Captive Elephants (EDM54)

Captive Elephants

EDM number 54 in 2000-01, proposed by Mike Hancock on 07/12/2000.

That this House notes that in 1998 the Captive Animals Protection Society revealed that electric shock devices or goads were being used in the training and management of the elephants at Blackpool Zoo; further notes that subsequent inquiries led the CAPS to believe that this was not an isolated case and that many zoos and safari parks in the United Kingdom have such devices; condemns the lack of protection given to captive elephants in the Zoo Licensing Act 1981; and calls on the Government to bring forward legislation to give elephants greater protection by amending the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 to prohibit discipline by means of (a) deprivation of food, water, or rest, (b) the use of electric shocks (eg by an electric goad) for training, (c) physical punishment resulting in damage, scarring, or breakage of the skin and (d) insertion of any instrument into any bodily orifice (eg hooks in mouth) and to prohibit members of the public from riding captive elephants with any breach of these conditions, being treated as a criminal offence punishable by law.

This motion has been signed by a total of 95 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mike Hancock	07/12/2000	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	08/12/2000	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	11/12/2000	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	11/12/2000	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	11/12/2000	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	11/12/2000	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	12/12/2000	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	12/12/2000	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Banks	12/12/2000	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	12/12/2000	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	12/12/2000	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	12/12/2000	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	12/12/2000	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	12/12/2000	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	13/12/2000	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	13/12/2000	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harry Barnes	13/12/2000	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Drew	13/12/2000	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony Clarke	13/12/2000	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	13/12/2000	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	13/12/2000	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	13/12/2000	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/12/2000	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barry Jones	13/12/2000	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
William Ross	13/12/2000	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	13/12/2000	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andrew Dismore	14/12/2000	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	14/12/2000	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	14/12/2000	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2000	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Austin	15/12/2000	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	15/12/2000	Burton	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	15/12/2000	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/12/2000	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	18/12/2000	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	18/12/2000	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	18/12/2000	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	19/12/2000	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	19/12/2000	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	19/12/2000	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	19/12/2000	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/12/2000	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	19/12/2000	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	19/12/2000	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	20/12/2000	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/12/2000	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	21/12/2000	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	21/12/2000	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	09/01/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	10/01/2001	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	17/01/2001	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	18/01/2001	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	25/01/2001	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	01/02/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	01/02/2001	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	05/02/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	08/02/2001	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	08/02/2001	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Sawford	08/02/2001	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	15/02/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	27/02/2001	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	07/03/2001	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	07/03/2001	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Colin Breed	07/03/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Tynan	07/03/2001	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	08/03/2001	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Jackie Ballard	08/03/2001	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	09/03/2001	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Clark	12/03/2001	South Shields	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	12/03/2001	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	12/03/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Wray	13/03/2001	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	15/03/2001	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	15/03/2001	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	16/03/2001	Pendle	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	20/03/2001	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Linton	20/03/2001	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	21/03/2001	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	22/03/2001	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	22/03/2001	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	22/03/2001	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	22/03/2001	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
George Galloway	26/03/2001	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	26/03/2001	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	27/03/2001	Workington	Labour	Signed
Paddy Ashdown	27/03/2001	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Jackson	02/04/2001	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	02/04/2001	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	06/04/2001	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Candy Atherton	09/04/2001	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	10/04/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	24/04/2001	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	01/05/2001	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	01/05/2001	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Llew Smith	10/05/2001	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed

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