Whaling

EDM number 95 in 2008-09, proposed by Peter Ainsworth on 03/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare and Wildlife.

That this House recognises the important role played by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in protecting whales and in marine conservation; further recognises the importance of continuing with that protection and maintaining the international moratorium on commercial whaling; urges members of the IWC to resist the sustained efforts of pro-whaling countries to undermine the international moratorium; fears that continuing to hold the IWC's Small Working Group meetings behind closed doors could lead to a compromise decision which would undermine the moratorium and legitimise some form of commercial whaling; calls upon the Government to campaign for the negotiations and discussions within the IWC to be fully transparent; and further calls on Government departments to work together and pro-actively lobby more countries to join the IWC to support the international moratorium.

This motion has been signed by a total of 118 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Peter Ainsworth	03/12/2008	East Surrey	Conservative	Proposed
Anne McIntosh	03/12/2008	Vale of York	Conservative	Seconded
James Paice	03/12/2008	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Seconded
Bill Wiggin	03/12/2008	Leominster	Conservative	Seconded
Eric Martlew	03/12/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Seconded
Martin Horwood	03/12/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Amess	03/12/2008	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	03/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	04/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
David Drew	04/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	04/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Baldry	04/12/2008	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	04/12/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	04/12/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Angela Watkinson	04/12/2008	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Ian Cawsey	04/12/2008	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Simon Burns	04/12/2008	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Sanders	04/12/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	04/12/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	04/12/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	04/12/2008	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	04/12/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	04/12/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	08/12/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
James Gray	08/12/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	08/12/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	08/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Jones	08/12/2008	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	08/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	08/12/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	08/12/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	08/12/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	08/12/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	08/12/2008	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Bob Russell	08/12/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	08/12/2008	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Evan Harris	08/12/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	08/12/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	08/12/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/12/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Peter Luff	08/12/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
David Maclean	08/12/2008	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	08/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	08/12/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/12/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	09/12/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/12/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	09/12/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
David Evennett	09/12/2008			Signed
Mark Durkan	09/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Dennis Skinner	09/12/2008	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	10/12/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Jo Swinson	10/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	10/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	10/12/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/12/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Soames	10/12/2008	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
David Simpson	10/12/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Michael Penning	11/12/2008	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Roger Williams	11/12/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dari Taylor	11/12/2008	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	11/12/2008	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	11/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	11/12/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	11/12/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	15/12/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	16/12/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	16/12/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	17/12/2008	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	18/12/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	12/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	12/01/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	13/01/2009	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Greg Pope	14/01/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Oliver Heald	26/01/2009	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Huhne	28/01/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	28/01/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	02/02/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Mark Pritchard	02/02/2009	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
Susan Kramer	02/02/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	02/02/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	02/02/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Barker	02/02/2009	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Signed
Robert Goodwill	02/02/2009	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
Clive Efford	02/02/2009	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	02/02/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	02/02/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	03/02/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	12/02/2009	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Brian Binley	05/03/2009	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Mark Oaten	30/03/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	23/04/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	05/05/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	12/10/2009	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Maria Miller	12/10/2009	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	13/10/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Fabricant	15/10/2009	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Eleanor Laing	21/10/2009	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Janet Anderson	26/10/2009	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	27/10/2009	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
David Mundell	28/10/2009	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Fraser	28/10/2009	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
David Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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