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Animal Welfare In Circuses

EDM number 948 in 2008-09, proposed by John Austin on 03/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Animal welfare.

That this House shares the RSPCA's deep concern at the recent introduction of elephants into a circus in Nottinghamshire; hopes that the public will boycott the circus in protest; believes that the Government should intervene in this case and state categorically that it opposes the use of wild species in circuses; and urges the Government to bring forward proposals to ban the use of wild animals in circuses without further delay.

This motion has been signed by a total of 110 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Austin03/03/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourProposed
Lindsay Hoyle03/03/2009ChorleyLabourSeconded
Lee Scott03/03/2009Ilford NorthConservativeSeconded
Bob Russell03/03/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lynne Jones03/03/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Mark Hunter04/03/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSeconded
Greg Pope04/03/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice04/03/2009PendleLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser04/03/2009DoverLabourSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Joan Humble04/03/2009Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden04/03/2009Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell04/03/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Ann Cryer04/03/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore04/03/2009HendonLabourSigned
David Drew04/03/2009StroudLabourSigned
Phil Willis04/03/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
David Chaytor05/03/2009Bury NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin05/03/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz06/03/2009Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard09/03/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Mike Hancock09/03/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Anderson09/03/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
David Borrow09/03/2009South RibbleLabourSigned
Paul Truswell09/03/2009PudseyLabourSigned
Betty Williams09/03/2009ConwyLabourSigned
David Anderson09/03/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Nick Palmer10/03/2009BroxtoweLabourSigned
Stephen Pound10/03/2009Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins10/03/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Tom Levitt10/03/2009High PeakLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn10/03/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Janet Dean10/03/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff10/03/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
John Leech10/03/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh11/03/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Bill Olner11/03/2009NuneatonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham11/03/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/03/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Brian Iddon12/03/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd12/03/2009Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Ian McCartney12/03/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Colin Burgon12/03/2009ElmetLabourSigned
David Crausby12/03/2009Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Paddy Tipping12/03/2009SherwoodLabourSigned
Mark Todd12/03/2009South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay13/03/2009ThurrockLabourSigned
Andrew Miller13/03/2009Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith13/03/2009Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Nick Ainger13/03/2009Carmarthen West and South PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Adam Price16/03/2009Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Roger Berry16/03/2009KingswoodLabourSigned
Howard Stoate16/03/2009DartfordLabourSigned
Julie Morgan17/03/2009Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
David Lepper17/03/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Denis Murphy17/03/2009WansbeckLabourSigned
Paul Flynn17/03/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Anne Begg17/03/2009Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
David Taylor17/03/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Joan Walley17/03/2009Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Angela Smith17/03/2009Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell18/03/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis18/03/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Linda Riordan18/03/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
Joan Ryan19/03/2009Enfield NorthLabourSigned
Norman Baker20/03/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer20/03/2009Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heyes23/03/2009Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Clive Betts23/03/2009Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan24/03/2009Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Mike Wood24/03/2009Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Lorely Burt24/03/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone25/03/2009Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dowd26/03/2009Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley26/03/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Turner31/03/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews01/04/2009MedwayLabourSigned
Ian Cawsey01/04/2009Brigg and GooleLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd02/04/2009Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
David Amess20/04/2009Southend WestConservativeSigned
Hugh Bayley20/04/2009City of YorkLabourSigned
Elliot Morley23/04/2009ScunthorpeLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas23/04/2009DagenhamLabourSigned
Bill Etherington23/04/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Frank Doran24/04/2009Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Hywel Francis28/04/2009AberavonLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner08/05/2009BolsoverLabourSigned
Lady Hermon20/05/2009North DownUUPSigned
Eddie McGrady21/05/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Julia Goldsworthy04/06/2009Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Shona McIsaac17/06/2009CleethorpesLabourSigned
Diane Abbott18/06/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Khalid Mahmood22/06/2009Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Michael Mates26/06/2009East HampshireConservativeSigned
Willie Rennie02/07/2009Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake13/07/2009Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark14/07/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Jo Swinson21/07/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson12/10/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Siobhain McDonagh12/10/2009Mitcham and MordenLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling12/10/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
Alan Keen13/10/2009Feltham and HestonLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell13/10/2009Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Frank Cook13/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Andy Slaughter13/10/2009Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's BushLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara15/10/2009Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey27/10/2009West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce10/11/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn
George MudieUnknownWithdrawn

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