Deforestation, Climate Change And Livestock
EDM number 194 in 2009-10, proposed by Andrew George on 24/11/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture and environment, Climate change and Forestry.
That this House notes that global livestock and animal feed production contributes 18 per cent. of global greenhouse gas emissions and is currently the most significant driver of biodiversity loss worldwide; further notes that the large-scale conversion of forests and other valuable habitats into croplands for the production of animal feeds such as soy for intensive livestock farming is a cause of particular concern; recognises the associated impacts on small farmers and communities in developing countries who are often forced off their land; urges the Government to undertake an assessment of the scale and impact of this trend and the UK's role in it, and to gauge whether the UK's livestock industry has become overly dependent on soy-based animal feed which has such an unwelcome and unsustainable impact upon the environment; and calls on the Government to bring forward the measures necessary to reduce the UK's impact on global greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss from the livestock sector whilst avoiding the export of these impacts overseas and supporting a viable, sustainable and thriving UK farming industry.
This motion has been signed by a total of 206 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
| Andrew George | 24/11/2009 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Proposed |
| Tony Baldry | 24/11/2009 | Banbury | Conservative | Seconded |
| Lynne Jones | 24/11/2009 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Seconded |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 24/11/2009 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Seconded |
| David Drew | 24/11/2009 | Stroud | Labour | Seconded |
| Peter Ainsworth | 24/11/2009 | East Surrey | Conservative | Seconded |
| Mark Durkan | 24/11/2009 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| David Taylor | 25/11/2009 | North West Leicestershire | Labour | Withdrawn |
| Mike Hancock | 25/11/2009 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Peter Bottomley | 25/11/2009 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| John Leech | 25/11/2009 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Stephen Williams | 25/11/2009 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Williams | 25/11/2009 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| James Gray | 25/11/2009 | North Wiltshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 25/11/2009 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Adrian Sanders | 25/11/2009 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 25/11/2009 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Kim Howells | 25/11/2009 | Pontypridd | Labour | Signed |
| Lindsay Hoyle | 25/11/2009 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 25/11/2009 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 25/11/2009 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Younger-Ross | 26/11/2009 | Teignbridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 26/11/2009 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Weir | 26/11/2009 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 26/11/2009 | Finchley and Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 26/11/2009 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 26/11/2009 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 26/11/2009 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Burgon | 26/11/2009 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
| Annette Brooke | 26/11/2009 | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 26/11/2009 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 30/11/2009 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 01/12/2009 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| John Austin | 01/12/2009 | Erith and Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 01/12/2009 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Lady Hermon | 01/12/2009 | North Down | UUP | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 01/12/2009 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Elliot Morley | 02/12/2009 | Scunthorpe | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Pelling | 02/12/2009 | Croydon Central | Independent | Signed |
| Andrew Stunell | 07/12/2009 | Hazel Grove | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Maclean | 07/12/2009 | Penrith and The Border | Conservative | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 07/12/2009 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Cawsey | 08/12/2009 | Brigg and Goole | Labour | Signed |
| Dan Rogerson | 10/12/2009 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 15/12/2009 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Ainger | 16/12/2009 | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Labour | Signed |
| Evan Harris | 16/12/2009 | Oxford West and Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Don Foster | 05/01/2010 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Hugh Bayley | 05/01/2010 | City of York | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Beith | 05/01/2010 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Lorely Burt | 05/01/2010 | Solihull | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Anne Main | 06/01/2010 | St Albans | Conservative | Signed |
| David Crausby | 06/01/2010 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Andy Reed | 07/01/2010 | Loughborough | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 18/01/2010 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Bruce George | 21/01/2010 | Walsall South | Labour | Signed |
