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Racehorse Breeding In The United Kingdom

EDM number 285 in 2008-09, proposed by Mike Hancock on 15/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare and Sports.

That this House is alarmed by evidence suggesting that many healthy but unprofitable thoroughbreds are slaughtered in British abattoirs or shot in racing yards every year; notes that the Chairman of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has acknowledged the problem of over-production of racehorses; believes that horse welfare problems flowing from racehorse over-production are likely to worsen as a result of the BHA's future fixtures list which will deny racing opportunities to hundreds of lower-rated horses; further notes that every year more than 160 horses die or are destroyed due to racecourse injuries; calls on the Government to undertake and put into the public domain a full audit of racehorse production, death and injury; and asks it to urge racing's regulators to act decisively to remedy the problems of racehorse over-production and the alarming level of equine death on British racecourses.

This motion has been signed by a total of 112 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mike Hancock15/12/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratProposed
Harry Cohen15/12/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley15/12/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Bob Spink16/12/2008Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Frank Cook16/12/2008Stockton NorthLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones16/12/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Bob Russell16/12/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer16/12/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
John Leech16/12/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson17/12/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Tom Brake17/12/2008Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming17/12/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell18/12/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Roger Williams18/12/2008Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders12/01/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell12/01/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams12/01/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Martin Caton13/01/2009GowerLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor13/01/2009Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing13/01/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Greg Pope14/01/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn14/01/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd14/01/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Bill Etherington14/01/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Brian Iddon15/01/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
David Crausby15/01/2009Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Howard Stoate15/01/2009DartfordLabourSigned
Colin Burgon19/01/2009ElmetLabourSigned
Rudi Vis19/01/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Alan Reid21/01/2009Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland22/01/2009Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Pelling22/01/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
Brian Jenkins27/01/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Paddy Tipping28/01/2009SherwoodLabourSigned
Anne Begg05/02/2009Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Mike Wood10/02/2009Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser23/02/2009DoverLabourSigned
Mark Hunter23/02/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Ashok Kumar24/02/2009Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
Nick Harvey26/02/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Marsden26/02/2009Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Elliot Morley26/02/2009ScunthorpeLabourSigned
Russell Brown26/02/2009Dumfries and GallowayLabourSigned
Michael Weir26/02/2009AngusScottish National PartySigned
Ann Widdecombe26/02/2009Maidstone and The WealdConservativeSigned
Mark Oaten03/03/2009WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Gavin Strang03/03/2009Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
David Taylor03/03/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Mark Pritchard06/03/2009The WrekinConservativeSigned
Fabian Hamilton10/03/2009Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Steve Webb10/03/2009NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andy Reed13/03/2009LoughboroughLabourSigned
Iris Robinson16/03/2009StrangfordDUPSigned
Norman Lamb17/03/2009North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Sheridan24/03/2009Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Nick Ainger26/03/2009Carmarthen West and South PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Ian Cawsey01/04/2009Brigg and GooleLabourSigned
Simon Hughes02/04/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Stewart Hosie02/04/2009Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Hywel Francis20/04/2009AberavonLabourSigned
Pete Wishart20/04/2009Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Diane Abbott23/04/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Bob Laxton27/04/2009Derby NorthLabourSigned
Julia Goldsworthy27/04/2009Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Havard05/05/2009Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Ian McCartney05/05/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Colin Challen05/05/2009Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff05/05/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Marsha Singh06/05/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Eric Martlew06/05/2009CarlisleLabourSigned
Don Foster06/05/2009BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Bruce George06/05/2009Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Jo Swinson06/05/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Palmer07/05/2009BroxtoweLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham07/05/2009Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Mark Durkan07/05/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jim Dobbin08/05/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Chris Mullin11/05/2009Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Joan Humble13/05/2009Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd14/05/2009Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Mark Williams14/05/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh19/05/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George21/05/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Morgan01/06/2009Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Geraldine Smith01/06/2009Morecambe and LunesdaleLabourSigned
Martyn Jones01/06/2009Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz01/06/2009Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
John Austin01/06/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Dai Davies01/06/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Greg Knight02/06/2009East YorkshireConservativeSigned
Alistair Carmichael04/06/2009Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson08/06/2009North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper09/06/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Malcolm Moss10/06/2009North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Dari Taylor11/06/2009Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Lynne Featherstone16/06/2009Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer22/06/2009Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Angela Smith22/06/2009Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Evan Harris06/07/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Taylor14/07/2009Esher and WaltonConservativeSigned
Kevin Barron12/10/2009Rother ValleyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable13/10/2009TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Anderson26/10/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce10/11/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Judy Mallaber11/11/2009Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell11/11/2009North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt11/11/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn
George MudieUnknownWithdrawn
Ian GibsonUnknownWithdrawn
Lyn BrownUnknownWithdrawn

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