Bear Farms In China

EDM number 1265 in 2001-02, proposed by Robert Marshall-Andrews on 09/05/2002.

That this House congratulates the Chinese Government and the Central Government Administration for Wildlife Protection on their progress towards ending the terrible practice of bile extraction from captive bears; notes that this practice involves the regular infliction of excruciating pain on bears kept permanently restricted in tiny cages which deny any movement and which result in crippling deformity and dementia; further notes that the medicinal properties of bear bile may now be replicated and improved by modern medicines; and urges Her Majesty's Government to take whatever measures it can to support the enlightened work of the Chinese authorities and voluntary associations such as Animals Asia Foundation who work for the end of this cruel farming practice and the rehabilitation of animals who are released from the farms.

This motion has been signed by a total of 155 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Robert Marshall-Andrews	09/05/2002	Medway	Labour	Proposed
John Burnett	09/05/2002	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Phil Willis	09/05/2002	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Robathan	09/05/2002	Blaby	Conservative	Seconded
Chris Mullin	09/05/2002	Sunderland South	Labour	Seconded
David Chaytor	09/05/2002	Bury North	Labour	Seconded
Paul Flynn	09/05/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	09/05/2002	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	09/05/2002	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	09/05/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Cousins	09/05/2002	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/05/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	09/05/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	09/05/2002	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	09/05/2002	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	09/05/2002			Signed
Bill Olner	09/05/2002	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	09/05/2002	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/05/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	09/05/2002	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	09/05/2002	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	09/05/2002	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	09/05/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Stewart	09/05/2002	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
John Battle	09/05/2002	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	09/05/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	09/05/2002	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	09/05/2002	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	09/05/2002	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	09/05/2002	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	09/05/2002	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	09/05/2002	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	09/05/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Si	09/05/2002	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	09/05/2002	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	09/05/2002	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	09/05/2002	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	09/05/2002	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	09/05/2002	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	09/05/2002	Wolverhampton North East	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Stephen Pound	09/05/2002	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Colin Pickthall	09/05/2002	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	09/05/2002	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Chris Smith	09/05/2002	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	09/05/2002	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	09/05/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	09/05/2002	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
John MacDougall	09/05/2002	Central Fife	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	09/05/2002	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	09/05/2002	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	09/05/2002	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
David Kidney	09/05/2002	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	09/05/2002	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	09/05/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/05/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	09/05/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	10/05/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Clive Efford	10/05/2002	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	10/05/2002	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	10/05/2002	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	10/05/2002	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	10/05/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	10/05/2002	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	10/05/2002	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Teddy Taylor	10/05/2002	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	10/05/2002	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Michael Weir	10/05/2002	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roger Williams	10/05/2002	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Wright	10/05/2002	Telford	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	10/05/2002	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	10/05/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	10/05/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	10/05/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
James Purnell	10/05/2002	Stalybridge & Hyde	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	10/05/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	10/05/2002	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Sanders	10/05/2002	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	10/05/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Horam	10/05/2002	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Glenda Jackson	10/05/2002	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	10/05/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
John Mann	10/05/2002	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	10/05/2002	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	10/05/2002	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Knight	10/05/2002	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Greg Knight	10/05/2002	East Yorkshire	Conservative	Signed
Terry Davis	13/05/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	13/05/2002	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/05/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	13/05/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	13/05/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mike Wood	13/05/2002	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	13/05/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/05/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	13/05/2002	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	13/05/2002	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	13/05/2002	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	13/05/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	13/05/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	13/05/2002	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	13/05/2002	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	13/05/2002	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	14/05/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	14/05/2002	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	14/05/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Caton	14/05/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	14/05/2002	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	15/05/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	15/05/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	15/05/2002	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Terry Lewis	15/05/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	15/05/2002	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Nick Palmer	15/05/2002	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Tom Watson	16/05/2002	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	16/05/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	16/05/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
David Hamilton	16/05/2002	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	16/05/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	16/05/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	16/05/2002	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	16/05/2002	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	16/05/2002	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	16/05/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	16/05/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/05/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	20/05/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	20/05/2002	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	20/05/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Smith	20/05/2002	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	21/05/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	21/05/2002	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	22/05/2002	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
John Barrett	22/05/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vera Baird	22/05/2002	Redcar	Labour	Signed
John Austin	22/05/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Andrew Mitchell	22/05/2002	Sutton Coldfield	Conservative	Signed
Kevan Jones	22/05/2002	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	22/05/2002	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Green	23/05/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/05/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	23/05/2002	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	23/05/2002	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	10/06/2002	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	13/06/2002	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	13/06/2002	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	26/06/2002	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	27/06/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	01/07/2002	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	03/07/2002	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Crausby	04/07/2002	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	08/07/2002	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Williams	12/07/2002	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	17/07/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	23/07/2002	Kettering	Labour	Signed
David Miliband	Unknown			Withdrawn

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