30065
2005-06
1626
Animal Welfare (No. 2)
Mike Hancock
2006-02-13
That this House commends the work of Animal Defenders International in collecting video evidence of the abnormal behaviour and suffering of animals in travelling circuses, and notes this shows that travelling circuses cannot adequately provide for the basic welfare needs of their animals and as such fail the welfare test of the Animal Welfare Bill; notes that circus animals spend excessive periods of time shut in transporters, whether travelling or not, are forced to live in temporary facilities lacking appropriate space and environmental enrichment, and often in inappropriate groupings of animals; further notes that violence is commonplace and part of the circus culture, and no other working animals spend such a long time, normally at least eight months, in temporary mobile accommodation, thus making animal transport regulations difficult to police and enforce, and that the arrangements for circus animals are entirely different from the higher quality accommodation and transport arrangements of animals being transported for racing, horse shows, dog shows and similar events; and therefore urges that the Animal Welfare Bill is used to end the use of animals in travelling circuses and to take measures to protect performing animals in permanent facilities through regulation and to end the currently legal use of violence to train animals for the purposes of entertainment.
Mike Hancock
2006-02-13
Proposed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Lindsay Hoyle
2006-02-13
Seconded
Chorley
Labour
Bob Russell
2006-02-13
Seconded
Colchester
Liberal Democrat
Alan Meale
2006-02-14
Seconded
Mansfield
Labour
John Leech
2006-02-14
Seconded
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Harry Cohen
2006-02-14
Seconded
Leyton and Wanstead
Labour
Lynne Jones
2006-02-14
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Annette Brooke
2006-02-14
Signed
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Liberal Democrat
Andrew Dismore
2006-02-14
Signed
Hendon
Labour
Paul Flynn
2006-02-14
Signed
Newport West
Labour
Paul Holmes
2006-02-15
Signed
Chesterfield
Liberal Democrat
Colin Burgon
2006-02-15
Signed
Elmet
Labour
Martin Caton
2006-02-15
Signed
Gower
Labour
Jeremy Corbyn
2006-02-15
Signed
Islington North
Labour
Ann Cryer
2006-02-15
Signed
Keighley
Labour
Norman Baker
2006-02-15
Signed
Lewes
Liberal Democrat
Rudi Vis
2006-02-15
Signed
Finchley and Golders Green
Labour
Roger Williams
2006-02-15
Signed
Brecon and Radnorshire
Liberal Democrat
Stephen Williams
2006-02-15
Signed
Bristol West
Liberal Democrat
Greg Pope
2006-02-16
Signed
Hyndburn
Labour
Brian Jenkins
2006-02-16
Signed
Tamworth
Labour
Martin Horwood
2006-02-16
Signed
Cheltenham
Liberal Democrat
Bill Olner
2006-02-27
Signed
Nuneaton
Labour
Sandra Osborne
2006-02-27
Signed
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Labour
Colin Challen
2006-02-27
Signed
Morley and Rothwell
Labour
Frank Cook
2006-02-27
Signed
Stockton North
Labour
Bill Etherington
2006-02-27
Signed
Sunderland North
Labour
Don Foster
2006-02-27
Signed
Bath
Liberal Democrat
Andrew Stunell
2006-02-27
Signed
Hazel Grove
Liberal Democrat
Betty Williams
2006-02-27
Signed
Conwy
Labour
Mike Wood
2006-02-27
Signed
Batley and Spen
Labour
Sharon Hodgson
2006-02-27
Signed
Gateshead East and Washington West
Labour
