Universal Declaration On Animal Welfare

EDM number 1467 in 2007-08, proposed by Eric Martlew on 30/04/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare and Animals.

That this House supports the development of the Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare, an effort led by a number of world governments, supported by the World Organisation for Animal Health, and underpinned by the World Society for the Protection of Animals, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Compassion in World Farming in the UK, and by hundreds more animal welfare organisations worldwide; and calls upon the Government to give its full and publicly-stated support for this initiative, including active support within the European Union and the United Nations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 234 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Eric Martlew	30/04/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Proposed
Elliot Morley	30/04/2008	Scunthorpe	Labour	Seconded
Norman Baker	30/04/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bill Wiggin	30/04/2008	Leominster	Conservative	Seconded
Ian Cawsey	30/04/2008	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Seconded
Judy Mallaber	30/04/2008	Amber Valley	Labour	Seconded
David Taylor	01/05/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	01/05/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/05/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	01/05/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	01/05/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Eric Joyce	01/05/2008	Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	06/05/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	06/05/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Paul Truswell	06/05/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	06/05/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Betty Williams	06/05/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	06/05/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Pete Wishart	06/05/2008	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mark Pritchard	06/05/2008	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
Lee Scott	06/05/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	06/05/2008	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/05/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	06/05/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	06/05/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	06/05/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	06/05/2008	Castle Point	UKIP	Signed
Brian Iddon	06/05/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	06/05/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	06/05/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	06/05/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	06/05/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Simon Burns	06/05/2008	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	07/05/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
David Drew	07/05/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	07/05/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	07/05/2008	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	07/05/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	07/05/2008	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/05/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	07/05/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	07/05/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Clarke	07/05/2008	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	07/05/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	07/05/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	07/05/2008	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	07/05/2008	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/05/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	07/05/2008	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Michael Mates	07/05/2008	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	07/05/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	07/05/2008	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	07/05/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	07/05/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	08/05/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	08/05/2008	Bedford	Labour	Signed
John Austin	08/05/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	08/05/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	08/05/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stephen Hammond	08/05/2008	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Martin Horwood	08/05/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	08/05/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	08/05/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	08/05/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Janet Dean	08/05/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	08/05/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/05/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	08/05/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	08/05/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	08/05/2008	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	08/05/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Caroline Spelman	08/05/2008	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Glenda Jackson	08/05/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	08/05/2008	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	08/05/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	08/05/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	08/05/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Gregory Barker	09/05/2008	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/05/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	09/05/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lyn Brown	09/05/2008	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Hunt	09/05/2008	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Tony Baldry	09/05/2008	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	09/05/2008	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
James Paice	09/05/2008	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Lady Hermon	09/05/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/05/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	09/05/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	09/05/2008	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	09/05/2008	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
John Penrose	12/05/2008	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
Katy Clark	12/05/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	12/05/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	12/05/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Tony Lloyd	12/05/2008	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Oliver Heald	12/05/2008	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	12/05/2008	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Joan Ryan	12/05/2008	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	13/05/2008	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	13/05/2008	Selby	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	13/05/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Richard Benyon	13/05/2008	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	13/05/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stewart Jackson	13/05/2008	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Lynda Waltho	13/05/2008	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	13/05/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Butterfill	13/05/2008	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Alistair Burt	13/05/2008	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	13/05/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/05/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Luff	13/05/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	13/05/2008	Medway	Labour	Signed
Andrew Murrison	13/05/2008	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Bill Olner	13/05/2008	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	13/05/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Goodwill	14/05/2008	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	14/05/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Dari Taylor	14/05/2008	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
John Whittingdale	14/05/2008	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Roger Williams	14/05/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Binley	14/05/2008	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	14/05/2008	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	14/05/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	14/05/2008			Signed
Michael Meacher	14/05/2008	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	14/05/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Alex Salmond	14/05/2008	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Doug Henderson	14/05/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	14/05/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	14/05/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	14/05/2008	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	14/05/2008	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	15/05/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	15/05/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anthony D Wright	15/05/2008	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	15/05/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	15/05/2008	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	15/05/2008	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Nigel Dodds	15/05/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Andrew Mitchell	15/05/2008	Sutton Coldfield	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Soames	15/05/2008	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Adam Price	15/05/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
James Brokenshire	16/05/2008	Hornchurch	Conservative	Signed
Mike Wood	16/05/2008	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
John Baron	16/05/2008	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Dominic Grieve	16/05/2008	Beaconsfield	Conservative	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	16/05/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Julian Brazier	16/05/2008	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Martyn Jones	16/05/2008	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Mark Harper	19/05/2008	Forest of Dean	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/05/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	19/05/2008	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	19/05/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
David Laws	19/05/2008	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Hood	19/05/2008	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Mark Prisk	19/05/2008	Hertford & Stortford	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	20/05/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	20/05/2008	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	20/05/2008	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Hugo Swire	20/05/2008	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Clive Efford	20/05/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	20/05/2008	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Robert Key	20/05/2008	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Paul Burstow	21/05/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	21/05/2008	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Patrick Mercer	21/05/2008	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Charles Hendry	22/05/2008	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Laura Moffatt	22/05/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
John Battle	22/05/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Damian Green	02/06/2008	Ashford	Conservative	Signed
Graham Allen	02/06/2008	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	02/06/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	02/06/2008	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Taylor	02/06/2008	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	02/06/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Maria Miller	02/06/2008	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	02/06/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	02/06/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	02/06/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
David Ruffley	02/06/2008	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Michael Moore	02/06/2008	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	02/06/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	02/06/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	02/06/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Farrelly	02/06/2008	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	03/06/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	03/06/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Wright	03/06/2008	Rugby & Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Jennifer Willott	04/06/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	04/06/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	04/06/2008	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Peter Bone	04/06/2008	Wellingborough	Conservative	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	04/06/2008	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Angus Robertson	04/06/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stephen Williams	06/06/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	09/06/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Duddridge	09/06/2008	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	09/06/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Mundell	09/06/2008	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
Paul Goodman	10/06/2008	Wycombe	Conservative	Signed
Anne Begg	10/06/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	11/06/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	11/06/2008	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	12/06/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	12/06/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	16/06/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	16/06/2008	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	16/06/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	17/06/2008	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	17/06/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Crispin Blunt	17/06/2008	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	18/06/2008	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Sarah Teather	19/06/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	19/06/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
John Horam	19/06/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
John Heppell	19/06/2008	Nottingham East	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	23/06/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	08/07/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Bailey	10/07/2008	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	16/07/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	16/07/2008	Bury North	Labour	Signed
David Heath	17/07/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	21/07/2008	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	06/10/2008	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	06/10/2008	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	07/10/2008	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	23/10/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	04/11/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	06/11/2008	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	17/11/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Marshall	Unknown			Withdrawn
Quentin Davies	Unknown			Withdrawn
Dawn Butler	Unknown			Withdrawn
John MacDougall	Unknown			Withdrawn

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