| George Galloway | 25/01/2010 | Bethnal Green and Bow | Respect | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 25/01/2010 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| David Lepper | 25/01/2010 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
| Jacqui Smith | 25/01/2010 | Redditch | Labour | Signed |
| Howard Stoate | 26/01/2010 | Dartford | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Browne | 27/01/2010 | Taunton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Laura Moffatt | 28/01/2010 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Williams | 28/01/2010 | Brecon and Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Howarth | 29/01/2010 | Cambridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Julia Goldsworthy | 29/01/2010 | Falmouth and Camborne | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Simon Hughes | 01/02/2010 | North Southwark and Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Kitty Ussher | 01/02/2010 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
| David Heath | 03/02/2010 | Somerton & Frome | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ian Stewart | 03/02/2010 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Riordan | 03/02/2010 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 04/02/2010 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 08/02/2010 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Mullin | 08/02/2010 | Sunderland South | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 08/02/2010 | Barnsley West and Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 08/02/2010 | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Angela Smith | 08/02/2010 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Labour | Signed |
| Gary Streeter | 09/02/2010 | South West Devon | Conservative | Signed |
| Norman Baker | 09/02/2010 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Oaten | 09/02/2010 | Winchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jennifer Willott | 10/02/2010 | Cardiff Central | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andy Slaughter | 10/02/2010 | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Horwood | 10/02/2010 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Anderson | 10/02/2010 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 10/02/2010 | Feltham and Heston | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Palmer | 10/02/2010 | Broxtowe | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Hunter | 22/02/2010 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Lynne Featherstone | 22/02/2010 | Hornsey and Wood Green | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Celia Barlow | 22/02/2010 | Hove | Labour | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 22/02/2010 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| John Thurso | 22/02/2010 | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Sarah Teather | 22/02/2010 | Brent East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 22/02/2010 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
| Clare Short | 22/02/2010 | Birmingham, Ladywood | Independent Labour | Signed |
| Paul Keetch | 22/02/2010 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 22/02/2010 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 22/02/2010 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Frank Dobson | 22/02/2010 | Holborn and St Pancras | Labour | Signed |
| Hywel Williams | 23/02/2010 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Steve Webb | 23/02/2010 | Northavon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jim Cousins | 23/02/2010 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Olner | 23/02/2010 | Nuneaton | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Linton | 23/02/2010 | Battersea | Labour | Signed |
| Geraldine Smith | 23/02/2010 | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 23/02/2010 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alan Reid | 23/02/2010 | Argyll and Bute | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| James Plaskitt | 23/02/2010 | Warwick and Leamington | Labour | Signed |
| Parmjit Dhanda | 23/02/2010 | Gloucester | Labour | Signed |
| Fabian Hamilton | 24/02/2010 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Murphy | 24/02/2010 | Torfaen | Labour | Signed |
| Chris McCafferty | 24/02/2010 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
| John Hemming | 25/02/2010 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Patrick Hall | 25/02/2010 | Bedford | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Burden | 25/02/2010 | Birmingham, Northfield | Labour | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 25/02/2010 | Bristol North West | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Mates | 25/02/2010 | East Hampshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 25/02/2010 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
| John Horam | 25/02/2010 | Orpington | Conservative | Signed |
| Geoffrey Robinson | 26/02/2010 | Coventry North West | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Levitt | 26/02/2010 | High Peak | Labour | Signed |
| Tim Yeo | 01/03/2010 | South Suffolk | Conservative | Signed |
| Gerald Kaufman | 02/03/2010 | Manchester, Gorton | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 02/03/2010 | Carshalton and Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Greg Mulholland | 03/03/2010 | Leeds North West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tom Watson | 03/03/2010 | West Bromwich East | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dowd | 08/03/2010 | Lewisham West | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Walter | 08/03/2010 | North Dorset | Conservative | Signed |
| Stephen Hesford | 09/03/2010 | Wirral West | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Flello | 09/03/2010 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Labour | Signed |
