Bearskin Caps

EDM number 1040 in 2006-07, proposed by Ann Widdecombe on 06/03/2007.

That this House recognises that public opinion polls show that almost 70 per cent. of the British population wants the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to stop using real fur for the ceremonial bearskin caps worn by the five guards regiments; notes that these caps have no military significance and involve unnecessary cruelty; and invites the MoD to end their use and substitute hats made from a modern synthetic material.

This motion has been signed by a total of 141 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ann Widdecombe	06/03/2007	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Proposed
Bob Russell	06/03/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Glenda Jackson	07/03/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Seconded
Ronnie Campbell	07/03/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Seconded
Eric Martlew	07/03/2007	Carlisle	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	07/03/2007	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Angus MacNeil	07/03/2007	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Leech	07/03/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/03/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Drew	07/03/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	07/03/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	07/03/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	07/03/2007	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	07/03/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	07/03/2007	North Down	UUP	Signed
Adrian Sanders	07/03/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	07/03/2007	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	08/03/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Hywel Francis	08/03/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	08/03/2007	Easington	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	08/03/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	08/03/2007	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	08/03/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	08/03/2007	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	08/03/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	12/03/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Austin	12/03/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	12/03/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	12/03/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	13/03/2007	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	13/03/2007	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	13/03/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	13/03/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	13/03/2007	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	14/03/2007	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Madeleine Moon	14/03/2007	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	14/03/2007	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	14/03/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
John McDonnell	14/03/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	14/03/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	14/03/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	14/03/2007	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	15/03/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	15/03/2007	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	15/03/2007	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	15/03/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/03/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	19/03/2007	Dover	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	19/03/2007	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	19/03/2007	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/03/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	20/03/2007	West Ham	Labour	Signed
David Wright	20/03/2007	Telford	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	20/03/2007	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	20/03/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	20/03/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	20/03/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	22/03/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	23/03/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	28/03/2007	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Anne Begg	28/03/2007	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	19/04/2007	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	25/04/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	25/04/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Christopher Huhne	30/04/2007	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	30/04/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	01/05/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	01/05/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	02/05/2007	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	08/05/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	09/05/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	14/05/2007	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Butterfill	16/05/2007	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Laura Moffatt	18/05/2007	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	21/05/2007	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	22/05/2007	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	22/05/2007	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lorely Burt	23/05/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Allen	23/05/2007	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	23/05/2007	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	23/05/2007	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	23/05/2007	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	23/05/2007	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	24/05/2007	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	24/05/2007	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	24/05/2007	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	24/05/2007	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	04/06/2007	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Colin Challen	04/06/2007	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	04/06/2007	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	05/06/2007	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	05/06/2007	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	05/06/2007	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	07/06/2007	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	07/06/2007	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	07/06/2007	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	11/06/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	11/06/2007	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	11/06/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	12/06/2007	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	12/06/2007	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	12/06/2007	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	12/06/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	13/06/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	13/06/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	14/06/2007	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	14/06/2007	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	15/06/2007	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	15/06/2007	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	15/06/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	18/06/2007	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	20/06/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Efford	20/06/2007	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	20/06/2007	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	20/06/2007	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	25/06/2007	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	25/06/2007	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	25/06/2007	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	25/06/2007	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	26/06/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	26/06/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Farrelly	03/07/2007	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	03/07/2007	Derby North	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	03/07/2007	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	05/07/2007	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	24/07/2007	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	24/07/2007	Medway	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	25/07/2007	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	25/07/2007	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	25/07/2007	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	26/07/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dawn Butler	08/10/2007	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	08/10/2007	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	08/10/2007	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Howard Stoate	08/10/2007	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	08/10/2007	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	08/10/2007	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	24/10/2007	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Shahid Malik	Unknown			Withdrawn
Angela Eagle	Unknown			Withdrawn
Sadiq Khan	Unknown			Withdrawn

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