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A Dog Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas Campaign

EDM number 1164 in 2010-12, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 08/12/2010.
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 121,693 stray and abandoned dogs taken in by local authorities last year, 6,404 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 37 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Rosindell08/12/2010RomfordConservativeProposed
Angus MacNeil08/12/2010Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySeconded
David Crausby08/12/2010Bolton North EastLabourSeconded
Bob Russell08/12/2010ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Therese Coffey08/12/2010Suffolk CoastalConservativeSeconded
Andrew George08/12/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jim Shannon09/12/2010StrangfordDUPSigned
Elfyn Llwyd09/12/2010Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
John McDonnell09/12/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Meale09/12/2010MansfieldLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell09/12/2010East LondonderryDUPSigned
Nigel Dodds09/12/2010Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Mike Hancock09/12/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech09/12/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Lavery13/12/2010WansbeckLabourSigned
Tom Blenkinsop13/12/2010Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
John Hemming13/12/2010Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley13/12/2010Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Paul Flynn13/12/2010Newport WestLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson13/12/2010Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Jim Dobbin13/12/2010Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Martin Caton13/12/2010GowerLabourSigned
Mark Durkan13/12/2010FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Kelvin Hopkins14/12/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn14/12/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
James Gray14/12/2010North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Stephen Hepburn15/12/2010JarrowLabourSigned
William McCrea15/12/2010South AntrimDUPSigned
Gordon Marsden15/12/2010Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
David Simpson15/12/2010Upper BannDUPSigned
Adrian Sanders15/12/2010TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke16/12/2010Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Rosie Cooper16/12/2010West LancashireLabourSigned
John Pugh20/12/2010SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams10/01/2011CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Osborne13/01/2011Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Alan Reid07/06/2011Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned

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