Seal Imports From Commercial Hunts (EDM643)

Seal Imports From Commercial Hunts

EDM number 643 in 2008-09, proposed by Martin Horwood on 02/02/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare and Wildlife.

That this House notes with grave concern the cruelty of Canada's commercial seal hunt and is saddened by the damage the slaughter is doing to Canada's international reputation; further notes evidence in the scientific opinion of the European Food Safety Authority released in December 2007 on the Animal Welfare Aspects of Killing and Skinning Seals that, in practice, effective killing does not always occur, that during Canada's commercial seal hunt, animals suffer, pain and distress and that sealers often do not comply with regulations; further notes that over 1.7 million harp seal pups have been killed since 2003; further notes with grave concern that, given that regulations to curb the suffering of these creatures are inadequate and unenforceable, the proposed EU ban on seal imports would be unwise to exempt seal products obtained from hunts which meet certain criteria for killing seals; and calls on the Government to campaign for an amendment to the proposed EU regulation to ban seal imports totally and to ban the trade in seal products from commercial hunts.

This motion has been signed by a total of 66 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Martin Horwood	02/02/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Jo Swinson	02/02/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	02/02/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Ann Cryer	02/02/2009	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Nigel Evans	02/02/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	02/02/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	02/02/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	02/02/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	03/02/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	03/02/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	03/02/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	03/02/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	03/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	03/02/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	03/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	03/02/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	03/02/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	04/02/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	04/02/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	04/02/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	04/02/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	04/02/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/02/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Drew	04/02/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	04/02/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	04/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	04/02/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	04/02/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	04/02/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	04/02/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	05/02/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Annette Brooke	05/02/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	05/02/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	05/02/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andy Reed	05/02/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	05/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	09/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	09/02/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/02/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	09/02/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	10/02/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	10/02/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	11/02/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Hamilton	11/02/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	11/02/2009	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	23/02/2009	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	24/02/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/02/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	24/02/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/02/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	24/02/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	02/03/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	03/03/2009	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	06/03/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	10/03/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Roy	12/03/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	13/03/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Cawsey	01/04/2009	Brigg and Goole	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	23/04/2009	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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