Animal Welfare And The Production Of Foie Gras

EDM number 41 in 2009-10, proposed by Bob Spink on 18/11/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Animal welfare.

That this House notes that foie gras is traditionally produced by forcing metal pipes down the throats of ducks and geese and over-feeding them, causing their livers to swell to 10 times the normal size; further notes that the production, but not the sale, of foie gras is banned in the UK;calls on restaurants to use brands of faux gras which are supported by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Compassion in World Farming and are produced from free-range ducks and geese without force-feeding; and further calls on the Government to prohibit the sale of traditionally-produced foie gras in the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Spink	18/11/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Proposed
Bob Russell	19/11/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Alan Simpson	19/11/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	19/11/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	19/11/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Mike Hancock	19/11/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Annette Brooke	19/11/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	23/11/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
Betty Williams	23/11/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	23/11/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
John Austin	23/11/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	23/11/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	23/11/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	24/11/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alan Meale	24/11/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	24/11/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	25/11/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Mark Hunter	25/11/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	25/11/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	25/11/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	25/11/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	25/11/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	25/11/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	26/11/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	26/11/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	26/11/2009	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	26/11/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	26/11/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	26/11/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	30/11/2009	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	30/11/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	30/11/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	01/12/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Paul Truswell	01/12/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	03/12/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	07/12/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	07/12/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Cawsey	08/12/2009	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	08/12/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Challen	09/12/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	10/12/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
David Crausby	14/12/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	16/12/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	05/01/2010	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/01/2010	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	07/01/2010	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	26/01/2010	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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