Large-Scale Dairy Units
EDM number 1037 in 2009-10, proposed by Eric Martlew on 08/03/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Agriculture.
That this House is firmly opposed to the proposed dairy unit in Lincolnshire housing up to 8,100 cows that will be kept indoors for most of the year; notes that the cows are likely to produce extremely high milk yields; further notes that the key finding of a 2009 scientific opinion by the European Food Safety Authority is that breeding for high milk yield is the major factor causing poor welfare to cows; believes that cows should be farmed in pasture-based systems as these enable them to express natural behaviours and are associated with lower levels of lameness; further believes that the proposed unit is taking UK dairy farming in the wrong direction and that the way forward lies in the use of healthy robust herds with lower milk yields but higher net margins for farmers due to lower culling rates, lower heifer replacement costs and higher sale prices for their calves and cull cows; and urges retailers and producers of dairy products not to source milk from such large-scale intensive dairy units where cows receive only minimal grazing.
This motion has been signed by a total of 172 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Eric Martlew | 08/03/2010 | Carlisle | Labour | Proposed |
| Bob Russell | 08/03/2010 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| David Drew | 09/03/2010 | Stroud | Labour | Seconded |
| Alan Meale | 09/03/2010 | Mansfield | Labour | Seconded |
| Rudi Vis | 09/03/2010 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Seconded |
| Mike Hancock | 09/03/2010 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Ann Cryer | 09/03/2010 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 09/03/2010 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| John Leech | 10/03/2010 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 10/03/2010 | Liverpool, West Derby | Independent | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 10/03/2010 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 10/03/2010 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 10/03/2010 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 10/03/2010 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Key | 10/03/2010 | Salisbury | Conservative | Signed |
| Glenda Jackson | 10/03/2010 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 11/03/2010 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 12/03/2010 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 15/03/2010 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 15/03/2010 | Glasgow South West | Labour | Signed |
| Eddie McGrady | 15/03/2010 | South Down | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 15/03/2010 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 16/03/2010 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 17/03/2010 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 17/03/2010 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Elliot Morley | 17/03/2010 | Scunthorpe | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Lazarowicz | 17/03/2010 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hepburn | 17/03/2010 | Jarrow | Labour | Signed |
| Geraldine Smith | 17/03/2010 | Morecambe & Lunesdale | Labour | Signed |
| Angela Smith | 18/03/2010 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Labour | Signed |
| Hywel Williams | 18/03/2010 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Peter Bottomley | 18/03/2010 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| Clive Betts | 18/03/2010 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Labour | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 18/03/2010 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dowd | 18/03/2010 | Lewisham West | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Burden | 18/03/2010 | Birmingham, Northfield | Labour | Signed |
| Albert Owen | 18/03/2010 | Ynys M | Labour | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 18/03/2010 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Moss | 18/03/2010 | North East Cambridgeshire | Conservative | Signed |
| John Pugh | 18/03/2010 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Fabian Hamilton | 22/03/2010 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
| David Hamilton | 22/03/2010 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| Don Foster | 22/03/2010 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 22/03/2010 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Field | 22/03/2010 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Dobson | 22/03/2010 | Holborn & St Pancras | Labour | Signed |
| Janet Anderson | 22/03/2010 | Rossendale & Darwen | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Beith | 22/03/2010 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Matthew Taylor | 22/03/2010 | Truro & St Austell | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paddy Tipping | 22/03/2010 | Sherwood | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Twigg | 22/03/2010 | Halton | Labour | Signed |
| Steve Webb | 22/03/2010 | Northavon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Michael Weir | 22/03/2010 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Mark Williams | 22/03/2010 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jennifer Willott | 22/03/2010 | Cardiff Central | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 22/03/2010 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 22/03/2010 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| David Cairns | 22/03/2010 | Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
| Clare Short | 22/03/2010 | Birmingham, Ladywood | Independent Labour | Signed |
| Kate Hoey | 22/03/2010 | Vauxhall | Labour | Signed |
| Gerald Kaufman | 22/03/2010 | Manchester, Gorton | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Keetch | 22/03/2010 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Lepper | 22/03/2010 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Linton | 22/03/2010 | Battersea | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew MacKinlay | 22/03/2010 | Thurrock | Labour | Signed |
| John Mann | 22/03/2010 | Bassetlaw | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Mates | 22/03/2010 | East Hampshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Colin Burgon | 22/03/2010 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
| Annette Brooke | 22/03/2010 | Mid Dorset & North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Sandra Osborne | 22/03/2010 | Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock | Labour | Signed |
| Denis Murphy | 22/03/2010 | Wansbeck | Labour | Signed |
| Patrick Mercer | 22/03/2010 | Newark | Conservative | Signed |
| Chris McCafferty | 22/03/2010 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Don Touhig | 23/03/2010 | Islwyn | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 23/03/2010 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Wyatt | 23/03/2010 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
| David Anderson | 23/03/2010 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| Katy Clark | 23/03/2010 | Ayrshire North & Arran | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Main | 23/03/2010 | St Albans | Conservative | Signed |
