37240 2008-09 242 Andrew Rosindell 2008-12-10 That this House welcomes the progress that is being made by the Animals Asia Foundation towards bringing an end to the abhorrent abuse of over 7,000 bears on farms in China; recognises that bear farmers and stakeholders in the industry continue to maintain that conditions on the farms are humane, whilst some evidence points to the contrary; notes that bears are kept for up to 22 years in cramped, rusting cages, with little room to stand up or turn around; further notes that bears continue to suffer in the most deplorable conditions, with metal catheters implanted deep into their gall bladders and infected fistula holes in their abdomens, enabling farmers to milk the bears for their bile twice daily; congratulates the Chinese government's work in partnership with the Animals Asia Foundation in rescuing 247 bears from bear farms to date; and calls on the British Government to do everything in its power to encourage the Chinese government to bring about an urgent end to this barbaric practice. Animal welfare Asia Andrew Rosindell 2008-12-10 Proposed Romford Conservative Lindsay Hoyle 2008-12-10 Seconded Chorley Labour Bill Wiggin 2008-12-10 Seconded Leominster Conservative Nigel Evans 2008-12-10 Seconded Ribble Valley Conservative Ann Winterton 2008-12-10 Seconded Congleton Conservative Jim Dobbin 2008-12-10 Seconded Heywood and Middleton Labour Ann Cryer 2008-12-11 Signed Keighley Labour David Drew 2008-12-11 Signed Stroud Labour Peter Bottomley 2008-12-11 Signed Worthing West Conservative Michael Penning 2008-12-11 Signed Hemel Hempstead Conservative Lee Scott 2008-12-11 Signed Ilford North Conservative Jim Devine 2008-12-11 Signed Livingston Labour Ian Cawsey 2008-12-11 Signed Brigg and Goole Labour Martin Caton 2008-12-11 Signed Gower Labour Colin Burgon 2008-12-11 Signed Elmet Labour John Pugh 2008-12-11 Signed Southport Liberal Democrat Bob Russell 2008-12-11 Signed Colchester Liberal Democrat Adrian Sanders 2008-12-11 Signed Torbay Liberal Democrat Alan Simpson 2008-12-11 Signed Nottingham South Labour Lynne Jones 2008-12-11 Signed Birmingham, Selly Oak Labour David Lepper 2008-12-11 Signed Brighton, Pavilion Labour Betty Williams 2008-12-15 Signed Conwy Labour James Gray 2008-12-15 Signed North Wiltshire Conservative John McDonnell 2008-12-15 Signed Hayes and Harlington Labour Tim Loughton 2008-12-15 Signed East Worthing and Shoreham Conservative Joan Humble 2008-12-15 Signed Blackpool North and Fleetwood Labour David Simpson 2008-12-15 Signed Upper Bann DUP John Leech 2008-12-16 Signed Manchester, Withington Liberal Democrat Angela Watkinson 2008-12-16 Signed Upminster Conservative Bill Etherington 2008-12-16 Signed Sunderland North Labour Janet Dean 2008-12-16 Signed Burton Labour Frank Cook 2008-12-16 Signed Stockton North Labour Gregory Campbell 2008-12-16 Signed East Londonderry DUP Gordon Marsden 2008-12-16 Signed Blackpool South Labour Eric Illsley 2008-12-16 Signed Barnsley Central Labour Norman Baker 2008-12-17 Signed Lewes Liberal Democrat Mark Durkan 2008-12-17 Signed Foyle Social Democratic and Labour Party Nigel Dodds 2008-12-17 Signed Belfast North DUP Edward O'Hara 2008-12-17 Signed Knowsley South Labour Laura Moffatt 2008-12-17 Signed Crawley Labour Andrew Miller 2008-12-17 Signed Ellesmere Port and Neston Labour Kelvin Hopkins 2008-12-17 Signed Luton North Labour Evan Harris 2008-12-18 Signed Oxford West and Abingdon Liberal Democrat Jo Swinson 2008-12-18 Signed East Dunbartonshire Liberal Democrat Andrew Stunell 2009-01-12 Signed Hazel Grove Liberal Democrat David Hamilton 2009-01-12 Signed Midlothian Labour Robert Marshall-Andrews 2009-01-12 Signed Medway Labour David Maclean 2009-01-14 Signed Penrith and The Border Conservative Rudi Vis 2009-01-19 Signed Finchley and Golders Green Labour William McCrea 2009-01-21 Signed South Antrim DUP Malcolm Moss 2009-01-26 Signed North East Cambridgeshire Conservative Christopher Huhne 2009-01-28 Signed Eastleigh Liberal Democrat David Crausby 2009-02-09 Signed Bolton North East Labour Dan Rogerson 2009-03-23 Signed North Cornwall Liberal Democrat Diane Abbott 2009-04-23 Signed Hackney North and Stoke Newington Labour John Thurso 2009-06-22 Signed Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Liberal Democrat David Howarth 2009-07-13 Signed Cambridge Liberal Democrat David Wright Withdrawn Michael Jabez Foster Withdrawn