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This motion has been signed by a total of 206 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.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David Taylor	25/11/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn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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