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<id>31407</id>
<session>2005-06</session>
<number>2790</number>
<title>Icelandic Commercial Whaling</title>
<proposer id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</proposer>
<date>2006-10-18</date>
<text>That this House objects to the decision taken by the Icelandic government to resume commercial hunting of whales; notes that Icelandic ships will take nine fin whales, an endangered species, and 30 minke whales each year; recognises that Iceland committed themselves to end commercial whaling when they joined the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in 2002; expresses concern that this is another example of a movement towards a resumption of commercial whaling; and calls on the UK Government to work through the IWC to challenge the legality of the decision taken by Iceland and bring about an end to commercial whaling.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Chorley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10141">David Crausby</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Bolton North East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11199">Andrew Rosindell</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Romford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11245">Bob Spink</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Castle Point</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11626">Michael Penning</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemel Hempstead</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11817">Daniel Kawczynski</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Shrewsbury &amp; Atcham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11345">Richard Younger-Ross</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Teignbridge</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11589">Mark Durkan</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Foyle</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10188">Jeff Ennis</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley East &amp; Mexborough</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10055">David Borrow</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Ribble</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10576">Graham Stringer</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Blackley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10608">Desmond Turner</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Kemptown</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11312">Michael Weir</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Angus</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11420">John Hemming</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Yardley</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11798">Anne Main</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Albans</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12834">Jim Devine</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Livingston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10487">Gordon Prentice</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pendle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11038">Mark Lazarowicz</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh North &amp; Leith</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10353">David Lepper</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Pavilion</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10415">Gordon Marsden</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10462">Edward O'Hara</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Knowsley South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10378">Chris McCafferty</mp>
		<date>2006-10-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Calder Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10657">Derek Wyatt</mp>
		<date>2006-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sittingbourne &amp; Sheppey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11553">Ian Austin</mp>
		<date>2006-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dudley North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11707">John Leech</mp>
		<date>2006-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Withington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11458">Stephen Williams</mp>
		<date>2006-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10640">Betty Williams</mp>
		<date>2006-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10012">Janet Anderson</mp>
		<date>2006-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rossendale &amp; Darwen</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2006-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11148">Albert Owen</mp>
		<date>2006-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ynys M</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10333">Fraser Kemp</mp>
		<date>2006-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Houghton &amp; Washington East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10274">Stephen Hepburn</mp>
		<date>2006-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Jarrow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10934">David Hamilton</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Midlothian</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11323">Hywel Williams</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Caernarfon</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11963">Katy Clark</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ayrshire North &amp; Arran</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12016">Mark Hunter</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheadle</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10066">Colin Breed</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10417">David Marshall</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10371">Tim Loughton</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Worthing &amp; Shoreham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10313">Brian Jenkins</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tamworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10308">Glenda Jackson</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hampstead &amp; Highgate</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10961">David Heyes</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ashton-under-Lyne</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11784">Paul Rowen</mp>
		<date>2006-10-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rochdale</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10022">Norman Baker</mp>
		<date>2006-10-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lewes</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10021">John Austin</mp>
		<date>2006-10-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Erith &amp; Thamesmead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10900">Hywel Francis</mp>
		<date>2006-10-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Aberavon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2006-10-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2006-10-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10815">Derek Conway</mp>
		<date>2006-10-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Old Bexley &amp; Sidcup</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11489">Mark Williams</mp>
		<date>2006-10-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10028">John Battle</mp>
		<date>2006-10-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>2006-10-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10105">Michael Clapham</mp>
		<date>2006-10-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley West &amp; Penistone</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10754">Annette Brooke</mp>
		<date>2006-10-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Dorset &amp; North Poole</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11170">Adam Price</mp>
		<date>2006-10-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carmarthen East &amp; Dinefwr</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10483">Greg Pope</mp>
		<date>2006-10-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hyndburn</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10641">Phil Willis</mp>
		<date>2006-10-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harrogate &amp; Knaresborough</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2006-10-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10089">Ronnie Campbell</mp>
		<date>2006-10-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blyth Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10543">Marsha Singh</mp>
		<date>2006-10-31</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bradford West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10076">Richard Burden</mp>
		<date>2006-10-31</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Northfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10324">Martyn Jones</mp>
		<date>2006-11-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Clwyd South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2006-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10421">Eric Martlew</mp>
		<date>2006-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carlisle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2006-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11494">Martin Horwood</mp>
		<date>2006-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
