Protection For Seals

EDM number 678 in 2008-09, proposed by Paddy Tipping on 03/02/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Nature conservation and Wildlife.

That this House recognises the UK's international obligations to maintain its globally important seal populations at a favourable conservation status; notes that seal populations remain depleted and are threatened by further outbreaks of the phocine distemper virus and remain under increasing threat from climate change, depletion of prey species pollution and deliberate killing; notes with extreme concern scientific reports of a frightening decline in the population of common seals in UK waters; further notes that an estimated 5,000 seals are shot in Scottish waters by the salmon industry; believes that the Conservation of Seals Act 1970 is outdated and in urgent need of review or replacement; and calls on the Government to implement an immediate and comprehensive ban on the deliberate killing of all seals, to replace the Conservation of Seals Act 1970 with legislation for the comprehensive protection of seals in the forthcoming Marine Bill and to liaise with the Scottish Executive to this end.

This motion has been signed by a total of 129 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paddy Tipping	03/02/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Proposed
David Taylor	03/02/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	03/02/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	03/02/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	03/02/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
David Amess	03/02/2009	Southend West	Conservative	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	04/02/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	04/02/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/02/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	04/02/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	04/02/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	04/02/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	04/02/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
John Leech	04/02/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	04/02/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	04/02/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	04/02/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	04/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	04/02/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	04/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	04/02/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	04/02/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	04/02/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	04/02/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	04/02/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	04/02/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	05/02/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Gordon Banks	05/02/2009	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	05/02/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	05/02/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	05/02/2009	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Andy Reed	05/02/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	05/02/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	09/02/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	09/02/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/02/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	09/02/2009	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/02/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	09/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	09/02/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	09/02/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	09/02/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	10/02/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	10/02/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
John Austin	10/02/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	10/02/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	10/02/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	10/02/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	10/02/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	10/02/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	10/02/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	10/02/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	10/02/2009	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	10/02/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	10/02/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	10/02/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	10/02/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	10/02/2009	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	11/02/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	11/02/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
John Battle	11/02/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	11/02/2009	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	11/02/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	11/02/2009	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	11/02/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	11/02/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	11/02/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	11/02/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Hendrick	11/02/2009	Preston	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	11/02/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Nick Palmer	11/02/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	12/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	12/02/2009	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	12/02/2009	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	12/02/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	12/02/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	23/02/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	23/02/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	23/02/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	23/02/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	23/02/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	23/02/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	23/02/2009	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	23/02/2009	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	23/02/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	23/02/2009	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	23/02/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	23/02/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	23/02/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Howarth	23/02/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	23/02/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/02/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	23/02/2009	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	24/02/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	24/02/2009	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/02/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	24/02/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	24/02/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	24/02/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/02/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	24/02/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	25/02/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	27/02/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	02/03/2009	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	02/03/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	03/03/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	04/03/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
John Barrett	06/03/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	06/03/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	10/03/2009	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	11/03/2009	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	12/03/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	13/03/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Matthew Taylor	31/03/2009	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Cawsey	01/04/2009	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	02/04/2009	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	20/04/2009	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	27/04/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	16/06/2009	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
John Heppell	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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