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Paul Flynn	28/10/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	28/10/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	28/10/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	28/10/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Paddy Tipping	28/10/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	28/10/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	28/10/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Lee Scott	28/10/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Frank Cook	28/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	28/10/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	28/10/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	28/10/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	28/10/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	28/10/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	28/10/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	28/10/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	28/10/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	28/10/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	28/10/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
David Lepper	28/10/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	28/10/2009	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Edward O'Hara	28/10/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	29/10/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	29/10/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Penning	29/10/2009	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Dai Davies	29/10/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Ann Cryer	29/10/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	29/10/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	29/10/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laura Moffatt	29/10/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	29/10/2009	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	29/10/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Betty Williams	02/11/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	02/11/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	02/11/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	03/11/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
David Anderson	03/11/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	03/11/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Neil Gerrard	03/11/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Michael Fallon	03/11/2009	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
Colin Challen	03/11/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	03/11/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	03/11/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	03/11/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	03/11/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Leech	04/11/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	04/11/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	04/11/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	04/11/2009	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
William McCrea	04/11/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	04/11/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	04/11/2009	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	04/11/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	05/11/2009	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
David Amess	05/11/2009	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	05/11/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	05/11/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	05/11/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Elliot Morley	05/11/2009	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	05/11/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/11/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	05/11/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
John Mason	09/11/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angela Smith	09/11/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	09/11/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/11/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	09/11/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	09/11/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	10/11/2009	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	10/11/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	10/11/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	10/11/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	10/11/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	11/11/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Todd	11/11/2009	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	11/11/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	11/11/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
John Austin	11/11/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	11/11/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	11/11/2009	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	11/11/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	11/11/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	11/11/2009	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	11/11/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	11/11/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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