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Freedom Of Information And Animal Experimentation

EDM number 277 in 2009-10, proposed by Mike Hancock on 30/11/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Animal experiments and Freedom of information.

That this House notes that section 24 of the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, as recently interpreted by the Court of Appeal, prevents the Home Office from disclosing all information, however trivial, about animal experiments that researchers want kept secret; agrees that information such as researchers' names and addresses and genuinely confidential information should remain secret; but believes that the public should be able to access all other information, including what is being done to the animals and for what purpose; and calls on the Government to repeal section 24 using its powers under section 75 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

This motion has been signed by a total of 62 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mike Hancock30/11/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratProposed
David Drew30/11/2009StroudLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley30/11/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Bob Russell30/11/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle30/11/2009ChorleyLabourSeconded
David Taylor01/12/2009North West LeicestershireLabourWithdrawn
Adrian Sanders01/12/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn01/12/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore01/12/2009HendonLabourSigned
Mark Durkan01/12/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Andrew George01/12/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Devine02/12/2009LivingstonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer02/12/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Colin Challen02/12/2009Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Lynne Jones02/12/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Paul Holmes02/12/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Pound02/12/2009Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Annette Brooke02/12/2009Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh03/12/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming03/12/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson03/12/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard07/12/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
John Leech07/12/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker07/12/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Oaten07/12/2009WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh07/12/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Colin Breed08/12/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Cawsey08/12/2009Brigg and GooleLabourSigned
Paul Truswell08/12/2009PudseyLabourSigned
Mark Williams08/12/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter09/12/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell09/12/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins09/12/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn09/12/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Iris Robinson10/12/2009StrangfordDUPWithdrawn
Brian Jenkins10/12/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis10/12/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Nick Palmer14/12/2009BroxtoweLabourSigned
Eric Martlew14/12/2009CarlisleLabourSigned
Mike Wood14/12/2009Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley15/12/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark15/12/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
John Mason15/12/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
David Heyes16/12/2009Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Harry Cohen16/12/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
David Crausby06/01/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Julia Goldsworthy07/01/2010Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson07/01/2010Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington19/01/2010Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dowd21/01/2010Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Dari Taylor03/02/2010Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Andrew Rosindell05/02/2010RomfordConservativeSigned
Greg Mulholland10/02/2010Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Turner22/02/2010Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Susan Kramer24/02/2010Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Angela Smith02/03/2010Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Russell Brown04/03/2010Dumfries and GallowayLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty10/03/2010Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Julie Morgan22/03/2010Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Paul Burstow29/03/2010Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone06/04/2010Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood07/04/2010CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned

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