11328 1994-95 636 Joe Benton 1995-02-20 That this House understands concern and non-violent protest about the inhumane treatment of sentient creatures, including the export of veal calves; notes that consistent scientific research since that of I. D. Hogg in 1941 clearly shows that the human fetus reacts to painful stimuli from five to six weeks gestation when touched around the mouth and that this extends to an almost complete range of cutaneous responses at 12 weeks; notes that the perception of pain is principally within those parts of the thalamus which develop between nine and 12 weeks gestation; further notes that the cortex which develops after the thalamus influences pain perception by reducing its intensity; thus notes that in these early stages of development the fetus could be subjected to an intensity of pain greater than that experienced by born humans; recalls that Professor Sir William Liley, renowned internationally as the father of fetal medicine, comparing attitudes towards animals and the human fetus, recorded his unhappiness that we withhold from the human fetus a charitable consideration we extend to animals; and calls for changes to the Abortion Act to give protection to the human fetus who has less legal protection than laboratory animals and less charitable consideration from the 'politically correct' than they extend to livestock. Joe Benton 1995-02-20 Proposed Bootle Bob Dunn 1995-02-20 Signed Dartford Peter Fry 1995-02-20 Signed Wellingborough Phil Gallie 1995-02-20 Signed Ayr Harry Greenway 1995-02-20 Signed Ealing North David Alton 1995-02-20 Signed Liverpool Mossley Hill David Atkinson 1995-02-20 Signed Bournemouth East Vivian Bendall 1995-02-20 Signed Ilford North Andrew Bowden 1995-02-20 Signed Brighton, Kemptown Jack Thompson 1995-02-20 Signed Wansbeck Ann Winterton 1995-02-20 Signed Congleton Nicholas Winterton 1995-02-20 Signed Macclesfield Den Dover 1995-02-20 Signed Chorley Stephen Day 1995-02-20 Signed Cheadle Michael Colvin 1995-02-20 Signed Romsey and Waterside Elizabeth Peacock 1995-02-20 Signed Batley & Spen William Ross 1995-02-20 Signed East Londonderry Martin Smyth 1995-02-20 Signed Belfast South Andrew Hunter 1995-02-20 Signed Basingstoke Toby Jessel 1995-02-20 Signed Twickenham Edward Leigh 1995-02-20 Signed Gainsborough and Horncastle Calum MacDonald 1995-02-20 Signed Na h-Eileanan an Iar Thomas McAvoy 1995-02-20 Signed Glasgow, Rutherglen Paul Murphy 1995-02-20 Signed Torfaen Julian Brazier 1995-02-20 Signed Canterbury Bill Cash 1995-02-20 Signed Stafford James Wray 1995-02-21 Signed Glasgow Provan Jimmy Dunnachie 1995-02-21 Signed Glasgow, Pollok Lawrence Cunliffe 1995-02-21 Signed Leigh John Cummings 1995-02-21 Signed Easington Norman Hogg 1995-02-21 Signed Cumbernauld & Kilsyth Peter Hardy 1995-02-22 Signed Wentworth Rhodes Boyson 1995-02-22 Signed Brent North Ronnie Campbell 1995-02-22 Signed Blyth Valley Andrew Faulds 1995-03-09 Signed Warley East Mike Gapes 1995-03-13 Signed Ilford South John McFall 1995-03-16 Signed Dumbarton Tommy Graham 1995-03-20 Signed Renfrew West and Inverclyde Piara S Khabra 1995-03-21 Signed Ealing, Southall Frank Cook 1995-03-21 Signed Stockton North John Denham 1995-03-21 Signed Southampton, Itchen Ted Rowlands 1995-03-28 Signed Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney David Sumberg 1995-03-30 Signed Bury South Alan Beith 1995-04-25 Signed Berwick-upon-Tweed Keith Vaz 1995-05-03 Signed Leicester East Gordon Oakes 1995-06-14 Signed Halton Eddie Loyden Withdrawn John Evans Withdrawn Paul Flynn Withdrawn Eric Clarke Withdrawn Alan Meale Withdrawn William McKelvey Withdrawn Michael Clapham Withdrawn