<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>7024</id>
<session>1992-93</session>
<number>862</number>
<title>Broiler Hens</title>
<proposer id="16732">Andrew Bowden</proposer>
<date>1992-11-17</date>
<text>That this House expresses its dismay at the serious welfare problems of intensively reared broilers; notes that such broilers spend their short lives of six to seven weeks in huge windowless sheds, often containing tens of thousands of birds; notes that as the birds grow larger the sheds become extremely overcrowded, with each bird having a space smaller than the cover of a telephone directory to live on; is appalled that many broilers suffer from lameness and painful leg deformities as, due to modern breeding and rearing practices, they grow too quickly for their legs to support their weight; is concerned at the use of growth-promoting drugs; and calls for urgent legislation to secure improved welfare standards for broilers.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16732">Andrew Bowden</mp>
		<date>1992-11-17</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Kemptown</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10138">Tom Cox</mp>
		<date>1992-11-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tooting</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10025">Tony Banks</mp>
		<date>1992-11-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newham North West</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10462">Edward O'Hara</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Knowsley South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10076">Richard Burden</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Northfield</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10089">Ronnie Campbell</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blyth Valley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10128">Michael Connarty</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Falkirk East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10145">Lawrence Cunliffe</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leigh</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10176">Jim Dowd</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lewisham West</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="17257">Jimmy Dunnachie</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Pollok</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10004">Nick Ainger</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pembroke</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10250">John Gunnell</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds South and Morley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10566">Gerry Steinberg</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Durham, City of</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10432">Bill Michie</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Heeley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="18408">William McKelvey</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kilmarnock &amp; Loudoun</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10375">John McAllion</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10478">Colin Pickthall</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Lancashire</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10487">Gordon Prentice</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pendle</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10513">Ernie Ross</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee West</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22067">Peter Hardy</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wentworth</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10275">John Heppell</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22158">Roy Hughes</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newport East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10359">Terry Lewis</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worsley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10364">Ken Livingstone</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brent East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="18174">Eddie Loyden</mp>
		<date>1992-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, Garston</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10122">Ann Coffey</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stockport</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10144">John Cummings</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Easington</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10163">Terry Davis</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Hodge Hill</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16397">Derek Enright</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemsworth</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22255">John Evans</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Helens North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10246">Win Griffiths</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bridgend</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10026">Harry Barnes</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Derbyshire</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10114">Eric Clarke</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Midlothian</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10059">Keith Bradley</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Withington</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22117">Robert Parry</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, Riverside</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10486">Bridget Prentice</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lewisham East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10317">Barry Jones</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Alyn &amp; Deeside</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10368">Elfyn Llwyd</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meirionnydd Nant Conwy</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10379">Ian McCartney</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Makerfield</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mansfield</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10434">Alan Milburn</mp>
		<date>1992-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Darlington</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10479">Peter Pike</mp>
		<date>1992-11-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burnley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10012">Janet Anderson</mp>
		<date>1992-11-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rossendale &amp; Darwen</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10028">John Battle</mp>
		<date>1992-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds West</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10135">Jean Corston</mp>
		<date>1992-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10393">Andrew MacKinlay</mp>
		<date>1992-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Thurrock</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10280">David Hinchliffe</mp>
		<date>1992-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wakefield</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10182">Angela Eagle</mp>
		<date>1992-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wallasey</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10231">Roger Godsiff</mp>
		<date>1992-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham Small Heath</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10208">Don Foster</mp>
		<date>1992-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bath</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="17366">Andrew Faulds</mp>
		<date>1992-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Warley East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16388">Ron Leighton</mp>
		<date>1992-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newham North East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10285">Jimmy Hood</mp>
		<date>1992-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Clydesdale</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10105">Michael Clapham</mp>
		<date>1992-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley West &amp; Penistone</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22634">Jack Thompson</mp>
		<date>1992-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wansbeck</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10510">Allan Rogers</mp>
		<date>1992-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rhondda</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10238">Tommy Graham</mp>
		<date>1992-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Renfrew West and Inverclyde</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10167">John Denham</mp>
		<date>1992-12-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southampton, Itchen</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10247">Bruce Grocott</mp>
		<date>1992-12-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wrekin, The</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16751">Roland Boyes</mp>
		<date>1993-01-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Houghton and Washington</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10297">Kevin Hughes</mp>
		<date>1993-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Doncaster North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="21654">Alf Morris</mp>
		<date>1993-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester Wythenshawe</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10083">Stephen Byers</mp>
		<date>1993-04-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wallsend</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10087">Anne Campbell</mp>
		<date>1993-04-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cambridge</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>1993-05-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16386">Jo Richardson</mp>
		<date>1993-05-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barking</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="21776">Doug Hoyle</mp>
		<date>1993-07-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Warrington North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10137">Jim Cousins</mp>
		<date>1993-07-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newcastle upon Tyne Central</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22641">Mildred Gordon</mp>
		<date>1993-07-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bow and Poplar</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16411">Mike Watson</mp>
		<date>1993-07-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow Central</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10074">Malcolm Bruce</mp>
		<date>1993-07-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gordon</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10493">Joyce Quin</mp>
		<date>1993-07-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gateshead East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10282">Kate Hoey</mp>
		<date>1993-07-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vauxhall</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>1993-07-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10461">Mike O'Brien</mp>
		<date>1993-07-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Warwickshire</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16469">David Alton</mp>
		<date>1993-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool Mossley Hill</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10294">Kim Howells</mp>
		<date>1993-07-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pontypridd</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>1993-11-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10102">Malcolm Chisholm</mp>
		<date>1993-11-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh Leith</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
