Iceland And The International Whaling Moratorium

EDM number 2789 in 2005-06, proposed by Nigel Evans on 18/10/2006.

That this House regrets the decision by Iceland to resume commercial whaling in defiance of the 20 year old international whaling moratorium; further regrets Norway's continued defiance of the ban in hunting great whales for profit; calls on the international community to apply pressure on these two countries to abide by the whaling moratorium; notes that the numbers of huge fin whales dropped to near-extinction prior to the moratorium, and that renewed whaling risks their number falling to such a level again; further notes that Greenpeace has collected 87,000 signatures from whale-loving tourists saying that they would engage with eco-tourism in Iceland if whale hunts were abandoned; and urges the Icelandic government to consider this route as a viable and sustainable economic alternative to whaling.

This motion has been signed by a total of 121 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Nigel Evans	18/10/2006	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Proposed
Mike Hancock	18/10/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Randall	18/10/2006	Uxbridge	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	18/10/2006	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Elliot Morley	18/10/2006	Scunthorpe	Labour	Seconded
Peter Ainsworth	18/10/2006	East Surrey	Conservative	Seconded
Gregory Barker	18/10/2006	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	18/10/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	18/10/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Tami	18/10/2006	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	18/10/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Bill Wiggin	18/10/2006	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	18/10/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	18/10/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Jones	18/10/2006	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
Michael Penning	18/10/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Lee Scott	18/10/2006	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
James Arbuthnot	18/10/2006	North East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Linda Gilroy	18/10/2006	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	18/10/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	18/10/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	18/10/2006	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Bob Spink	18/10/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	18/10/2006	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	18/10/2006	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Tim Loughton	18/10/2006	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Rob Marris	18/10/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	18/10/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
James Paice	18/10/2006	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	18/10/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	18/10/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Vincent Cable	19/10/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	19/10/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Drew	19/10/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	19/10/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	19/10/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	19/10/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	19/10/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	19/10/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Edward O'Hara	19/10/2006	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	19/10/2006	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	19/10/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	19/10/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	19/10/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	19/10/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/10/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	19/10/2006	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	19/10/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	19/10/2006	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew MacKay	19/10/2006	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Anne Begg	20/10/2006	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	20/10/2006	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Howard Stoate	20/10/2006	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Andrew Tyrie	20/10/2006	Chichester	Conservative	Signed
James Duddridge	20/10/2006	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Martin Horwood	20/10/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	20/10/2006	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	20/10/2006	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	20/10/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	20/10/2006	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Frank Field	20/10/2006	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	20/10/2006	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	20/10/2006	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	20/10/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	20/10/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	20/10/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	20/10/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Eric Joyce	20/10/2006	Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	20/10/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	20/10/2006	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/10/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	23/10/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	23/10/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Johnson	23/10/2006	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	23/10/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Nigel Waterson	23/10/2006	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Janet Anderson	23/10/2006	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	23/10/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	23/10/2006	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	24/10/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Roger Williams	24/10/2006	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	24/10/2006	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	24/10/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	24/10/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/10/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	24/10/2006	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	24/10/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John MacDougall	24/10/2006	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/10/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	24/10/2006	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	24/10/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	25/10/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	25/10/2006	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	25/10/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	25/10/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Ken Purchase	25/10/2006	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	26/10/2006	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Michael Clapham	26/10/2006	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	26/10/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Adam Holloway	30/10/2006	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	30/10/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	30/10/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Quentin Davies	30/10/2006	Grantham & Stamford	Conservative	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/10/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Murrison	30/10/2006	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	30/10/2006	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Anne Milton	31/10/2006	Guildford	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	31/10/2006	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	31/10/2006	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Fraser	31/10/2006	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Michael Fabricant	31/10/2006	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	31/10/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
John Horam	01/11/2006	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Susan Kramer	02/11/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Mercer	02/11/2006	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Heald	02/11/2006	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	06/11/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	06/11/2006	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Eleanor Laing	07/11/2006	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Doug Naysmith	07/11/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed

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