RSPCA Campaign Against All Battery Cages For Laying Hens

EDM number 1068 in 2003-04, proposed by Lynne Jones on 28/04/2004.

That this House notes with concern that 21 million hens are currently condemned to a miserable existence in battery cages with almost no space to stretch their wings, move around or behave in a natural way; welcomes the proposed ban across Europe from 2012 of conventional battery cages; however notes that so-called enriched battery cages which allow only a little more room than conventional battery systems still do not meet the welfare needs of the hens; therefore supports the RSPCA call for an unconditional ban on all cages and for battery systems to be replaced with free-range and barn systems, which allow birds to move around and express normal behaviour; encourages egg producers to put into practice higher welfare alternative systems such as barn and free range prior to legislative changes; welcomes the recent introduction of compulsory labelling of eggs to provide consumers with relevant information about the farming method; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to follow the lead of Germany and bring forward the ban on all cages by 2012 at the very latest.

This motion has been signed by a total of 141 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lynne Jones	28/04/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Proposed
Mike Hancock	28/04/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	28/04/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Tom Clarke	28/04/2004	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	28/04/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Martlew	28/04/2004	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	28/04/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Chaytor	29/04/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	29/04/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	29/04/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	29/04/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	29/04/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	29/04/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Brian White	29/04/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	29/04/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	29/04/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	29/04/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Sheridan	29/04/2004	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	29/04/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	29/04/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	29/04/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	29/04/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	29/04/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	30/04/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	30/04/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	30/04/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	30/04/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	04/05/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	04/05/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	04/05/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	04/05/2004	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	04/05/2004	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	04/05/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	04/05/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	04/05/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	04/05/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	05/05/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	05/05/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	05/05/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/05/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	05/05/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	05/05/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	05/05/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	05/05/2004	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	05/05/2004	Preston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Janet Anderson	06/05/2004	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	06/05/2004	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	06/05/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	06/05/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	10/05/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	10/05/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Patsy Calton	11/05/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	11/05/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	11/05/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	12/05/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	13/05/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	13/05/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	13/05/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Hamilton	18/05/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	19/05/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Wayne David	20/05/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
John Battle	24/05/2004	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	24/05/2004	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	24/05/2004	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	24/05/2004	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	24/05/2004	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	24/05/2004	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
David Wright	25/05/2004	Telford	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	25/05/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Diane Abbott	25/05/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	25/05/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	25/05/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	25/05/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	25/05/2004	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
John MacDougall	25/05/2004	Central Fife	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	25/05/2004	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Kevin Hughes	25/05/2004	Doncaster North	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	26/05/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	26/05/2004	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
John Austin	26/05/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	26/05/2004	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	26/05/2004	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	26/05/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	26/05/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	26/05/2004	Medway	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	26/05/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	26/05/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Horam	26/05/2004	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Syd Rapson	26/05/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	27/05/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	27/05/2004	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Teddy Taylor	27/05/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Simon Thomas	27/05/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tony Worthington	27/05/2004	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	27/05/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	27/05/2004	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	27/05/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	27/05/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	27/05/2004	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	27/05/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	27/05/2004	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	07/06/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	07/06/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	07/06/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	07/06/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	07/06/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	07/06/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	07/06/2004	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	07/06/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin Brennan	07/06/2004	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	07/06/2004	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	07/06/2004	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	07/06/2004	Dover	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	07/06/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	07/06/2004	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	07/06/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	07/06/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Calum MacDonald	07/06/2004	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	08/06/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	08/06/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Laura Moffatt	08/06/2004	Crawley	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	08/06/2004	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	09/06/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	09/06/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	09/06/2004	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	09/06/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Meale	09/06/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	09/06/2004	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	09/06/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martyn Jones	14/06/2004	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/06/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Atkinson	15/06/2004	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Tony Banks	16/06/2004	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	18/06/2004	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	18/06/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	18/06/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Iain Coleman	21/06/2004	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	28/06/2004	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	14/07/2004	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	20/07/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	11/10/2004	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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