Commercial Seal Hunting And The Importation Of Seal Products Into The UK

EDM number 783 in 2007-08, proposed by Elliot Morley on 24/01/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare and Animals.

That this House congratulates Belgium and the Netherlands for banning the trade in seal products; welcomes these bans as a step towards an EU-wide ban; is disappointed at the decision of the Canadian government to pursue consultations at the World Trade Organisation against these bans; believes these bans are wholly justified due to the public outrage caused by the cruel killing methods in seal hunts; notes evidence in the scientific opinion of the European Food Safety Authority released in December 2007 on the Animal Welfare Aspects of Killing and Skinning Seals that, in practice, effective killing does not always occur, that during Canada's commercial seal hunt, animals suffer pain and distress and that sealers often do not comply with regulations; and urges the Government to follow the example of Belgium and the Netherlands and ban the trade in seal products in the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 140 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Elliot Morley	24/01/2008	Scunthorpe	Labour	Proposed
Judy Mallaber	24/01/2008	Amber Valley	Labour	Seconded
Mark Pritchard	24/01/2008	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Seconded
Eric Martlew	24/01/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Seconded
Shona McIsaac	24/01/2008	Cleethorpes	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	24/01/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	25/01/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
John Battle	25/01/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/01/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	25/01/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	28/01/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	28/01/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Michael Penning	28/01/2008	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	28/01/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	28/01/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	28/01/2008	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	28/01/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	28/01/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	28/01/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	28/01/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	28/01/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	28/01/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	28/01/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	28/01/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	29/01/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	29/01/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	29/01/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	29/01/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Robert Wareing	29/01/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Paul Truswell	29/01/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	29/01/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	29/01/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	29/01/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	29/01/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	29/01/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	29/01/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	29/01/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/01/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	30/01/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	30/01/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	30/01/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Chris McCafferty	31/01/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	31/01/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	01/02/2008	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Paddy Tipping	01/02/2008	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Lynda Waltho	01/02/2008	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	04/02/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	04/02/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	04/02/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	04/02/2008	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	05/02/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	05/02/2008	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/02/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/02/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/02/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	05/02/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	06/02/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	06/02/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	06/02/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	06/02/2008	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	07/02/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sian James	07/02/2008	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	07/02/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	07/02/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	07/02/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	07/02/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	07/02/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	18/02/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	18/02/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	18/02/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Colin Challen	18/02/2008	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	19/02/2008	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	19/02/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	20/02/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/02/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Hemming	21/02/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	21/02/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Cawsey	22/02/2008	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	25/02/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/02/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	26/02/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
John Austin	27/02/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	04/03/2008	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	25/03/2008	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	31/03/2008	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	01/04/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fraser Kemp	01/04/2008	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	21/04/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
Tim Farron	28/04/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Hood	29/04/2008	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	12/05/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	13/05/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	14/05/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Efford	14/05/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	14/05/2008	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
John Mann	14/05/2008	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	14/05/2008	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	14/05/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	15/05/2008	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	15/05/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	16/05/2008	Medway	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	16/05/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/05/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	19/05/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ann Clwyd	19/05/2008	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	19/05/2008	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	20/05/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	20/05/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	20/05/2008	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	20/05/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	21/05/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Ruane	02/06/2008	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	02/06/2008	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	02/06/2008	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	04/06/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lyn Brown	04/06/2008	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	05/06/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	06/06/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
John Horam	19/06/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	23/06/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	24/06/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	30/06/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	01/07/2008	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	01/07/2008	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	01/07/2008	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	01/07/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	02/07/2008	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	02/07/2008	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	03/07/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	07/07/2008	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	10/07/2008	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	10/07/2008	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	16/07/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	22/07/2008	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	28/10/2008	Crosby	Labour	Signed
John Mason	28/10/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Norman Lamb	04/11/2008	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn
John MacDougall	Unknown			Withdrawn
Quentin Davies	Unknown			Withdrawn

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