A Dog Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas Campaign (EDM424)

A Dog Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas Campaign

EDM number 424 in 2009-10, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 09/12/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Animal welfare.

That this House notes the Dogs Trust's famous slogan, A Dog is For Life, Not Just for Christmas, which was created in 1978 by the charity's Chief Executive, Clarissa Baldwin, at a time when thousands of people were buying puppies to give to family and friends as Christmas presents, resulting in puppies being abandoned in the New Year; recognises that despite many years of campaigning by the Dogs Trust, there still exists a problem of dogs being given as Christmas presents; further recognises that the Dogs Trust has seen that the most popular time of year for pups to be abandoned is at the start of the Easter holidays, when pups who were given as Christmas presents have grown up to be big, boisterous dogs; further notes the problem of dogs being given as Christmas presents is still a major concern in a country where there were over 96,000 stray and abandoned dogs taken in by local authorities last year, over 5,000 of which were put to sleep; and wholeheartedly supports the Dogs Trust in its determination to ensure that one day all dogs are cared for by responsible owners, and have a home for life.

This motion has been signed by a total of 65 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Rosindell	09/12/2009	Romford	Conservative	Proposed
Richard Benyon	09/12/2009	Newbury	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	09/12/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Lady Hermon	09/12/2009	North Down	UUP	Seconded
Tim Loughton	09/12/2009	East Worthing and Shoreham	Conservative	Seconded
Simon Burns	09/12/2009	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Seconded
Nigel Dodds	10/12/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Andrew Pelling	10/12/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/12/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	10/12/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	10/12/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	10/12/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	10/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	10/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	10/12/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	10/12/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	10/12/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/12/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	10/12/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	14/12/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
Philip Davies	14/12/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Willie Rennie	14/12/2009	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	14/12/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	14/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Nigel Waterson	14/12/2009	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Robert Wareing	14/12/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
David Borrow	14/12/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	14/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	14/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/12/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	14/12/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Nicholas Soames	14/12/2009	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Paul Truswell	14/12/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	15/12/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Mason	15/12/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Keith Vaz	15/12/2009	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	15/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	15/12/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Martin Caton	15/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	15/12/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Robert Key	15/12/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Glenda Jackson	15/12/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	15/12/2009	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	15/12/2009	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	16/12/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	16/12/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	16/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	16/12/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	16/12/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	16/12/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	16/12/2009	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	16/12/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	16/12/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	16/12/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/01/2010	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim McGovern	05/01/2010	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	21/01/2010	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	28/01/2010	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	01/02/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	08/02/2010	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	22/02/2010	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Signed

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