Electronic Identification Of Sheep (EDM80)

Electronic Identification Of Sheep

EDM number 80 in 2008-09, proposed by James Paice on 03/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture and Animals.

That this House recognises that the UK is the largest producer of sheepmeat within the EU; appreciates that most sheep production is in upland areas where there are few alternative enterprises; notes that the requirement for compulsory electronic identification (EID) of all sheep under EU Directive 21/2004 may be possible for small lowland flocks but is in practice unachievable in extensive large upland flocks which rely on batch movement; believes that this requirement will cause another extra cost imposition on all producers which will make an already marginal enterprise uneconomic; does not see any benefit to food safety or disease control from such a measure; and calls upon the Government to insist on a derogation to make EID voluntary within the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
James Paice	03/12/2008	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Proposed
Peter Ainsworth	03/12/2008	East Surrey	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	03/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	03/12/2008	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Anne McIntosh	03/12/2008	Vale of York	Conservative	Seconded
Bill Wiggin	03/12/2008	Leominster	Conservative	Seconded
David Amess	03/12/2008	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	03/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Heath	04/12/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Loughton	04/12/2008	East Worthing and Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	04/12/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Burns	04/12/2008	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Tony Baldry	04/12/2008	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	04/12/2008	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	04/12/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	08/12/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	08/12/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Jones	08/12/2008	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
Alan Beith	08/12/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	08/12/2008	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Independent	Signed
John McDonnell	08/12/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
David Maclean	08/12/2008	Penrith and The Border	Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	08/12/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/12/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
James Gray	08/12/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Julian Lewis	09/12/2008	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/12/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	09/12/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Angus MacNeil	09/12/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/12/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	10/12/2008	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Soames	10/12/2008	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Roger Williams	11/12/2008	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Penning	11/12/2008	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	16/12/2008	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Paul Rowen	12/01/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Atkinson	15/01/2009	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Moss	26/01/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Albert Owen	27/01/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	23/04/2009	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	05/05/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed

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