Food Labelling And The Welfare Of Chickens

EDM number 581 in 2008-09, proposed by Mike Hancock on 26/01/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture, Animal welfare and Food.

That this House believes that all chicken meat, including imported chicken meat, should be labelled as to farming method and preferably stocking density; further believes the labelling regulation that requires packs of shell eggs to be labelled as to production method should be extended to chicken meat; congratulates Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Compassion in World Farming on their Chicken Out! campaign calling on supermarkets to introduce labelling as to farming method to allow consumers to make informed choices; notes that most UK chickens are still reared intensively in overcrowded conditions and have been bred to grow so quickly that many suffer from lameness and heart problems; and calls on the Government to make it a requirement for all chicken producers to meet the conditions of the RSPCA's Freedom Food scheme.

This motion has been signed by a total of 278 MPs, 6 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mike Hancock	26/01/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Ann Cryer	26/01/2009	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	26/01/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	26/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	26/01/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	26/01/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	27/01/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	27/01/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Taylor	27/01/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	27/01/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Angus MacNeil	27/01/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mark Hunter	27/01/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	27/01/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	27/01/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	27/01/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	27/01/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	27/01/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	27/01/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/01/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	27/01/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	27/01/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	28/01/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	28/01/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	28/01/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	28/01/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	28/01/2009	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	29/01/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	29/01/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
David Drew	29/01/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	02/02/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	02/02/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	02/02/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	02/02/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/02/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paddy Tipping	03/02/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	03/02/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	03/02/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	03/02/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	03/02/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	03/02/2009	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	03/02/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
John Thurso	04/02/2009	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	04/02/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	04/02/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	04/02/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	04/02/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	04/02/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Roger Godsiff	04/02/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/02/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/02/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	04/02/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Lembit	04/02/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	04/02/2009	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	04/02/2009	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	04/02/2009	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	05/02/2009	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	05/02/2009	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Mark Pritchard	09/02/2009	The Wrekin	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	09/02/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	09/02/2009	Truro and St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Betts	09/02/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	09/02/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
John Austin	09/02/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	09/02/2009	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	09/02/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	09/02/2009	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	09/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	09/02/2009	Warwick and Leamington	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	09/02/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	09/02/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Marsha Singh	09/02/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	09/02/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	09/02/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	09/02/2009	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Wright	10/02/2009	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	10/02/2009	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	10/02/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	10/02/2009	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	10/02/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	10/02/2009	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	10/02/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	11/02/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Soulsby	11/02/2009	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	11/02/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Peter Viggers	11/02/2009	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Gavin Strang	11/02/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	11/02/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	11/02/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	12/02/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	12/02/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
David Heath	12/02/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	23/02/2009	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	23/02/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	23/02/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	23/02/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Davies	23/02/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Jennifer Willott	23/02/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	23/02/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Sandra Osborne	23/02/2009	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	23/02/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	23/02/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	23/02/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	23/02/2009	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/02/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/02/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	23/02/2009	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	23/02/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	23/02/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Eddie McGrady	23/02/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Greg Mulholland	24/02/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dari Taylor	24/02/2009	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	24/02/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	24/02/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	24/02/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	24/02/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/02/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	24/02/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	25/02/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	25/02/2009	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Caborn	25/02/2009	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	25/02/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	27/02/2009	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	02/03/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	02/03/2009	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Paul Truswell	02/03/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	02/03/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	03/03/2009	Maidstone and The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Mark Oaten	03/03/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	03/03/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	03/03/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	04/03/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	04/03/2009	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	04/03/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Dan Rogerson	05/03/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	05/03/2009	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Russell Brown	05/03/2009	Dumfries and Galloway	Labour	Signed
Oliver Heald	05/03/2009	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	06/03/2009	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	06/03/2009	Falmouth and Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	06/03/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	06/03/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Farrelly	06/03/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	09/03/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	09/03/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Levitt	11/03/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	11/03/2009	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Tom Harris	13/03/2009	Glasgow South	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	16/03/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	16/03/2009	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	18/03/2009	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	19/03/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	20/03/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	23/03/2009	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	23/03/2009	Esher and Walton	Conservative	Signed
Stewart Hosie	24/03/2009	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Simon Burns	25/03/2009	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Danny Alexander	26/03/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	26/03/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	27/03/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Hall	27/03/2009	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	01/04/2009	Brigg and Goole	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	02/04/2009	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Robert Syms	20/04/2009	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	20/04/2009	City of York	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	20/04/2009	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Mike Gapes	20/04/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
John Whittingdale	20/04/2009	Maldon and East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
David Winnick	20/04/2009	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	20/04/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
David Anderson	20/04/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	20/04/2009	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	20/04/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	20/04/2009	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	20/04/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	20/04/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	20/04/2009	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Angus Robertson	20/04/2009	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Robert Smith	20/04/2009	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Hood	20/04/2009	Lanark and Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
John Horam	20/04/2009	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
George Howarth	20/04/2009	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	20/04/2009	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	20/04/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	20/04/2009	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	20/04/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Clelland	20/04/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	21/04/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Binley	21/04/2009	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	21/04/2009	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stuart	21/04/2009	Beverley and Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	21/04/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	21/04/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
John Greenway	21/04/2009	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
George Galloway	21/04/2009	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Nick Palmer	21/04/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	21/04/2009	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	21/04/2009	Houghton and Washington East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	21/04/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
David Cairns	21/04/2009	Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	22/04/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Michael Gove	22/04/2009	Surrey Heath	Conservative	Signed
Sammy Wilson	22/04/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Richard Taylor	22/04/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Tom Clarke	22/04/2009	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	22/04/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/04/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ian McCartney	22/04/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	22/04/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	22/04/2009	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	23/04/2009	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	23/04/2009	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	23/04/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	24/04/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	24/04/2009	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	24/04/2009	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Anne McGuire	27/04/2009	Stirling	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	27/04/2009	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	28/04/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	29/04/2009	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	05/05/2009	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	06/05/2009	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
John Mann	06/05/2009	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	06/05/2009	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
John Gummer	07/05/2009	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	08/05/2009	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	15/05/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	18/05/2009	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	19/05/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ben Wallace	19/05/2009	Lancaster and Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Greg Knight	20/05/2009	East Yorkshire	Conservative	Signed
Albert Owen	20/05/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	01/06/2009	Shrewsbury and Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Derek Conway	09/06/2009	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Graham Allen	09/06/2009	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	09/06/2009	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Laurence Robertson	10/06/2009	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Murrison	10/06/2009	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Mark Fisher	10/06/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Lee Scott	10/06/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bone	11/06/2009	Wellingborough	Conservative	Signed
John Battle	11/06/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	11/06/2009	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Eric Joyce	11/06/2009	Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Joan Ryan	11/06/2009	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	12/06/2009	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Tim Yeo	16/06/2009	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
John Cummings	23/06/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
David Curry	23/06/2009	Skipton and Ripon	Conservative	Signed
John Mason	25/06/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Laura Moffatt	25/06/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	25/06/2009	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	26/06/2009	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	29/06/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Kevin Barron	01/07/2009	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	02/07/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Jacqui Smith	02/07/2009	Redditch	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	02/07/2009	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	08/07/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Moffat	09/07/2009	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	13/07/2009	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	21/07/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/10/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	13/10/2009	Ochil and South Perthshire	Labour	Signed
Robert Flello	19/10/2009	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	20/10/2009	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	21/10/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	22/10/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Paul Murphy	28/10/2009	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	11/11/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Heppell	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
George Mudie	Unknown			Withdrawn

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