JAPAN'S HUMPBACK WHALE HUNT

EDM number 164 in 2007-08, proposed by Elliot Morley on 08/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare, Asia, Fisheries, Nature conservation and Wildlife.

That this House condemns the imminent slaughter under the guise of science of 50 endangered humpback whales, as well as 935 minke whales and 50 endangered fin whales, by Japanese whalers in the internationally designated Southern Ocean whale sanctuary; expresses deep concern that the humpbacks to be targeted by Japan form part of an endangered population of whales that is vitally important for whale watching industries in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, countries which treasure these whales alive, both culturally and economically; notes that a Resolution was adopted at this year's International Whaling Commission meeting in Anchorage which strongly criticised Japan's scientific whaling, exposing it as a sham designed to disguise commercial whaling; further notes that whaling in any form is inherently cruel and that there is no humane way to kill whales; further notes that these whales can be studied using non-lethal research methods; and calls on the Government to unequivocally condemn Japan's cruel, unnecessary and unlawful whaling activities and engage in increased diplomatic action at the highest levels to bring an end to commercial and scientific whaling.

This motion has been signed by a total of 150 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Elliot Morley	08/11/2007	Scunthorpe	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	08/11/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Desmond Turner	08/11/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	08/11/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Eric Martlew	08/11/2007	Carlisle	Labour	Seconded
Jo Swinson	08/11/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Willie Rennie	12/11/2007	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	12/11/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	12/11/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	12/11/2007	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/11/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Greg Knight	12/11/2007	East Yorkshire	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	12/11/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	12/11/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	12/11/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	13/11/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Hywel Francis	13/11/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	13/11/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/11/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	13/11/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	13/11/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Dari Taylor	13/11/2007	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	13/11/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	13/11/2007	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	13/11/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	13/11/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	13/11/2007	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	13/11/2007	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	13/11/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	13/11/2007	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	13/11/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Loughton	13/11/2007	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	13/11/2007	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	13/11/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	13/11/2007	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	13/11/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/11/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	14/11/2007	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	14/11/2007	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	14/11/2007	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	14/11/2007	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	14/11/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	14/11/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	14/11/2007	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	14/11/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	14/11/2007	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
David Lepper	14/11/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	14/11/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	15/11/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	15/11/2007	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	15/11/2007	North Down	UUP	Signed
Helen Southworth	15/11/2007	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/11/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	19/11/2007	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	19/11/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	19/11/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	19/11/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	19/11/2007	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/11/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	19/11/2007	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	20/11/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	20/11/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	20/11/2007	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
John Penrose	21/11/2007	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	21/11/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	21/11/2007	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anthony D Wright	21/11/2007	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	21/11/2007	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	21/11/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	21/11/2007	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Annette Brooke	21/11/2007	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	21/11/2007	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
David Simpson	21/11/2007	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Brian Jenkins	21/11/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	21/11/2007	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	21/11/2007	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Denis Murphy	21/11/2007	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	22/11/2007	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	22/11/2007	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	22/11/2007	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	22/11/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Battle	22/11/2007	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	22/11/2007	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/11/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	22/11/2007	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	22/11/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	22/11/2007	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Keen	22/11/2007	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	22/11/2007	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andy Reed	22/11/2007	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	26/11/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	26/11/2007	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	26/11/2007	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	26/11/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	26/11/2007	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Michael Jack	26/11/2007	Fylde	Conservative	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	26/11/2007	Dover	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	27/11/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	28/11/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	28/11/2007	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Huhne	03/12/2007	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stewart Hosie	03/12/2007	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mike Wood	04/12/2007	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	05/12/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	06/12/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	06/12/2007	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	10/12/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	10/12/2007	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	10/12/2007	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	11/12/2007	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	11/12/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	11/12/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	11/12/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	11/12/2007	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	11/12/2007	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	12/12/2007	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	12/12/2007	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	12/12/2007	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	12/12/2007	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	12/12/2007	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	12/12/2007	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
George Howarth	12/12/2007	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	13/12/2007	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	13/12/2007	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	13/12/2007	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Bailey	18/12/2007	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	18/12/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	18/12/2007	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	18/12/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	07/01/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	07/01/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	07/01/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	07/01/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	08/01/2008	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	08/01/2008	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	08/01/2008	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	16/01/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Simon Burns	21/01/2008	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	22/01/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	31/01/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	18/02/2008	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	18/02/2008			Signed
Laura Moffatt	21/02/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	22/02/2008	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	22/02/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	10/03/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Mann	01/04/2008	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
John Mason	15/10/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Marshall	Unknown			Withdrawn
John MacDougall	Unknown			Withdrawn

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