Orang-Utans And Palm Oil

EDM number 86 in 2008-09, proposed by Bill Wiggin on 03/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare and Environmental protection.

That this House expresses concern about the growth of oil palm plantations in Borneo; notes that many oil palm plantations have replaced the rainforest, which is the habitat for the orang-utan; is further concerned that increasing habitat destruction could lead to the extinction of the orang-utan within five years; welcomes the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil; and urges the palm oil industry to take responsible action to protect orang-utan habitats and become sustainable.

This motion has been signed by a total of 75 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bill Wiggin	03/12/2008	Leominster	Conservative	Proposed
Peter Ainsworth	03/12/2008	East Surrey	Conservative	Seconded
James Paice	03/12/2008	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Seconded
Anne McIntosh	03/12/2008	Vale of York	Conservative	Seconded
David Maclean	03/12/2008	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	03/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	03/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	03/12/2008	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	04/12/2008	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	04/12/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	04/12/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	04/12/2008	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	04/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	04/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Simon Burns	04/12/2008	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Tim Loughton	04/12/2008	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	04/12/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	08/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	08/12/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	08/12/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Stewart Jackson	08/12/2008	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
David Jones	08/12/2008	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	08/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	08/12/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	08/12/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	08/12/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	08/12/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	08/12/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	08/12/2008	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Evan Harris	08/12/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	08/12/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	08/12/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/12/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John McDonnell	08/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/12/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	08/12/2008	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Jim Devine	09/12/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	09/12/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/12/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	09/12/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	10/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	10/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	10/12/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	10/12/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Michael Penning	11/12/2008	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Michael Ancram	11/12/2008	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	11/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Horam	15/12/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	16/12/2008	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	16/12/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	18/12/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	12/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	28/01/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	03/02/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	12/03/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	19/03/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	23/04/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	14/05/2009	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	12/06/2009	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	26/06/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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