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Elephant Massacres In The Congo Basin

EDM number 382 in 2013-14, proposed by Michael Connarty on 10/07/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Africa, Animal welfare and Wildlife.

That this House is concerned that in early May 2013, 26 elephants, including four babies, were massacred by rebels in the Central African Republic's world famous bai in Dzanga Sangha National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site and that in early 2012 over 300 elephants in Cameroon's Bouba Ndjida National Park were slaughtered by Sudanese rebels; notes that 60 per cent of the Congo Basin's elephant population is estimated to have been lost in the past decade; is further concerned that in China it is still fashionable to adorn one's house or person with elephant body parts; and calls on the Government to do all it can to press for the necessary governance to be put in place in Africa and China to stop the slaughter and trade in elephant parts so that the species does not become extinct.

This motion has been signed by a total of 41 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Michael Connarty10/07/2013Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourProposed
Jim Sheridan10/07/2013Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock10/07/2013Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley10/07/2013Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Joan Walley10/07/2013Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSeconded
Michael Weir11/07/2013AngusScottish National PartySeconded
Martin Caton11/07/2013GowerLabourSigned
Paul Flynn11/07/2013Newport WestLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn11/07/2013Islington NorthLabourSigned
Alan Meale11/07/2013MansfieldLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins11/07/2013Luton NorthLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff15/07/2013Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe16/07/2013Bradford SouthLabourSigned
John Leech16/07/2013Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Pete Wishart16/07/2013Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Joe Benton16/07/2013BootleLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly16/07/2013Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
David Crausby16/07/2013Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell16/07/2013Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne16/07/2013Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
John Mann16/07/2013BassetlawLabourSigned
David Simpson16/07/2013Upper BannDUPSigned
Jim Dobbin16/07/2013Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Barry Sheerman17/07/2013HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd17/07/2013Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Kevin Barron17/07/2013Rother ValleyLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell17/07/2013Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
David Ward17/07/2013Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George18/07/2013St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
David Tredinnick18/07/2013BosworthConservativeSigned
Jim Shannon18/07/2013StrangfordDUPSigned
Mike Weatherley05/09/2013HoveConservativeSigned
Alasdair McDonnell11/09/2013Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Geraint Davies16/10/2013Swansea WestLabourSigned
Tom Watson16/10/2013West Bromwich EastLabourSigned
Greg Knight16/10/2013East YorkshireConservativeSigned
David Wright16/10/2013TelfordLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn16/10/2013JarrowLabourSigned
Mark Tami16/10/2013Alyn and DeesideLabourSigned
Dave Watts16/10/2013St Helens NorthLabourSigned
John Cryer16/10/2013Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned

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