Canadian Seal Hunting

EDM number 967 in 1997-98, proposed by Ian Cawsey on 10/03/1998.

That this House condemns the Canadian Government for allowing and subsidising the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world; notes that this slaughter has been increased yet again to 285,000; deplores the fact that over 80 per cent. of the seals killed are defenceless pups only days or weeks old; notes that the primary purpose of the hunt is to feed the Asian market for seal penises used as aphrodisiacs; deplores the fact that seals are routinely caught alive on sharp hooks, clubbed with illegal weapons, and skinned without even checking to make sure the animals are dead; acknowledges that 27 out of 29 independent scientists stated at a recent seminar that there is no evidence that seals are responsible for the collapse of the cod stocks; agrees with independent scientists that the current rate of killing endangers the harp seal herd; and congratulates the International Fund for Animal Welfare for collecting over one million signatures in Europe calling for an end to the commercial seal hunt.

This motion has been signed by a total of 106 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ian Cawsey	10/03/1998	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Proposed
Matthew Taylor	10/03/1998	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	11/03/1998	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	11/03/1998	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Jackie Ballard	11/03/1998	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	11/03/1998	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	11/03/1998	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	11/03/1998	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	11/03/1998	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	11/03/1998	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	11/03/1998	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	11/03/1998	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Ivor Caplin	11/03/1998	Hove	Labour	Signed
Dan Norris	11/03/1998	Wansdyke	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	11/03/1998	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	11/03/1998	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	12/03/1998	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	12/03/1998	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hinchliffe	12/03/1998	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	12/03/1998	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Colin Pickthall	12/03/1998	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	13/03/1998	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/03/1998	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	13/03/1998	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	13/03/1998	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	16/03/1998	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	16/03/1998	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/03/1998	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	16/03/1998	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	16/03/1998	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Barry Jones	16/03/1998	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	17/03/1998	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Hancock	17/03/1998	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	17/03/1998	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tom Cox	17/03/1998	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	17/03/1998	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	17/03/1998	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	17/03/1998	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	17/03/1998	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	17/03/1998	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	17/03/1998	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vernon Coaker	18/03/1998	Gedling	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	18/03/1998	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Eileen Gordon	18/03/1998	Romford	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	19/03/1998	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Randall	23/03/1998	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Jones	23/03/1998	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/03/1998	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	25/03/1998	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	25/03/1998	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	25/03/1998	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	26/03/1998	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	30/03/1998	Workington	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	31/03/1998	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	06/04/1998	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	20/04/1998	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Heath	29/04/1998	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Jones	30/04/1998	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	12/05/1998	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	21/05/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	09/06/1998	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Ivan Lewis	16/06/1998	Bury South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	18/06/1998	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	18/06/1998	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	29/06/1998	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Gisela Stuart	30/06/1998	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	30/06/1998	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	30/06/1998	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	30/06/1998	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Williams	01/07/1998	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Peter Temple-Morris	01/07/1998	Leominster	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	01/07/1998	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Southworth	01/07/1998	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	01/07/1998	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	02/07/1998	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Liz Blackman	02/07/1998	Erewash	Labour	Signed
Michael Wills	02/07/1998	North Swindon	Labour	Signed
Peter Snape	03/07/1998	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	07/07/1998	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	07/07/1998	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	07/07/1998	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	08/07/1998	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Ann Keen	09/07/1998	Brentford & Isleworth	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	09/07/1998	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hilton Dawson	09/07/1998	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	09/07/1998	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	10/07/1998	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Howard Flight	10/07/1998	Arundel & South Downs	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	10/07/1998	Gower	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	13/07/1998	Preston	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	14/07/1998	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Jacqui Smith	15/07/1998	Redditch	Labour	Signed
Martin Bell	16/07/1998	Tatton	Independent	Signed
Phil Hope	16/07/1998	Corby	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kerry Pollard	16/07/1998	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	21/07/1998	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	22/07/1998	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	23/07/1998	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	27/07/1998	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Leslie	29/07/1998	Shipley	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	02/09/1998	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Ivan Henderson	02/09/1998	Harwich	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	02/09/1998	Kettering	Labour	Signed
David Prior	19/10/1998	North Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Charles Clarke	Unknown			Withdrawn
Margaret Hodge	Unknown			Withdrawn

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