Sustainable Wild Bird Trade

EDM number 2375 in 2005-06, proposed by John Randall on 15/06/2006.

That this House recognises that bird-keeping is a hobby which is enjoyed by many people in the UK and can foster wider interests in ornithology and bird conservation; strongly supports the right of bird-keepers to practise their hobby; believes that the sourcing of birds for aviculture must be sustainable; is concerned that the wild bird trade as currently practised is not sustainable, is depleting vulnerable populations of wild birds around the world and is responsible for the deaths of very large numbers of birds in transit; questions unsubstantiated assertions that this trade brings real income to indigenous communities and conservation benefits in wild birds' countries of origin; further questions the view that restrictions on the legal trade in wild birds will lead to an increase in the illegal trade, a view not supported by the experience in the US following the 1992 Wild Bird Conservation Act; and therefore calls on the Government to support a strong bird-keeping tradition in the UK based on captive-breeding and sustainable imports, and to work with other European Union member State governments for a permanent ban on imports of wild birds into the Union unless they can be proven to meet rigorous sustainability criteria on a case by case basis.

This motion has been signed by a total of 84 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Randall	15/06/2006	Uxbridge	Conservative	Proposed
Joan Walley	15/06/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Seconded
John Pugh	15/06/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lady Hermon	15/06/2006	North Down	UUP	Seconded
Gregory Barker	15/06/2006	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Seconded
Bill Wiggin	15/06/2006	Leominster	Conservative	Seconded
Desmond Turner	16/06/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	16/06/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Evennett	16/06/2006			Signed
Andrew Dismore	16/06/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	16/06/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	19/06/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	19/06/2006	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/06/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	19/06/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	20/06/2006	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	20/06/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Angela Watkinson	20/06/2006	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Tim Loughton	20/06/2006	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	20/06/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	20/06/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	20/06/2006	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Madeleine Moon	21/06/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
James Gray	21/06/2006	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	21/06/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/06/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	21/06/2006	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	22/06/2006	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/06/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	22/06/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	22/06/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	26/06/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	26/06/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Duddridge	27/06/2006	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	27/06/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/06/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	28/06/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	29/06/2006	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	29/06/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Mary Creagh	09/10/2006	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	09/10/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Tim Yeo	09/10/2006	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
Robert Syms	09/10/2006	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	09/10/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Holloway	09/10/2006	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Philip Dunne	09/10/2006	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
David Gauke	09/10/2006	South West Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Michael Gove	09/10/2006	Surrey Heath	Conservative	Signed
Martin Horwood	09/10/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	09/10/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Milton	09/10/2006	Guildford	Conservative	Signed
Linda Riordan	09/10/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
John Gummer	09/10/2006	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/10/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	09/10/2006	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	09/10/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	09/10/2006	Dover	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	09/10/2006	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Howarth	09/10/2006	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	09/10/2006	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	09/10/2006	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Laxton	09/10/2006	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	09/10/2006	Medway	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	09/10/2006	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	09/10/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	09/10/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	09/10/2006	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	09/10/2006	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	11/10/2006	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	11/10/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	11/10/2006	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	11/10/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Love	12/10/2006	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	12/10/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	12/10/2006	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Edward Davey	16/10/2006	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	17/10/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	25/10/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Southworth	25/10/2006	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	30/10/2006	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dari Taylor	01/11/2006	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	02/11/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	07/11/2006	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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