| Linda Riordan | 23/03/2010 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Lee Scott | 23/03/2010 | Ilford North | Conservative | Signed |
| Dai Davies | 23/03/2010 | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | Signed |
| Ian Stewart | 23/03/2010 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 23/03/2010 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
| Adrian Sanders | 23/03/2010 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Oliver Heald | 23/03/2010 | North East Hertfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 23/03/2010 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Charles Kennedy | 23/03/2010 | Ross, Skye & Lochaber | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 23/03/2010 | Bristol North West | Labour | Signed |
| Lembit | 23/03/2010 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Colin Challen | 23/03/2010 | Morley & Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 23/03/2010 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Doran | 23/03/2010 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| Edward Davey | 24/03/2010 | Kingston & Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Nick Ainger | 24/03/2010 | Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire | Labour | Signed |
| Hugh Bayley | 24/03/2010 | York, City of | Labour | Signed |
| David Borrow | 24/03/2010 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
| Emily Thornberry | 24/03/2010 | Islington South & Finsbury | Labour | Signed |
| Kitty Ussher | 24/03/2010 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Williams | 24/03/2010 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Lindsay Roy | 24/03/2010 | Glenrothes | Labour | Signed |
| John Cummings | 24/03/2010 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 24/03/2010 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 24/03/2010 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Gwyn Prosser | 24/03/2010 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Southworth | 24/03/2010 | Warrington South | Labour | Signed |
| George Howarth | 24/03/2010 | Knowsley North & Sefton East | Labour | Signed |
| Lindsay Hoyle | 24/03/2010 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 24/03/2010 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 24/03/2010 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Levitt | 24/03/2010 | High Peak | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 24/03/2010 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Farrelly | 25/03/2010 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
| John Austin | 25/03/2010 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Gavin Strang | 25/03/2010 | Edinburgh East | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Taylor | 25/03/2010 | Esher & Walton | Conservative | Signed |
| Richard Younger-Ross | 25/03/2010 | Teignbridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Julia Goldsworthy | 25/03/2010 | Falmouth & Camborne | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martin Horwood | 25/03/2010 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jim Cousins | 25/03/2010 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Clarke | 25/03/2010 | Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill | Labour | Signed |
| Julie Morgan | 25/03/2010 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
| Christopher Huhne | 25/03/2010 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 25/03/2010 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Love | 25/03/2010 | Edmonton | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 25/03/2010 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Karen Buck | 25/03/2010 | | | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 25/03/2010 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Pritchard | 29/03/2010 | Wrekin, The | Conservative | Signed |
| David Howarth | 29/03/2010 | Cambridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Hemming | 29/03/2010 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 29/03/2010 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Widdecombe | 29/03/2010 | Maidstone & The Weald | Conservative | Signed |
| John Thurso | 29/03/2010 | Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Howard Stoate | 29/03/2010 | Dartford | Labour | Signed |
| David Amess | 29/03/2010 | Southend West | Conservative | Signed |
| Jimmy Hood | 29/03/2010 | Lanark & Hamilton East | Labour | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 29/03/2010 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | 29/03/2010 | Medway | Labour | Signed |
| Graham Brady | 29/03/2010 | Altrincham & Sale West | Conservative | Signed |
| Paul Burstow | 29/03/2010 | Sutton & Cheam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Rowen | 30/03/2010 | Rochdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Susan Kramer | 30/03/2010 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| George Galloway | 30/03/2010 | Bethnal Green & Bow | Respect | Signed |
| David Clelland | 30/03/2010 | Tyne Bridge | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Caborn | 30/03/2010 | Sheffield Central | Labour | Signed |
| Dai Havard | 30/03/2010 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Barry Sheerman | 30/03/2010 | Huddersfield | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Reid | 30/03/2010 | Argyll & Bute | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| James Plaskitt | 30/03/2010 | Warwick & Leamington | Labour | Signed |
| John Grogan | 06/04/2010 | Selby | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Baker | 06/04/2010 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Anthony D Wright | 06/04/2010 | Great Yarmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Banks | 06/04/2010 | Ochil & Perthshire South | Labour | Signed |
| Lorely Burt | 06/04/2010 | Solihull | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Robert Flello | 06/04/2010 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 06/04/2010 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Sandra Gidley | 06/04/2010 | Romsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jim Sheridan | 06/04/2010 | Paisley & Renfrewshire North | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Harris | 06/04/2010 | Glasgow South | Labour | Signed |
| David Heyes | 06/04/2010 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Joyce | 06/04/2010 | Falkirk | Labour | Signed |
| Alun Michael | 06/04/2010 | Cardiff South & Penarth | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Murphy | 06/04/2010 | Torfaen | Labour | Signed |
| Jo Swinson | 07/04/2010 | East Dunbartonshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andy Slaughter | 07/04/2010 | | | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 07/04/2010 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 07/04/2010 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Chris Mullin | 07/04/2010 | Sunderland South | Labour | Signed |
| Shona McIsaac | 07/04/2010 | Cleethorpes | Labour | Signed |
| Kim Howells | 07/04/2010 | Pontypridd | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Pelling | 07/04/2010 | Croydon Central | Independent | Signed |
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