A Dog Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas Campaign (EDM202)

A Dog Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas Campaign

EDM number 202 in 2003-04, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 03/12/2003.

That this House notes that the Dog's Trust famous slogan, A Dog is for Life, Not Just for Christmas, was created in 1978 by the charity's Chief Executive, Clarissa Baldwin, at a time when thousands of people were buying puppies to give to family and friends as Christmas presents, resulting in animals being abandoned in the New Year; recognises that despite many years of campaigning by the National Canine Defence League, now called Dog's Trust, a serious problem still exists of dogs being given as Christmas presents; further recognises that the Dog's Trust has established that the most popular time of year for puppies to be abandoned is the start of the Easter holidays, when dogs who were given as Christmas presents have grown up to be big boisterous dogs; further recognises that the problem of dogs being given as Christmas presents continues to be a major concern, in a country where there were at least 117,000 strays and abandoned dogs taken in by local authorities last year; and wholeheartedly supports the Dog's Trust in its determination to ensure that one day, all dogs are cared for by responsible owners, and have a home for life.

This motion has been signed by a total of 64 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Rosindell	03/12/2003	Romford	Conservative	Proposed
Malcolm Savidge	03/12/2003	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	03/12/2003	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	03/12/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julian Lewis	03/12/2003	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	03/12/2003	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Green	04/12/2003	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	04/12/2003	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	04/12/2003	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	04/12/2003	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	04/12/2003	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Harry Barnes	04/12/2003	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	04/12/2003	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	04/12/2003	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Huw Edwards	04/12/2003	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	04/12/2003	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	04/12/2003	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Syd Rapson	04/12/2003	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	04/12/2003	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Robert Key	04/12/2003	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/12/2003	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	04/12/2003	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	04/12/2003	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Martin Smyth	04/12/2003	Belfast South	Independent Ulster Unionist	Signed
Vincent Cable	04/12/2003	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	08/12/2003	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	08/12/2003	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/12/2003	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2003	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cummings	08/12/2003	Easington	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	08/12/2003	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	08/12/2003	North Down	UUP	Signed
Terry Lewis	09/12/2003	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	09/12/2003	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	09/12/2003	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Robert Wareing	09/12/2003	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/12/2003	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/12/2003	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	09/12/2003	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	10/12/2003	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	10/12/2003	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	10/12/2003	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	10/12/2003	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	10/12/2003	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	10/12/2003	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Vera Baird	10/12/2003	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	10/12/2003	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	11/12/2003	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/12/2003	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	15/12/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	16/12/2003	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/12/2003	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	18/12/2003	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/12/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	18/12/2003	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	05/01/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	12/01/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	14/01/2004	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Tynan	15/01/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	20/01/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	21/01/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	28/01/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	25/02/2004	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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