Japanese Whaling In The Southern Ocean Sanctuary
EDM number 1507 in 2005-06, proposed by Daniel Kawczynski on 30/01/2006.
That this House condemns the government of Japan for its scientific whaling within the Southern Ocean Sanctuary; deplores the cruelty of Japanese whaling operations as shown in recent film footage of harpooned minke whales suffering long and painful deaths; regrets deeply that more than 6,800 minke whales have been killed in the name of science in Antarctic waters since the moratorium on commercial whaling was introduced in 1986; fears that Japan is close to commanding a majority bloc in the International Whaling Commission; welcomes the 17-nation demarche in January, which included the UK, calling on the government of Japan to cease immediately its lethal scientific research and curtail its plans to catch 935 minke whales and 10 endangered fin whales; notes the huge public interest in, and sympathy for, the northern bottlenose whale recently found in the Thames; and strongly urges the UK Government to recognise the public interest in whales and put further pressure on the government of Japan at the highest diplomatic levels to cease its whaling programme.
This motion has been signed by a total of 154 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
| Daniel Kawczynski | 30/01/2006 | Shrewsbury & Atcham | Conservative | Proposed |
| Adrian Sanders | 30/01/2006 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Andrew Stunell | 30/01/2006 | Hazel Grove | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Michael Penning | 30/01/2006 | Hemel Hempstead | Conservative | Seconded |
| Bob Russell | 31/01/2006 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Bob Spink | 31/01/2006 | Castle Point | Conservative | Seconded |
| David Taylor | 31/01/2006 | North West Leicestershire | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Weir | 31/01/2006 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| John Leech | 31/01/2006 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Anne Main | 31/01/2006 | St Albans | Conservative | Signed |
| Jim Devine | 31/01/2006 | Livingston | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 31/01/2006 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jeff Ennis | 31/01/2006 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
| Gregory Campbell | 31/01/2006 | East Londonderry | DUP | Signed |
| Annette Brooke | 31/01/2006 | Mid Dorset & North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 31/01/2006 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Chris McCafferty | 31/01/2006 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 31/01/2006 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Glenda Jackson | 31/01/2006 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 01/02/2006 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Durkan | 01/02/2006 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Peter Bottomley | 01/02/2006 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 01/02/2006 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Angus MacNeil | 01/02/2006 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Stephen Williams | 01/02/2006 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 01/02/2006 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| John Cummings | 01/02/2006 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Conway | 01/02/2006 | Old Bexley & Sidcup | Conservative | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 01/02/2006 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 01/02/2006 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 01/02/2006 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Keetch | 01/02/2006 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Holmes | 01/02/2006 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Angela Watkinson | 02/02/2006 | Upminster | Conservative | Signed |
| George Galloway | 02/02/2006 | Bethnal Green & Bow | Respect | Signed |
| David Drew | 02/02/2006 | Stroud | Labour | Signed |
| Madeleine Moon | 06/02/2006 | Bridgend | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 06/02/2006 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 06/02/2006 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Challen | 06/02/2006 | Morley & Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 06/02/2006 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 06/02/2006 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Rob Marris | 06/02/2006 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
| Iris Robinson | 06/02/2006 | Strangford | DUP | Signed |
| Ian Austin | 07/02/2006 | Dudley North | Labour | Signed |
| Sharon Hodgson | 07/02/2006 | Gateshead East & Washington West | Labour | Signed |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | 07/02/2006 | Durham, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Goodman | 07/02/2006 | Bishop Auckland | Labour | Signed |
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 07/02/2006 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
| Jessica Morden | 07/02/2006 | Newport East | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Betts | 07/02/2006 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Labour | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 07/02/2006 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 07/02/2006 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 07/02/2006 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 07/02/2006 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 07/02/2006 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Hywel Francis | 07/02/2006 | Aberavon | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew George | 07/02/2006 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Daniel Rogerson | 08/02/2006 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Julia Goldsworthy | 08/02/2006 | Falmouth & Camborne | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Anderson | 08/02/2006 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 08/02/2006 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 08/02/2006 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 08/02/2006 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 08/02/2006 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Laura Moffatt | 08/02/2006 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
| William McCrea | 08/02/2006 | South Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| John MacDougall | 08/02/2006 | Glenrothes | Labour | Signed |
| Tim Loughton | 08/02/2006 | East Worthing & Shoreham | Conservative | Signed |
