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Ritual Slaughter Of Sheep In Paris

EDM number 615 in 1996-97, proposed by Tony Banks on 05/03/1997.

That this House calls attention to the transportation of sheep from Dover on the MV 'Caroline' on, or about, Friday 7th March; notes that the vessel is chartered by Live Sheep Traders of Dublin and operated by Mr Roger Mills of Framlingham, Suffolk, who himself has a conviction for keeping animals in an unfit condition; further notes that the old cull ewes will be making a sea crossing of between 9 and 12 hours, subsequently to be moved via Holland or Belgium to the killing fields of Paris where they will be ritually slaughtered for the festival of Eid; believes the journey times, conditions of transportation and method of killing to be unacceptable to public opinion and contrary to EU law; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to take immediate steps to prevent this barbarous trade from taking place.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tony Banks05/03/1997Newham North WestProposed
Alan Meale05/03/1997MansfieldSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe05/03/1997LeighSigned
Paul Flynn05/03/1997Newport WestSigned
Lynne Jones06/03/1997Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Ken Livingstone06/03/1997Brent EastSigned
Alice Mahon06/03/1997HalifaxSigned
Kevin McNamara06/03/1997Kingston upon Hull NorthSigned
Bill Etherington06/03/1997Sunderland NorthSigned
Norman Godman06/03/1997Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Harry Barnes06/03/1997North East DerbyshireSigned
Paddy Tipping06/03/1997SherwoodSigned
Andrew Faulds10/03/1997Warley EastSigned
Colin Pickthall11/03/1997West LancashireSigned
Keith Bradley11/03/1997Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Peter Hardy11/03/1997WentworthSigned
Roy Hughes12/03/1997Newport EastSigned
Bill Michie12/03/1997Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Jeff Ennis12/03/1997Barnsley EastSigned
Andrew Bowden12/03/1997Brighton, KemptownSigned
Gerry Steinberg12/03/1997Durham, City ofSigned
Mike Watson12/03/1997Glasgow CentralSigned
Michael Clapham13/03/1997Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Martyn Jones18/03/1997Clwyd South WestSigned
Matthew Taylor19/03/1997TruroSigned
Win Griffiths20/03/1997BridgendSigned
Mike Hall20/03/1997Warrington SouthSigned

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