Wild Animals In Circuses

EDM number 403 in 2010-12, proposed by Jim Fitzpatrick on 06/07/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare and Wildlife.

That this House notes that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs public consultation on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses shows that 94.5 per cent. of respondents support a ban as the best option to protect the welfare of circus animals; further notes that the new Government has been unclear on whether it will take action; believes that treating wild animals as circus tricks has no place in civilised society; underlines that violence against animals continues to occur routinely in circuses as revealed in an investigation into the Great British Circus in 2009; recognises that the only thing stopping this ban from coming into place is a decision by Ministers; and urges the Government to use its powers under section 12 of the Animal Welfare Act to make a regulation banning the use of all wild animals in circuses.

This motion has been signed by a total of 202 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jim Fitzpatrick	06/07/2010	Poplar and Limehouse	Labour	Proposed
Andrew George	06/07/2010	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Russell	06/07/2010	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mike Hancock	07/07/2010	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Ronnie Campbell	07/07/2010	Blyth Valley	Labour	Seconded
Martin Caton	07/07/2010	Gower	Labour	Seconded
John Leech	07/07/2010	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Gwynne	07/07/2010	Denton and Reddish	Labour	Signed
Naomi Long	07/07/2010	Belfast East	Alliance	Signed
Adrian Sanders	07/07/2010	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	08/07/2010	Barnsley Central	Labour	Withdrawn
Gordon Banks	08/07/2010	Ochil and South Perthshire	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	08/07/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/07/2010	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	08/07/2010	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Chris Williamson	12/07/2010	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	12/07/2010	Penistone and Stocksbridge	Labour	Signed
Diana Johnson	12/07/2010	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	12/07/2010	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	12/07/2010	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	12/07/2010	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Caroline Lucas	12/07/2010	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	12/07/2010	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	12/07/2010	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Paul Blomfield	13/07/2010	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Crockart	13/07/2010	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	13/07/2010	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	13/07/2010	Washington and Sunderland West	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	13/07/2010	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Julie Elliott	14/07/2010	Sunderland Central	Labour	Signed
Jenny Chapman	14/07/2010	Darlington	Labour	Signed
Derek Twigg	14/07/2010	Halton	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	14/07/2010	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	14/07/2010	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	14/07/2010	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	14/07/2010	Lewisham West and Penge	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	14/07/2010	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	14/07/2010	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	14/07/2010	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Tom Blenkinsop	15/07/2010	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	15/07/2010	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	15/07/2010	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Soames	15/07/2010	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Alison McGovern	19/07/2010	Wirral South	Labour	Signed
Zac Goldsmith	19/07/2010	Richmond Park	Conservative	Signed
Martin Horwood	19/07/2010	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nia Griffith	19/07/2010	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	19/07/2010	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	19/07/2010	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	19/07/2010	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John McDonnell	19/07/2010	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	19/07/2010	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tony Lloyd	19/07/2010	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Cathy Jamieson	19/07/2010	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Labour	Signed
Bill Esterson	20/07/2010	Sefton Central	Labour	Signed
Heidi Alexander	20/07/2010	Lewisham East	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	20/07/2010	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
David Wright	20/07/2010	Telford	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	20/07/2010	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	20/07/2010	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	20/07/2010	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	21/07/2010	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	21/07/2010	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	21/07/2010	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	21/07/2010	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	21/07/2010	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	22/07/2010	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Dan Rogerson	22/07/2010	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	26/07/2010	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Maria Eagle	26/07/2010	Garston and Halewood	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	26/07/2010	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
David Cairns	26/07/2010	Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	26/07/2010	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Dai Havard	26/07/2010	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	26/07/2010	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Tessa Munt	27/07/2010	Wells	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jonathan Edwards	27/07/2010	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Stephen Lloyd	27/07/2010	Eastbourne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Dakin	27/07/2010	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Yasmin Qureshi	27/07/2010	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Toby Perkins	27/07/2010	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	27/07/2010	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Hilary Benn	27/07/2010	Leeds Central	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	27/07/2010	York Central	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	27/07/2010	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Vernon Coaker	27/07/2010	Gedling	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	27/07/2010	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Sheila Gilmore	06/09/2010	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	06/09/2010	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	06/09/2010	Hammersmith	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	06/09/2010	City of Durham	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	06/09/2010	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
John Woodcock	06/09/2010	Barrow and Furness	Labour	Signed
