Shark Fin Soup (EDM137)

Shark Fin Soup

EDM number 137 in 2000-01, proposed by Norman Baker on 20/12/2000.

That this House is concerned at the trade in shark fins for shark-fin soup; notes that many sharks are literally butchered alive and their bodies thrown over-board as waste; notes that a conservative estimate suggests that about 100 million sharks per year are killed as 'bycatch' or in targeted fisheries and that in the last year the retail price of a single large Whale Shark dorsal fin has increased by 50 per cent. in China, with some being worth Ãº15,000; believes that this form of fishing is not only cruel but also unsustainable; and urges the Government to push for greater protection for sharks at international level.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Norman Baker	20/12/2000	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Lynne Jones	21/12/2000	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	21/12/2000	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/12/2000	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/12/2000	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/01/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/01/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	09/01/2001	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	09/01/2001	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Austin	09/01/2001	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	09/01/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	09/01/2001	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	09/01/2001	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Syd Rapson	09/01/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	09/01/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Clarke	09/01/2001	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	10/01/2001	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	10/01/2001	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Harold Best	10/01/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	10/01/2001	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Richard Livsey	10/01/2001	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	10/01/2001	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/01/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	10/01/2001	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	10/01/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	10/01/2001	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	11/01/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	11/01/2001	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/01/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	11/01/2001	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	11/01/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	15/01/2001	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	16/01/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Edward O'Hara	17/01/2001	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/01/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	22/01/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	23/01/2001	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Cotter	23/01/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	23/01/2001	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	26/01/2001	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	01/02/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	01/02/2001	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	01/02/2001	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Donald Gorrie	05/02/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Sawford	08/02/2001	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	08/02/2001	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	08/02/2001	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	08/02/2001	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	14/02/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	15/02/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	27/02/2001	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	07/03/2001	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	03/04/2001	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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