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<id>27304</id>
<session>2004-05</session>
<number>949</number>
<title>Welfare And Quality In The British Pig Meat Industry</title>
<proposer id="10707">Richard Bacon</proposer>
<date>2005-03-17</date>
<text>That this House commends the British pig meat industry's commitment to high standards of welfare, in particular since the banning of sow stalls and tethers in the UK from 1999; welcomes the launch of the new British Meat Quality Standard for Pork, Bacon, Ham and Sausages; notes that the standard provides an independently audited guarantee of animal welfare, quality control and traceability; and calls on supermarkets and caterers to respond to consumer demand by using the Quality Standard Mark.</text>
<topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10707">Richard Bacon</mp>
		<date>2005-03-17</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>South Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10658">Tim Yeo</mp>
		<date>2005-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Suffolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11324">Roger Williams</mp>
		<date>2005-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brecon &amp; Radnorshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10240">James Gray</mp>
		<date>2005-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Wiltshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>2005-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10470">James Paice</mp>
		<date>2005-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cambridgeshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10389">Anne McIntosh</mp>
		<date>2005-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vale of York</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11003">Kevan Jones</mp>
		<date>2005-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Durham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10473">Owen Paterson</mp>
		<date>2005-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Shropshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2005-03-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10371">Tim Loughton</mp>
		<date>2005-03-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Worthing &amp; Shoreham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10646">Ann Winterton</mp>
		<date>2005-03-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Congleton</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10643">David Wilshire</mp>
		<date>2005-03-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Spelthorne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10675">Simon Thomas</mp>
		<date>2005-03-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2005-03-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2005-03-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10358">Julian Lewis</mp>
		<date>2005-03-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>New Forest East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</mp>
		<date>2005-03-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Macclesfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>2005-03-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10221">Edward Garnier</mp>
		<date>2005-03-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harborough</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10857">Nigel Dodds</mp>
		<date>2005-03-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast North</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10066">Colin Breed</mp>
		<date>2005-03-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10459">Mark Oaten</mp>
		<date>2005-03-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Winchester</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10325">Nigel Jones</mp>
		<date>2005-03-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10509">Marion Roe</mp>
		<date>2005-03-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Broxbourne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2005-03-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2005-03-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10768">David Burnside</mp>
		<date>2005-03-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Antrim</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10447">Malcolm Moss</mp>
		<date>2005-03-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Cambridgeshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10754">Annette Brooke</mp>
		<date>2005-03-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Dorset &amp; North Poole</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10612">Paul Tyler</mp>
		<date>2005-03-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10624">Nigel Waterson</mp>
		<date>2005-04-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eastbourne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10051">Crispin Blunt</mp>
		<date>2005-04-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Reigate</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10228">Cheryl Gillan</mp>
		<date>2005-04-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chesham &amp; Amersham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10890">Adrian Flook</mp>
		<date>2005-04-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Taunton</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10815">Derek Conway</mp>
		<date>2005-04-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Old Bexley &amp; Sidcup</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10348">Eleanor Laing</mp>
		<date>2005-04-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Epping Forest</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10302">Alan Hurst</mp>
		<date>2005-04-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Braintree</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10267">Oliver Heald</mp>
		<date>2005-04-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Hertfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11265">Hugo Swire</mp>
		<date>2005-04-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Devon</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2005-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10359">Terry Lewis</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
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