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Impact On Animal Welfare Of The Gatt/wto

EDM number 1422 in 1997-98, proposed by Norman Baker on 10/06/1998.

That this House is concerned that the GATT/WTO poses growing problems to the introduction of improved standards of animal welfare; is dismayed that fears of GATT challenges have led to the EU severely diluting two of its key animal protection measures, the ban on the import of furs from countries using the leghold trap and the prohibition on the marketing of cosmetics tested on animals; fears that the GATT/WTO will increasingly deter the EU from introducing new animal protection measures as while the EU can under the GATT prohibit the use of a cruel rearing system within its own territory, it cannot prohibit the import of products derived from animals subjected to that system; believes that the GATT must be reformed to allow other legitimate considerations such as animal welfare to take an equal place alongside trade liberalisation; and urges Her Majesty's Government to take the lead in persuading our EU partners and the other WTO contracting parties of the need to bring to an end the GATT/WTO's detrimental impact on attempts to secure improved standards of animal welfare.

This motion has been signed by a total of 89 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Norman Baker10/06/1998LewesLiberal DemocratProposed
Nick Palmer10/06/1998BroxtoweLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge10/06/1998Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Jackie Ballard10/06/1998TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn10/06/1998Newport WestLabourSigned
Tom Brake10/06/1998Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones11/06/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ian Davidson11/06/1998Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Andrew Dismore11/06/1998HendonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington11/06/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn11/06/1998SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Godman11/06/1998Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Paul Tyler11/06/1998North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock16/06/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell16/06/1998Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell17/06/1998ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn17/06/1998Islington NorthLabourSigned
Julia Drown17/06/1998South SwindonLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg17/06/1998Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins18/06/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell18/06/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Joan Humble22/06/1998Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Frank Cook22/06/1998Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor22/06/1998Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing23/06/1998Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Martin O'Neill23/06/1998OchilLabourSigned
Bill Olner23/06/1998NuneatonLabourSigned
Richard Livsey23/06/1998Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Angela Smith23/06/1998BasildonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Adrian Sanders23/06/1998TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Kerry Pollard24/06/1998St AlbansLabourSigned
David Rendel24/06/1998NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Cotter24/06/1998Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Stinchcombe24/06/1998WellingboroughLabourSigned
Phil Willis25/06/1998Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Harold Best25/06/1998Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Patrick Hall25/06/1998BedfordLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham25/06/1998Coventry SouthLabourSigned
John Cryer25/06/1998HornchurchLabourSigned
Tony Clarke25/06/1998Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Diana Organ25/06/1998Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Tony McWalter25/06/1998Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alan Simpson25/06/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Syd Rapson25/06/1998Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer25/06/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Colin Breed29/06/1998South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin29/06/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Harry Barnes29/06/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley29/06/1998Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Donald Gorrie30/06/1998Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell30/06/1998PudseyLabourSigned
John Gunnell30/06/1998Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick30/06/1998Poplar & Canning TownLabourSigned
David Chidgey30/06/1998EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Archy Kirkwood30/06/1998Roxburgh & BerwickshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Piara S Khabra30/06/1998Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Evan Harris01/07/1998Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ray Michie01/07/1998Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean01/07/1998BurtonLabourSigned
Andrew George01/07/1998St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Allan01/07/1998Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Benn01/07/1998ChesterfieldLabourSigned
Brian White01/07/1998North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara02/07/1998Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Alan Williams02/07/1998Swansea WestLabourSigned
Desmond Turner02/07/1998Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Mark Todd02/07/1998South DerbyshireLabourSigned
David Chaytor02/07/1998Bury NorthLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar02/07/1998Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
Michael Clapham02/07/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden03/07/1998Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell03/07/1998Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Phil Sawford06/07/1998KetteringLabourSigned
Nigel Jones07/07/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster07/07/1998BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Jones08/07/1998Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Audrey Wise08/07/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Martin Caton09/07/1998GowerLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard13/07/1998WalthamstowLabourSigned
Rudi Vis13/07/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone15/07/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews15/07/1998MedwayLabourSigned
Edward Davey20/07/1998Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Berry22/07/1998KingswoodLabourSigned
Nick Harvey23/07/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Terry Davis24/07/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Jim Wallace28/07/1998Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith29/07/1998Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Simon Hughes03/09/1998North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned

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