Deforestation, Climate Change And Livestock

EDM number 845 in 2008-09, proposed by Andrew George on 23/02/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Biodiversity.

That this House notes that global livestock and animal feed production contributes to 18 per cent. of global greenhouse gas emissions and is currently the most significant driver of biodiversity loss worldwide; further notes that the large-scale conversion of forests and other valuable habitats into croplands for the production of animal feeds such as soy for intensive livestock farming is a cause of particular concern; recognises the associated impacts on small farmers and communities in developing countries who are often forced off their land; urges the Government to undertake an assessment of the scale and impact of this trend and the UK's role in it, and to gauge whether the UK's livestock industry has become overly dependent on soy-based animal feed which has such an unwelcome and unsustainable impact upon the environment; and calls on the Government to bring forward the measures necessary to reduce the UK's impact on global greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss from the livestock sector whilst avoiding the export of these impacts overseas and supporting a viable, sustainable and thriving UK farming industry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 263 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew George	23/02/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Peter Ainsworth	23/02/2009	East Surrey	Conservative	Seconded
Lynne Jones	23/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Elfyn Llwyd	23/02/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
David Drew	23/02/2009	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Tony Baldry	23/02/2009	Banbury	Conservative	Seconded
Sandra Gidley	23/02/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	24/02/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	24/02/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	24/02/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	24/02/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	24/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	24/02/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	24/02/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	24/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	24/02/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	24/02/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Dai Davies	25/02/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Mark Hunter	25/02/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	25/02/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
James Gray	25/02/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	25/02/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	25/02/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	25/02/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	25/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	26/02/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	26/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	26/02/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/02/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	26/02/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	27/02/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	03/03/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	03/03/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/03/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	04/03/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/03/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	09/03/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	10/03/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	10/03/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	10/03/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	10/03/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	10/03/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	10/03/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	10/03/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	10/03/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	10/03/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	10/03/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	10/03/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	11/03/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	11/03/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	11/03/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	11/03/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	11/03/2009	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	12/03/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	13/03/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	16/03/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	16/03/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	16/03/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	17/03/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
David Anderson	17/03/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
John Gummer	17/03/2009	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Harry Cohen	17/03/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	17/03/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	17/03/2009	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	17/03/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	17/03/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	18/03/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	18/03/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	18/03/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Field	19/03/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Lembit	19/03/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Mullin	19/03/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	19/03/2009	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	19/03/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	19/03/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	20/03/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Norman Baker	20/03/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	20/03/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Plaskitt	23/03/2009	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	24/03/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	24/03/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	24/03/2009	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	24/03/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Peter Viggers	25/03/2009	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
David Chaytor	25/03/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	25/03/2009	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	25/03/2009	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	26/03/2009	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	26/03/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	26/03/2009	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Lady Hermon	26/03/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Richard Caborn	27/03/2009	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	27/03/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	27/03/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Graham Stuart	30/03/2009	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	30/03/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	30/03/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	31/03/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hesford	31/03/2009	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	31/03/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	01/04/2009			Signed
Ian Taylor	01/04/2009	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Michael Clapham	01/04/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Patrick Mercer	01/04/2009	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	01/04/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	01/04/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	02/04/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	02/04/2009	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	02/04/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	02/04/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	02/04/2009	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	02/04/2009	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	20/04/2009	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	20/04/2009	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	20/04/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	20/04/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	20/04/2009	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	20/04/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	20/04/2009	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	20/04/2009	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	20/04/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	20/04/2009	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	20/04/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	20/04/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	20/04/2009	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	20/04/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	20/04/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	20/04/2009	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	20/04/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	20/04/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Pugh	20/04/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	20/04/2009	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	20/04/2009	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	20/04/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
John Horam	20/04/2009	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
David Laws	20/04/2009	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	20/04/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	20/04/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	20/04/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	20/04/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	21/04/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Challen	21/04/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	21/04/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Love	21/04/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	21/04/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	21/04/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	22/04/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	22/04/2009	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	22/04/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Adrian Bailey	22/04/2009	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	22/04/2009	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	22/04/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	22/04/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	22/04/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/04/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Chris McCafferty	22/04/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	22/04/2009	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Richard Shepherd	22/04/2009	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Joan Ryan	22/04/2009	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	23/04/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
David Curry	23/04/2009	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	23/04/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Levitt	23/04/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/04/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	24/04/2009	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	24/04/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	27/04/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Clelland	27/04/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	27/04/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Robert Syms	28/04/2009	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Anne Begg	28/04/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	28/04/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	28/04/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	28/04/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	29/04/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	29/04/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	29/04/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	29/04/2009	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	29/04/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Maclean	30/04/2009	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	30/04/2009	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	30/04/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	05/05/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	05/05/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	05/05/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	05/05/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	05/05/2009	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	06/05/2009	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Tim Yeo	06/05/2009	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
Pete Wishart	06/05/2009	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Don Touhig	06/05/2009	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	06/05/2009	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	06/05/2009	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	06/05/2009	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	06/05/2009	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	06/05/2009	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	06/05/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	07/05/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	07/05/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	08/05/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Paddy Tipping	11/05/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	11/05/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Robinson	11/05/2009	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Richard Burden	12/05/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	13/05/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Hood	18/05/2009	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	18/05/2009	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Frank Cook	19/05/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	20/05/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	20/05/2009	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	01/06/2009	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	01/06/2009	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	01/06/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
John Austin	01/06/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	01/06/2009	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Dari Taylor	02/06/2009	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	09/06/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	10/06/2009	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	10/06/2009	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	15/06/2009	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	18/06/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	18/06/2009	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	23/06/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	23/06/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	24/06/2009	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Alun Michael	24/06/2009	Cardiff South & Penarth	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	26/06/2009	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	29/06/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	30/06/2009	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	30/06/2009	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Louise Ellman	30/06/2009	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	02/07/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	07/07/2009	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Humfrey Malins	14/07/2009	Woking	Conservative	Signed
John Greenway	20/07/2009	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
John Mann	20/07/2009	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	20/07/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	21/07/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Howarth	12/10/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	12/10/2009	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Clive Betts	12/10/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	12/10/2009	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Tom Harris	13/10/2009	Glasgow South	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	13/10/2009	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	13/10/2009	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Robert Flello	19/10/2009	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Kitty Ussher	19/10/2009	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	20/10/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Hazel Blears	20/10/2009	Salford	Labour	Signed
Adam Holloway	20/10/2009	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
David Cairns	27/10/2009	Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	27/10/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Bruce George	29/10/2009	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	29/10/2009	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Paul Murphy	11/11/2009	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	11/11/2009	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Heppell	Unknown			Withdrawn

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