Michael Penning
2006-02-27
Signed
Hemel Hempstead
Conservative
Jim Devine
2006-02-27
Signed
Livingston
Labour
Adrian Sanders
2006-02-28
Signed
Torbay
Liberal Democrat
Albert Owen
2006-02-28
Signed
Ynys M
Labour
John Cummings
2006-02-28
Signed
Easington
Labour
Janet Dean
2006-02-28
Signed
Burton
Labour
David Drew
2006-02-28
Signed
Stroud
Labour
Ann Widdecombe
2006-02-28
Signed
Maidstone and The Weald
Conservative
Madeleine Moon
2006-02-28
Signed
Bridgend
Labour
Mark Hunter
2006-02-28
Signed
Cheadle
Liberal Democrat
Diane Abbott
2006-03-01
Signed
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Labour
John Austin
2006-03-01
Signed
Erith and Thamesmead
Labour
Rosie Cooper
2006-03-01
Signed
West Lancashire
Labour
Jim Dowd
2006-03-02
Signed
Lewisham West
Labour
Jeff Ennis
2006-03-02
Signed
Barnsley East and Mexborough
Labour
John Barrett
2006-03-03
Signed
Edinburgh West
Liberal Democrat
Robert Marshall-Andrews
2006-03-06
Signed
Medway
Labour
Alan Simpson
2006-03-07
Signed
Nottingham South
Labour
Jim Dobbin
2006-03-07
Signed
Heywood and Middleton
Labour
Clive Efford
2006-03-07
Signed
Eltham
Labour
Lorely Burt
2006-03-07
Signed
Solihull
Liberal Democrat
Lynne Featherstone
2006-03-08
Signed
Hornsey and Wood Green
Liberal Democrat
Linda Riordan
2006-03-09
Signed
Halifax
Labour
David Howarth
2006-03-10
Signed
Cambridge
Liberal Democrat
Edward O'Hara
2006-03-13
Signed
Knowsley South
Labour
Ian Gibson
2006-03-14
Signed
Norwich North
Labour
David Taylor
2006-03-14
Signed
North West Leicestershire
Labour
Joan Ruddock
2006-03-15
Signed
Lewisham, Deptford
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2006-03-15
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Gerald Kaufman
2006-03-15
Signed
Manchester, Gorton
Labour
Michael Clapham
2006-03-15
Signed
Barnsley West and Penistone
Labour
Mark Fisher
2006-03-15
Signed
Stoke-on-Trent Central
Labour
Andrew MacKinlay
2006-03-16
Signed
Thurrock
Labour
Frank Doran
2006-03-16
Signed
Aberdeen North
Labour
Joe Benton
2006-03-16
Signed
Bootle
Labour
Richard Taylor
2006-03-16
Signed
Wyre Forest
Independent
Nia Griffith
2006-03-16
Signed
Llanelli
Labour
Si
2006-03-16
Signed
Swansea East
Labour
Diana Johnson
2006-03-16
Signed
Kingston upon Hull North
Labour
Jo Swinson
2006-03-16
Signed
East Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat
Geraldine Smith
2006-03-17
Signed
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Labour
John Horam
2006-03-17
Signed
Orpington
Conservative
Fraser Kemp
2006-03-17
Signed
Houghton and Washington East
Labour
Piara S Khabra
2006-03-17
Signed
Ealing, Southall
Labour
Chris McCafferty
2006-03-17
Signed
Calder Valley
Labour
Mark Todd
2006-03-17
Signed
South Derbyshire
Labour
Angela Watkinson
2006-03-17
Signed
Upminster
Conservative
Christopher Huhne
2006-03-20
Signed
Eastleigh
Liberal Democrat
Desmond Turner
2006-03-20
Signed
Brighton, Kemptown
Labour
Julia Goldsworthy
2006-03-20
Signed
Falmouth and Camborne
Liberal Democrat
Anne Main
2006-03-20
Signed
St Albans
Conservative
David Chaytor
2006-03-21
Signed
Bury North
Labour
Frank Field
2006-03-21
Signed
Birkenhead
Labour
Robert Wareing
2006-03-21
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Labour
Paul Keetch
2006-03-22
Signed
Hereford
Liberal Democrat
Vincent Cable
2006-03-22
Signed
Twickenham
Liberal Democrat
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
2006-03-22
