Inhumane Treatment Of Dogs In China

EDM number 6 in 2008-09, proposed by Bob Russell on 03/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare and Asia.

That this House supports the joint working of Animals Asia Foundation and the Kennel Club in continuing to highlight the inhumane treatment of dogs in China; is appalled by the acts of extreme cruelty which take place in China's animal markets; notes that millions of dogs have been skinned alive and killed for fur and meat; condemns the cruel ways in which these animals are raised, transported and slaughtered; calls upon the Government to do everything in its power to encourage the Chinese government to bring about an urgent end to this barbaric practice, including raising the subject with the Chinese Ambassador in the UK; and calls directly on the Chinese government to bring its laws and practices into the 21st century in relation to animal welfare standards.

This motion has been signed by a total of 71 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Russell	03/12/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	03/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	03/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Kate Hoey	03/12/2008	Vauxhall	Labour	Seconded
Lee Scott	03/12/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Seconded
John Hemming	03/12/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Amess	03/12/2008	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	04/12/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	04/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	04/12/2008	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	04/12/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	04/12/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
James Gray	08/12/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	08/12/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	08/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Leech	08/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	08/12/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	08/12/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	08/12/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	08/12/2008	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Evan Harris	08/12/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/12/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	08/12/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/12/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Maclean	08/12/2008	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	08/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	08/12/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/12/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	09/12/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	09/12/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	10/12/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Jo Swinson	10/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	10/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	10/12/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Gordon Marsden	10/12/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/12/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	10/12/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Michael Penning	11/12/2008	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	11/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	11/12/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Edward O'Hara	11/12/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	11/12/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	11/12/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Horam	15/12/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	16/12/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	16/12/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	17/12/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	18/12/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	18/12/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	12/01/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	12/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	28/01/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	11/02/2009	Romford	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	24/02/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	25/02/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	23/04/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	28/04/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn

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