| David Heyes | 08/02/2006 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Reid | 08/02/2006 | Argyll & Bute | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Danny Alexander | 09/02/2006 | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Hemming | 09/02/2006 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ann Widdecombe | 09/02/2006 | Maidstone & The Weald | Conservative | Signed |
| Keith Vaz | 09/02/2006 | Leicester East | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Ottaway | 09/02/2006 | Croydon South | Conservative | Signed |
| Piara S Khabra | 09/02/2006 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Pope | 09/02/2006 | Hyndburn | Labour | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 13/02/2006 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 13/02/2006 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Williams | 13/02/2006 | Swansea West | Labour | Signed |
| Pete Wishart | 13/02/2006 | Perth & Perthshire North | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 13/02/2006 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Banks | 13/02/2006 | Ochil & Perthshire South | Labour | Signed |
| Lyn Brown | 13/02/2006 | West Ham | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Rowen | 13/02/2006 | Rochdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Hunter | 13/02/2006 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Tami | 13/02/2006 | Alyn & Deeside | Labour | Signed |
| Howard Stoate | 13/02/2006 | Dartford | Labour | Signed |
| John Battle | 13/02/2006 | Leeds West | Labour | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 13/02/2006 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 13/02/2006 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| David Lepper | 13/02/2006 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | 13/02/2006 | Medway | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Mates | 13/02/2006 | East Hampshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Nicholas Clegg | 13/02/2006 | Sheffield, Hallam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 13/02/2006 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 13/02/2006 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Baker | 13/02/2006 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tim Farron | 14/02/2006 | Westmorland & Lonsdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ben Wallace | 14/02/2006 | Lancaster & Wyre | Conservative | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 14/02/2006 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 14/02/2006 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 14/02/2006 | Linlithgow & Falkirk East | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Riordan | 15/02/2006 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| James McGovern | 15/02/2006 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Wiggin | 15/02/2006 | Leominster | Conservative | Signed |
| Gregory Barker | 15/02/2006 | Bexhill & Battle | Conservative | Signed |
| Peter Ainsworth | 15/02/2006 | East Surrey | Conservative | Signed |
| James Paice | 15/02/2006 | South East Cambridgeshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 15/02/2006 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Rosindell | 15/02/2006 | Romford | Conservative | Signed |
| Kerry McCarthy | 16/02/2006 | Bristol East | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Horwood | 16/02/2006 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Richard Younger-Ross | 16/02/2006 | Teignbridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Hamilton | 16/02/2006 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 16/02/2006 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 16/02/2006 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Geraldine Smith | 16/02/2006 | Morecambe & Lunesdale | Labour | Signed |
| Anthony D Wright | 27/02/2006 | Great Yarmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Sammy Wilson | 27/02/2006 | East Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| Phil Willis | 27/02/2006 | Harrogate & Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Matthew Taylor | 27/02/2006 | Truro & St Austell | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Austin | 27/02/2006 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| David Amess | 27/02/2006 | Southend West | Conservative | Signed |
| Quentin Davies | 27/02/2006 | Grantham & Stamford | Conservative | Signed |
| Edward Davey | 27/02/2006 | Kingston & Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alasdair McDonnell | 27/02/2006 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Mark Lazarowicz | 27/02/2006 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Lamb | 27/02/2006 | North Norfolk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jennifer Willott | 28/02/2006 | Cardiff Central | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Anne Milton | 28/02/2006 | Guildford | Conservative | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 28/02/2006 | Bristol North West | Labour | Signed |
| Rosie Cooper | 01/03/2006 | West Lancashire | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Mulholland | 02/03/2006 | Leeds North West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Crausby | 02/03/2006 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Williams | 06/03/2006 | Brecon & Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Adrian Bailey | 09/03/2006 | West Bromwich West | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Efford | 14/03/2006 | Eltham | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Soulsby | 14/03/2006 | Leicester South | Labour | Signed |
| Jeffrey M Donaldson | 15/03/2006 | Lagan Valley | DUP | Signed |
| Emily Thornberry | 17/03/2006 | Islington South & Finsbury | Labour | Signed |
| Barry Sheerman | 21/03/2006 | Huddersfield | Labour | Signed |
| Adam Price | 23/03/2006 | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Susan Kramer | 18/04/2006 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Gwyn Prosser | 20/04/2006 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Luff | 25/04/2006 | Mid Worcestershire | Conservative | Signed |
| Graham Stringer | 25/04/2006 | Manchester, Blackley | Labour | Signed |
| Sandra Osborne | 26/04/2006 | Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Dobson | 26/04/2006 | Holborn & St Pancras | Labour | Signed |
| John Smith | 27/04/2006 | Vale of Glamorgan | Labour | Signed |
| Nadine Dorries | 27/04/2006 | Mid Bedfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
| John Barrett | 15/05/2006 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 22/05/2006 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
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