Signed
Portsmouth North
Labour
Mark Williams
2006-03-22
Signed
Ceredigion
Liberal Democrat
Richard Burden
2006-03-23
Signed
Birmingham, Northfield
Labour
Janet Anderson
2006-03-23
Signed
Rossendale and Darwen
Labour
Katy Clark
2006-03-23
Signed
North Ayrshire and Arran
Labour
Martyn Jones
2006-03-27
Signed
Clwyd South
Labour
Rob Marris
2006-03-27
Signed
Wolverhampton South West
Labour
Linda Gilroy
2006-03-27
Signed
Plymouth, Sutton
Labour
David Amess
2006-03-27
Signed
Southend West
Conservative
Danny Alexander
2006-03-27
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Liberal Democrat
Kerry McCarthy
2006-03-27
Signed
Bristol East
Labour
David Crausby
2006-03-28
Signed
Bolton North East
Labour
Hywel Francis
2006-03-28
Signed
Aberavon
Labour
David Hamilton
2006-03-29
Signed
Midlothian
Labour
Hywel Williams
2006-03-29
Signed
Caernarfon
Plaid Cymru
David Anderson
2006-03-29
Signed
Blaydon
Labour
Mark Pritchard
2006-03-29
Signed
The Wrekin
Conservative
Eric Illsley
2006-03-30
Signed
Barnsley Central
Labour
Phil Willis
2006-03-30
Signed
Harrogate and Knaresborough
Liberal Democrat
Dan Rogerson
2006-03-30
Signed
North Cornwall
Liberal Democrat
Gwyn Prosser
2006-04-18
Signed
Dover
Labour
Simon Hughes
2006-04-18
Signed
North Southwark and Bermondsey
Liberal Democrat
Alan Keen
2006-04-18
Signed
Feltham and Heston
Labour
Mark Lazarowicz
2006-04-18
Signed
Edinburgh North and Leith
Labour
Karen Buck
2006-04-18
Signed
Regent's Park and Kensington North
Labour
Sandra Gidley
2006-04-18
Signed
Romsey
Liberal Democrat
Fabian Hamilton
2006-04-18
Signed
Leeds North East
Labour
Anthony D Wright
2006-04-18
Signed
Great Yarmouth
Labour
Derek Wyatt
2006-04-18
Signed
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Labour
Richard Younger-Ross
2006-04-18
Signed
Teignbridge
Liberal Democrat
Susan Kramer
2006-04-18
Signed
Richmond Park
Liberal Democrat
Jamie Reed
2006-04-18
Signed
Copeland
Labour
Malcolm Bruce
2006-04-19
Signed
Gordon
Liberal Democrat
David Heyes
2006-04-20
Signed
Ashton-under-Lyne
Labour
Neil Gerrard
2006-04-20
Signed
Walthamstow
Labour
Nick Harvey
2006-04-24
Signed
North Devon
Liberal Democrat
Alasdair McDonnell
2006-04-24
Signed
Belfast South
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Alistair Carmichael
2006-04-24
Signed
Orkney and Shetland
Liberal Democrat
Doug Naysmith
2006-04-26
Signed
Bristol North West
Labour
Andrew George
2006-04-26
Signed
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
John Smith
2006-04-27
Signed
Vale of Glamorgan
Labour
Emily Thornberry
2006-05-02
Signed
Islington South and Finsbury
Labour
Jennifer Willott
2006-05-03
Signed
Cardiff Central
Liberal Democrat
Nicholas Clegg
2006-05-04
Signed
Sheffield, Hallam
Liberal Democrat
Roger Berry
2006-05-08
Signed
Kingswood
Labour
Tom Brake
2006-05-09
Signed
Carshalton and Wallington
Liberal Democrat
Norman Lamb
2006-05-23
Signed
North Norfolk
Liberal Democrat
Jon Cruddas
2006-05-23
Signed
Dagenham
Labour
Lyn Brown
2006-05-25
Signed
West Ham
Labour
Dawn Butler
2006-06-05
Signed
Brent South
Labour
Kitty Ussher
2006-06-05
Signed
Burnley
Labour
Edward Davey
2006-06-14
Signed
Kingston and Surbiton
Liberal Democrat
Jon Trickett
2006-07-04
Signed
Hemsworth
Labour
Andrew Love
2006-07-25
Signed
Edmonton
Labour
Julie Morgan
2006-10-09
Signed
Cardiff North
Labour
Greg Mulholland
2006-10-09
Signed
Leeds North West
Liberal Democrat