Keeping Of Cetaceans In Captivity

EDM number 1342 in 2006-07, proposed by Mike Hancock on 24/04/2007.

That this House welcomes the fact that no cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) have been kept in captivity in the UK since 1993, but is concerned that there is no legislation to prevent these animals being housed in captive facilities within the UK in the future; notes that cetaceans are intelligent, social animals with complex needs which cannot be met in captivity and that there is evidence to suggest that captivity causes serious physical and behavioural welfare problems, and that many cetaceans are still taken from the wild to supply captive facilities; furthermore, notes with concern the involvement of companies in the UK with overseas establishments which keep cetaceans in captivity; and calls on the Government to introduce legislation specifically prohibiting the keeping of cetaceans in captivity other than in cases which involve short-term rehabilitation with a view to a release back to the wild in the case of injured cetaceans.

This motion has been signed by a total of 116 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mike Hancock	24/04/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Michael Penning	24/04/2007	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	24/04/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	24/04/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	25/04/2007	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	25/04/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Stephen Williams	25/04/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	25/04/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	25/04/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	25/04/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	25/04/2007	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Dai Davies	26/04/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Phil Willis	26/04/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	26/04/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	26/04/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	26/04/2007	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	27/04/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	27/04/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	30/04/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	30/04/2007	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	30/04/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	30/04/2007	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	30/04/2007	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	01/05/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	01/05/2007	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Mike Gapes	01/05/2007	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	01/05/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	01/05/2007	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	01/05/2007	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	01/05/2007	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	01/05/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	01/05/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	02/05/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	02/05/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	02/05/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	02/05/2007	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	02/05/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lyn Brown	03/05/2007	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	03/05/2007	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	03/05/2007	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	03/05/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	08/05/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	08/05/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	08/05/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	08/05/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	08/05/2007	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	08/05/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Harry Cohen	08/05/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	08/05/2007	Bury North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	08/05/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	09/05/2007	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	10/05/2007	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	10/05/2007	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	10/05/2007	Eccles	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	10/05/2007	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/05/2007	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	10/05/2007	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	10/05/2007	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	14/05/2007	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Mike Wood	14/05/2007	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	14/05/2007	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/05/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	14/05/2007	Dover	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	15/05/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Colin Burgon	15/05/2007	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	16/05/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sian James	16/05/2007	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	16/05/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	16/05/2007	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	16/05/2007	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	16/05/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	18/05/2007	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	21/05/2007	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	22/05/2007	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Crausby	22/05/2007	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
John Horam	24/05/2007	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	04/06/2007	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
John Austin	04/06/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	06/06/2007	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Mullin	11/06/2007	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	13/06/2007	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	13/06/2007	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	14/06/2007	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	15/06/2007	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	15/06/2007	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	18/06/2007	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	18/06/2007	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	19/06/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	19/06/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	19/06/2007	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	20/06/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	20/06/2007	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	26/06/2007	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	27/06/2007	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Jones	29/06/2007	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
Diane Abbott	29/06/2007	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	02/07/2007	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	04/07/2007	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	04/07/2007	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	09/07/2007	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Richard Shepherd	09/07/2007	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	19/07/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	23/07/2007	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	25/07/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	08/10/2007	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Linda Gilroy	08/10/2007	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	08/10/2007	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	08/10/2007	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	08/10/2007	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	09/10/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
John Spellar	10/10/2007	Warley	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	24/10/2007	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
David Howarth	29/10/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Tami	Unknown			Withdrawn
Joan Ruddock	Unknown			Withdrawn
Shahid Malik	Unknown			Withdrawn

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