Freedom Of Information And Animal Experimentation

EDM number 277 in 2009-10, proposed by Mike Hancock on 30/11/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Animal experiments and Freedom of information.

That this House notes that section 24 of the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, as recently interpreted by the Court of Appeal, prevents the Home Office from disclosing all information, however trivial, about animal experiments that researchers want kept secret; agrees that information such as researchers' names and addresses and genuinely confidential information should remain secret; but believes that the public should be able to access all other information, including what is being done to the animals and for what purpose; and calls on the Government to repeal section 24 using its powers under section 75 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

This motion has been signed by a total of 62 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mike Hancock	30/11/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
David Drew	30/11/2009	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	30/11/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	30/11/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	30/11/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
David Taylor	01/12/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
Adrian Sanders	01/12/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	01/12/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	01/12/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	01/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	01/12/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	02/12/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	02/12/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	02/12/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	02/12/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	02/12/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	02/12/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	03/12/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	03/12/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	03/12/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	07/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	07/12/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	07/12/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	07/12/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	07/12/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	08/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Cawsey	08/12/2009	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	08/12/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	08/12/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	09/12/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/12/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	09/12/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	10/12/2009	Strangford	DUP	Withdrawn
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/12/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	14/12/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	14/12/2009	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	14/12/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	15/12/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	15/12/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
John Mason	15/12/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Heyes	16/12/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	16/12/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	06/01/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	07/01/2010	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	21/01/2010	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	03/02/2010	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	05/02/2010	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	10/02/2010	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	22/02/2010	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	24/02/2010	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Smith	02/03/2010	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	04/03/2010	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	10/03/2010	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	22/03/2010	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	29/03/2010	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	06/04/2010	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	07/04/2010	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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