Barney The Lobster (EDM278)

Barney The Lobster

EDM number 278 in 2001-02, proposed by Tony Banks on 22/10/2001.

That this House commends Mr William Cooper, Head Chef at the Kaspia restaurant in London for sparing the life of 'Barney', a 60 year old lobster; points out that lobsters have evolved over 100 million years, carry their young for nine months, can live to be 100 years old and enjoy social relationships; draws attention to the fact lobsters have a sophisticated nervous system that implies they will sense hurt when tossed into boiling water; and calls upon restaurants and others to kill the creatures humanely before cooking them.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tony Banks	22/10/2001	West Ham	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	23/10/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	23/10/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laura Moffatt	23/10/2001	Crawley	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	23/10/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	24/10/2001	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	24/10/2001	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	24/10/2001	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	24/10/2001	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	24/10/2001	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/10/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	26/10/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	29/10/2001	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	29/10/2001	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	29/10/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	29/10/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	30/10/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	31/10/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	01/11/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	08/11/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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