Welfare Of Broiler Chickens

EDM number 150 in 2000-01, proposed by Bill Etherington on 21/12/2000.

That this House notes that a recent report by the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare has revealed that serious health and welfare problems are imposed on the chickens reared for their meat by intensive broiler chicken production; further notes that the Scientific Committee concludes that rapid growth rates lead to chickens suffering from leg disorders and heart failure; notes that the Scientific Committee stresses that stocking densities should be significantly lower than those commonly used in the United Kingdom if major welfare problems are largely to be avoided; further notes that the Scientific Committee concludes that the severe feed restriction to which many broiler breeders are subjected results in the birds being very hungry and in unacceptable welfare problems; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to press the European Commission to prepare as soon as possible a proposed directive to address the problems highlighted by the Scientific Committee.

This motion has been signed by a total of 122 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bill Etherington	21/12/2000	Sunderland North	Labour	Proposed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/12/2000	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Austin	21/12/2000	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/01/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/01/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	08/01/2001	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	08/01/2001	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Taylor	09/01/2001	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	09/01/2001	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/01/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Harry Barnes	09/01/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	09/01/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	09/01/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	09/01/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	09/01/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/01/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	09/01/2001	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Jones	09/01/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	09/01/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	09/01/2001	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	10/01/2001	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	10/01/2001	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	10/01/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	10/01/2001	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Betty Williams	10/01/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	10/01/2001	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	10/01/2001	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	10/01/2001	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Barry Jones	10/01/2001	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/01/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Ivan Henderson	10/01/2001	Harwich	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	10/01/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/01/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	11/01/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	11/01/2001	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	11/01/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	15/01/2001	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	15/01/2001	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	17/01/2001	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	18/01/2001	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	18/01/2001	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	18/01/2001	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/01/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	18/01/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Peter Brand	18/01/2001	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	18/01/2001	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	18/01/2001	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Piara S Khabra	18/01/2001	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	18/01/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	18/01/2001	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Donald Anderson	22/01/2001	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Hilary Benn	22/01/2001	Leeds Central	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	22/01/2001	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	22/01/2001	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	22/01/2001	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Jenny Tonge	22/01/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Worthington	22/01/2001	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	22/01/2001	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	22/01/2001	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	22/01/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	22/01/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	22/01/2001	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	22/01/2001	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	22/01/2001	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	22/01/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	22/01/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Ron Davies	22/01/2001	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Neil Turner	23/01/2001	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	23/01/2001	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Bailey	23/01/2001	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Grogan	23/01/2001	Selby	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	23/01/2001	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	23/01/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Organ	23/01/2001	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	23/01/2001	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	23/01/2001	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	23/01/2001	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McAllion	23/01/2001	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	23/01/2001	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Miller	23/01/2001	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	24/01/2001	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	24/01/2001	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	24/01/2001	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	25/01/2001	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	25/01/2001	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	25/01/2001	Brent East	Independent	Signed
Simon Hughes	26/01/2001	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	26/01/2001	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
David Amess	29/01/2001	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Richard Body	29/01/2001	Boston & Skegness	Conservative	Signed
Bill Tynan	30/01/2001	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	30/01/2001	Dartford	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	30/01/2001	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	30/01/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	30/01/2001	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Debra Shipley	30/01/2001	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Robert McCartney	31/01/2001	North Down	UKUP	Signed
Andrew Stunell	01/02/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	01/02/2001	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	01/02/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Peter Snape	01/02/2001	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	05/02/2001	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Donald Gorrie	05/02/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	05/02/2001	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Rammell	06/02/2001	Harlow	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	06/02/2001	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	08/02/2001	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	08/02/2001	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	12/02/2001	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	14/02/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	26/02/2001	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	26/02/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Desmond Turner	26/02/2001	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Stephen Twigg	26/02/2001	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	28/02/2001	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	06/03/2001	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Allan Rogers	21/03/2001	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	21/03/2001	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	27/03/2001	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	27/03/2001	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	03/04/2001	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	10/04/2001	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed

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