<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>36437</id>
<session>2007-08</session>
<number>2090</number>
<title>Bovine Tuberculosis And Badger Culling</title>
<proposer id="10431">Alun Michael</proposer>
<date>2008-07-17</date>
<text>That this House congratulates the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for his principled stand in rejecting calls for a widespread cull of badgers; notes that the evidence shows that such a cull would do nothing to help eradicate bovine tuberculosis and would be likely to make matters worse; considers that he is right to take his decision in accordance with science; and hopes that the Minister for Rural Affairs in the National Assembly for Wales will set aside her intention to allow a cull, and return to an evidence-based approach.</text>
<topics>
	<topic>Animals</topic>
	<topic>Diseases</topic>
	<topic>Wildlife</topic>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10431">Alun Michael</mp>
		<date>2008-07-17</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Cardiff South &amp; Penarth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10324">Martyn Jones</mp>
		<date>2008-07-17</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Clwyd South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10900">Hywel Francis</mp>
		<date>2008-07-17</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Aberavon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11450">Madeleine Moon</mp>
		<date>2008-07-17</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Bridgend</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10203">Paul Flynn</mp>
		<date>2008-07-17</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Newport West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10518">Chris Ruane</mp>
		<date>2008-07-17</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Vale of Clwyd</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10600">Don Touhig</mp>
		<date>2008-07-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islwyn</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2008-07-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2008-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2008-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10169">Andrew Dismore</mp>
		<date>2008-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hendon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2008-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date>2008-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mansfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2008-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2008-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2008-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10968">Paul Holmes</mp>
		<date>2008-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chesterfield</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2008-07-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10012">Janet Anderson</mp>
		<date>2008-07-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rossendale &amp; Darwen</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10640">Betty Williams</mp>
		<date>2008-07-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11707">John Leech</mp>
		<date>2008-07-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Withington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11458">Stephen Williams</mp>
		<date>2008-07-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2008-07-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2008-07-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2008-07-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10313">Brian Jenkins</mp>
		<date>2008-07-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tamworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10415">Gordon Marsden</mp>
		<date>2008-07-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10378">Chris McCafferty</mp>
		<date>2008-07-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Calder Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10455">Doug Naysmith</mp>
		<date>2008-07-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11473">David Howarth</mp>
		<date>2008-10-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cambridge</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11333">Pete Wishart</mp>
		<date>2008-10-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Perth &amp; Perthshire North</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10045">Clive Betts</mp>
		<date>2008-10-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Attercliffe</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10043">Roger Berry</mp>
		<date>2008-10-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingswood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10029">Hugh Bayley</mp>
		<date>2008-10-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>York, City of</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10118">David Clelland</mp>
		<date>2008-10-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tyne Bridge</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10467">Sandra Osborne</mp>
		<date>2008-10-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ayr, Carrick &amp; Cumnock</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10329">Alan Keen</mp>
		<date>2008-10-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Feltham &amp; Heston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10527">Adrian Sanders</mp>
		<date>2008-10-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Torbay</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10606">Paul Truswell</mp>
		<date>2008-10-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pudsey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10450">George Mudie</mp>
		<date>2008-10-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11420">John Hemming</mp>
		<date>2008-10-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Yardley</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2008-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10123">Harry Cohen</mp>
		<date>2008-10-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leyton &amp; Wanstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10210">Michael Jabez Foster</mp>
		<date>2008-10-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hastings &amp; Rye</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11221">Jim Sheridan</mp>
		<date>2008-10-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Paisley &amp; Renfrewshire North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10032">Anne Begg</mp>
		<date>2008-11-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Aberdeen South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10074">Malcolm Bruce</mp>
		<date>2008-11-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gordon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10761">Chris Bryant</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