| Danny Alexander | 10/03/2010 | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 10/03/2010 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| David Cairns | 10/03/2010 | Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 10/03/2010 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Laws | 10/03/2010 | Yeovil | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Clelland | 11/03/2010 | Tyne Bridge | Labour | Signed |
| Adam Holloway | 11/03/2010 | Gravesham | Conservative | Signed |
| Michael Ancram | 12/03/2010 | Devizes | Conservative | Signed |
| Pete Wishart | 15/03/2010 | Perth and North Perthshire | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 15/03/2010 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 15/03/2010 | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Lazarowicz | 15/03/2010 | Edinburgh North and Leith | Labour | Signed |
| Charles Kennedy | 16/03/2010 | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Frank Doran | 16/03/2010 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Taylor | 16/03/2010 | Esher and Walton | Conservative | Signed |
| Katy Clark | 17/03/2010 | North Ayrshire and Arran | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Bruce | 17/03/2010 | Gordon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Russell Brown | 17/03/2010 | Dumfries and Galloway | Labour | Signed |
| Lembit | 17/03/2010 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 18/03/2010 | Batley and Spen | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 18/03/2010 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 18/03/2010 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
| John Pugh | 18/03/2010 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Matthew Taylor | 22/03/2010 | Truro and St Austell | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Hywel Francis | 22/03/2010 | Aberavon | Labour | Signed |
| Graham Brady | 22/03/2010 | Altrincham and Sale West | Conservative | Signed |
| Alasdair McDonnell | 22/03/2010 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Eric Joyce | 22/03/2010 | Falkirk | Labour | Signed |
| Christopher Huhne | 22/03/2010 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Dai Havard | 22/03/2010 | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Spink | 22/03/2010 | Castle Point | Independent | Signed |
| Jim Sheridan | 22/03/2010 | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Labour | Signed |
| Angus MacNeil | 24/03/2010 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Mark Lancaster | 24/03/2010 | North East Milton Keynes | Conservative | Signed |
| David Borrow | 24/03/2010 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 24/03/2010 | Leyton and Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| David Heyes | 24/03/2010 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Clarke | 25/03/2010 | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Labour | Signed |
| Karen Buck | 25/03/2010 | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Labour | Signed |
| Alun Michael | 25/03/2010 | Cardiff South and Penarth | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Pound | 25/03/2010 | Ealing North | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 29/03/2010 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Louise Ellman | 29/03/2010 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 29/03/2010 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Burstow | 29/03/2010 | Sutton and Cheam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 29/03/2010 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 29/03/2010 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 29/03/2010 | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Patrick Mercer | 29/03/2010 | Newark | Conservative | Signed |
| Gwyn Prosser | 29/03/2010 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 29/03/2010 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Phyllis Starkey | 29/03/2010 | Milton Keynes South West | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Holmes | 29/03/2010 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Fraser Kemp | 29/03/2010 | Houghton and Washington East | Labour | Signed |
| Susan Kramer | 30/03/2010 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Derek Twigg | 30/03/2010 | Halton | Labour | Signed |
| Kevin Barron | 30/03/2010 | Rother Valley | Labour | Signed |
| David Amess | 30/03/2010 | Southend West | Conservative | Signed |
| Clive Efford | 30/03/2010 | Eltham | Labour | Signed |
| Jon Cruddas | 30/03/2010 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
| Menzies Campbell | 30/03/2010 | North East Fife | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Mann | 30/03/2010 | Bassetlaw | Labour | Signed |
| Sally Keeble | 30/03/2010 | Northampton North | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Shepherd | 30/03/2010 | Aldridge-Brownhills | Conservative | Signed |
| Don Touhig | 06/04/2010 | Islwyn | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Wicks | 06/04/2010 | Croydon North | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Banks | 06/04/2010 | Ochil and South Perthshire | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Rowen | 06/04/2010 | Rochdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 06/04/2010 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Farrelly | 06/04/2010 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Dodds | 06/04/2010 | Belfast North | DUP | Signed |
| Alistair Carmichael | 06/04/2010 | Orkney and Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew Love | 06/04/2010 | Edmonton | Labour | Signed |
| John Robertson | 06/04/2010 | Glasgow North West | Labour | Signed |
| Julie Morgan | 06/04/2010 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
| Eddie McGrady | 07/04/2010 | South Down | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Frank Field | 07/04/2010 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
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