Stephen Gilbert	06/09/2010	St Austell and Newquay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julian Huppert	06/09/2010	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alex Cunningham	06/09/2010	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Simon Kirby	06/09/2010	Brighton, Kemptown	Conservative	Signed
Gemma Doyle	06/09/2010	West Dunbartonshire	Labour	Signed
Penny Mordaunt	06/09/2010	Portsmouth North	Conservative	Signed
Graeme Morrice	06/09/2010	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Tom Watson	06/09/2010	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Gerry Sutcliffe	06/09/2010	Bradford South	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	06/09/2010	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Ruane	06/09/2010	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	06/09/2010	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Harris	06/09/2010	Glasgow South	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	06/09/2010	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cryer	06/09/2010	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	06/09/2010	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	06/09/2010	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Graham Allen	06/09/2010	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
David Amess	06/09/2010	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
David Hamilton	06/09/2010	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	06/09/2010	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	06/09/2010	Sheffield South East	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	07/09/2010	Arfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Fiona O'Donnell	07/09/2010	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	08/09/2010	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	09/09/2010	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	09/09/2010	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Evans	09/09/2010	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	13/09/2010	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	13/09/2010	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Paul Goggins	14/09/2010	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Labour	Signed
Julie Hilling	14/09/2010	Bolton West	Labour	Signed
Luciana Berger	15/09/2010	Liverpool, Wavertree	Labour	Signed
Stephen Twigg	15/09/2010	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	15/09/2010	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	16/09/2010	Hemsworth	Labour	Withdrawn
Kevin Barron	16/09/2010	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	11/10/2010	Lanark and Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	11/10/2010	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Emma Reynolds	11/10/2010	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Catherine McKinnell	14/10/2010	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	14/10/2010	Dumfries and Galloway	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	19/10/2010	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joe Benton	20/10/2010	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Robert Flello	20/10/2010	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Kate Green	21/10/2010	Stretford and Urmston	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	25/10/2010	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	27/10/2010	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Duncan Hames	27/10/2010	Chippenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Cruddas	01/11/2010	Dagenham and Rainham	Labour	Signed
John Mann	04/11/2010	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	11/11/2010	Feltham and Heston	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	15/11/2010	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	19/11/2010	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Wright	23/11/2010	Norwich South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Syms	29/11/2010	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Louise Ellman	01/12/2010	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Grahame Morris	06/12/2010	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ian Murray	09/12/2010	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Yvonne Fovargue	13/12/2010	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	14/12/2010	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Stewart Hosie	14/12/2010	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
George Mudie	15/12/2010	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	20/12/2010	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Robertson	10/01/2011	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Stella Creasy	11/01/2011	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	19/01/2011	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Richard Burden	26/01/2011	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	27/01/2011	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tristram Hunt	31/01/2011	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Natascha Engel	03/02/2011	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	03/02/2011	Islington North	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	04/02/2011	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Lisa Nandy	07/02/2011	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	08/02/2011	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Eric Joyce	09/02/2011	Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Tracey Crouch	14/02/2011	Chatham and Aylesford	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	16/02/2011	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Howarth	16/02/2011	Knowsley	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	28/02/2011	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Joan Ruddock	02/03/2011	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	07/03/2011	North Down	Independent	Signed
Neil Parish	14/03/2011	Tiverton and Honiton	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	17/03/2011	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Mearns	30/03/2011	Gateshead	Labour	Signed
Dave Watts	31/03/2011	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	04/04/2011	Blackley and Broughton	Labour	Signed
Simon Danczuk	05/04/2011	Rochdale	Labour	Signed
Dan Jarvis	26/04/2011	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Mowat	26/04/2011	Warrington South	Conservative	Signed
Chris White	26/04/2011	Warwick and Leamington	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	26/04/2011	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hazel Blears	26/04/2011	Salford and Eccles	Labour	Signed
Anne McGuire	26/04/2011	Stirling	Labour	Signed
Chuka Umunna	27/04/2011	Streatham	Labour	Signed
Nick Smith	28/04/2011	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	03/05/2011	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	05/05/2011	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	10/05/2011	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	11/05/2011	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anas Sarwar	12/05/2011	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	13/05/2011	Hampstead and Kilburn	Labour	Signed
Pamela Nash	13/05/2011	Airdrie and Shotts	Labour	Signed
Ian Lavery	16/05/2011	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	17/05/2011	Mitcham and Morden	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	18/05/2011	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	07/06/2011	Workington	Labour	Signed
Jessica Morden	07/06/2011	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Margaret Hodge	20/06/2011	Barking	Labour	Signed

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