EDM314 - Snares

Proposed by David Drew on 20/11/2007

That this House notes with concern that badgers, otters, domestic pets, livestock and other animals continue to be severely injured and killed by snares; expresses particular concern that self-locking snares, made illegal under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, are still being used in the UK; notes that free-running snares are legal for the control of foxes and rabbits but are by their nature indiscriminate and therefore cause considerable pain and suffering not only to the target species, but to many non-targeted animals; further notes that the Independent Working Group on Snares agreed that snares were indiscriminate when it reported that it would be difficult to reduce the proportion of non-targeted animals caught below 40 per cent.; believes that the provisions of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in relation to snares are difficult to enforce and have failed adequately to protect wildlife from unnecessary suffering and death; welcomes the Scottish Executive's 2007 decision to consult on a ban on snares; further notes that responses to the Scottish consultation were 70 per cent. in favour of a ban; and calls on the Government to consult on the abolition of the manufacture, sale and use of all snares.

This motion has been signed by a total of 151 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Drew	20/11/2007	Stroud	Labour	Proposed
Bob Spink	20/11/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
David Lepper	20/11/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Seconded
Ann Widdecombe	20/11/2007	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Soulsby	20/11/2007	Leicester South	Labour	Seconded
Norman Baker	20/11/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	20/11/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	20/11/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	20/11/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	21/11/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	21/11/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	21/11/2007	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/11/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/11/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	21/11/2007	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	21/11/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	21/11/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/11/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	21/11/2007	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	21/11/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	21/11/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lynne Jones	21/11/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	22/11/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John Horam	22/11/2007	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	22/11/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/11/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	22/11/2007	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	22/11/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Annette Brooke	22/11/2007	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	22/11/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	22/11/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	22/11/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	26/11/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Ian Gibson	26/11/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	26/11/2007	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	26/11/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/11/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	26/11/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	26/11/2007	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	27/11/2007	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	27/11/2007	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	27/11/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	27/11/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	27/11/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dari Taylor	27/11/2007	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	27/11/2007	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	27/11/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	27/11/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Miller	28/11/2007	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	28/11/2007	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	28/11/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	28/11/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	28/11/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Southworth	28/11/2007	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	28/11/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	28/11/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Doug Naysmith	29/11/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	29/11/2007	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	29/11/2007	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	29/11/2007	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Graham Stringer	03/12/2007	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	03/12/2007	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	03/12/2007	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	03/12/2007	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Stewart Hosie	03/12/2007	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Katy Clark	03/12/2007	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	03/12/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	03/12/2007	Dover	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	03/12/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	03/12/2007	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	03/12/2007	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	03/12/2007	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	03/12/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	03/12/2007	Medway	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	03/12/2007	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Lynda Waltho	03/12/2007	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	03/12/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
John Leech	03/12/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anthony D Wright	03/12/2007	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	04/12/2007	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	04/12/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	04/12/2007	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	04/12/2007	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	04/12/2007	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	05/12/2007	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	05/12/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	05/12/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	05/12/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Doran	05/12/2007	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
John Battle	05/12/2007	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	05/12/2007	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	05/12/2007	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	06/12/2007	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	10/12/2007	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	10/12/2007	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	10/12/2007	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	10/12/2007	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	10/12/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	10/12/2007	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	10/12/2007	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Henderson	10/12/2007	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	11/12/2007	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	11/12/2007	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	11/12/2007	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	12/12/2007	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	12/12/2007	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	12/12/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	12/12/2007	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Ian Stewart	12/12/2007	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	13/12/2007	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	17/12/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	17/12/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Levitt	17/12/2007	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	17/12/2007	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	17/12/2007	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	18/12/2007	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
John Austin	18/12/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	18/12/2007	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/12/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	07/01/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Robertson	07/01/2008	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	07/01/2008	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	07/01/2008	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	07/01/2008	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	08/01/2008	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	08/01/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	09/01/2008	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	09/01/2008	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	14/01/2008	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Norman Lamb	16/01/2008	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	17/01/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	17/01/2008	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Simon Burns	21/01/2008	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	22/01/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	30/01/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/02/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	07/02/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	22/02/2008	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Si	05/03/2008	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	21/04/2008	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	21/04/2008	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	21/04/2008	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	07/05/2008	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	12/05/2008	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	12/05/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alan Keen	15/05/2008	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
David Heath	17/06/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	30/06/2008	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	01/07/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Heppell	17/07/2008	Nottingham East	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	07/10/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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