Ivory Trade

EDM number 1153 in 1997-98, proposed by Piara S Khabra on 26/03/1998.

That this House is concerned that the relaxation of the ivory trade ban, provisionally agreed by CITES in June 1997, will lead to an increase in elephant poaching and ivory smuggling in both Africa and Asia; believes that there are indications that the proposed controlled sale of Botswanan, Zimbabwean and Namibian ivory stockpiles to Japan will lead to levels of poaching not seen since the decade leading up to the 1989 ban on ivory trading, which saw 600,000 elephants slaughtered for their tusks; and call on Her Majesty's Government to continue to use its influence to ensure that the 25th anniversary of the CITES agreement is not celebrated with a resumption of the ivory trade.

This motion has been signed by a total of 150 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Piara S Khabra	26/03/1998	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	26/03/1998	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	27/03/1998	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	30/03/1998	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	30/03/1998	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	30/03/1998	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	30/03/1998	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	30/03/1998	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	30/03/1998	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Brian White	31/03/1998	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	31/03/1998	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	31/03/1998	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	31/03/1998	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	31/03/1998	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	31/03/1998	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	31/03/1998	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	31/03/1998	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jackie Ballard	01/04/1998	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	01/04/1998	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	01/04/1998	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	02/04/1998	Islwyn	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harry Barnes	02/04/1998	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/04/1998	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	02/04/1998	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	02/04/1998	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	02/04/1998	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Pickthall	02/04/1998	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	06/04/1998	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	06/04/1998	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Mark Todd	06/04/1998	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	06/04/1998	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Howard Stoate	06/04/1998	Dartford	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	06/04/1998	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	06/04/1998	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/04/1998	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	06/04/1998	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	06/04/1998	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	06/04/1998	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	07/04/1998	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	07/04/1998	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Michael Colvin	07/04/1998	Romsey	Conservative	Signed
Roger Casale	07/04/1998	Wimbledon	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	07/04/1998	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	07/04/1998	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	07/04/1998	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Gilroy	07/04/1998	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Candy Atherton	07/04/1998	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Jim Wallace	07/04/1998	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Wray	07/04/1998	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Ivor Caplin	07/04/1998	Hove	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	07/04/1998	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Foster	07/04/1998	Worcester	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	07/04/1998	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	07/04/1998	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	07/04/1998	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	07/04/1998	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	07/04/1998	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Illsley	07/04/1998	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	07/04/1998	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	07/04/1998	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Bill Olner	07/04/1998	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	07/04/1998	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	08/04/1998	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	08/04/1998	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	08/04/1998	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	08/04/1998	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	08/04/1998	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Joan Walley	08/04/1998	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	08/04/1998	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	08/04/1998	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
John Randall	08/04/1998	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Geraldine Smith	08/04/1998	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	08/04/1998	Ross, Skye & Inverness West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Leigh	08/04/1998	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Alice Mahon	08/04/1998	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	08/04/1998	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	20/04/1998	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Barbara Follett	20/04/1998	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	20/04/1998	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	20/04/1998	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Richard Body	20/04/1998	Boston & Skegness	Conservative	Signed
Alan Williams	20/04/1998	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	20/04/1998	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	20/04/1998	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Jamie Cann	20/04/1998	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	20/04/1998	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
David Lepper	20/04/1998	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John McWilliam	20/04/1998	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	20/04/1998	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	20/04/1998	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Ian Paisley	20/04/1998	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
Nick Palmer	21/04/1998	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	21/04/1998	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	21/04/1998	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	21/04/1998	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	22/04/1998	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Graham Brady	23/04/1998	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Brian Iddon	23/04/1998	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	24/04/1998	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	24/04/1998	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Allan Rogers	27/04/1998	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	27/04/1998	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	28/04/1998	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	28/04/1998	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Heath	29/04/1998	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	29/04/1998	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	30/04/1998	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	30/04/1998	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	30/04/1998	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	05/05/1998	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Pike	05/05/1998	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	06/05/1998	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/05/1998	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	13/05/1998	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Geraint Davies	20/05/1998	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	21/05/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	21/05/1998	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry Pollard	01/06/1998	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Gisela Stuart	30/06/1998	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	30/06/1998	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	01/07/1998	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	01/07/1998	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynda Clark	02/07/1998	Edinburgh, Pentlands	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	02/07/1998	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Michael Wills	02/07/1998	North Swindon	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	07/07/1998	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	07/07/1998	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
John Healey	08/07/1998	Wentworth	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	09/07/1998	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Ann Keen	09/07/1998	Brentford & Isleworth	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/07/1998	Gower	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	13/07/1998	Preston	Labour	Signed
Jacqui Smith	15/07/1998	Redditch	Labour	Signed
Phil Hope	16/07/1998	Corby	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Vernon Coaker	16/07/1998	Gedling	Labour	Signed
Martin Bell	16/07/1998	Tatton	Independent	Signed
Diana Organ	21/07/1998	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	21/07/1998	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	21/07/1998	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Davis	24/07/1998	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Peter Snape	24/07/1998	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	27/07/1998	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	27/07/1998	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Leslie	29/07/1998	Shipley	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	02/09/1998	Workington	Labour	Signed
David Prior	19/10/1998	North Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Maria Eagle	21/10/1998	Liverpool, Garston	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	04/11/1998	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Patricia Hewitt	Unknown			Withdrawn
Charles Clarke	Unknown			Withdrawn

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