Long Distance Transport Of Animals In The European Union (EDM241)

Long Distance Transport Of Animals In The European Union

EDM number 241 in 2003-04, proposed by Gwyn Prosser on 09/12/2003.

That this House regrets that the European Commission's recent proposals for a new regulation on the protection of animals during transport do not include a maximum overall limit of eight hours on journeys to slaughter or for further fattening; is disappointed with the proposal for sequence of travel and rest which can be indefinitely repeated which will allow extremely long journeys to be undertaken; notes that each year around three million farm animals are transported huge distances across Europe on journeys lasting up to 70 hours, during which many suffer from exhaustion, dehydration and stress, often leading to injuries and in the worse cases death; notes that in 2002 a report by the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare concluded that welfare tends to get worse as journey length increases and so journeys should be as short as possible; and urges Her Majesty's Government to take the lead in negotiations at the EU Agriculture Council in persuading its EU partners to enact a maximum limit of eight hours on the transport of farm animals to slaughter or for further fattening.

This motion has been signed by a total of 114 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Gwyn Prosser	09/12/2003	Dover	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	09/12/2003	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Debra Shipley	09/12/2003	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	09/12/2003	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	09/12/2003	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/12/2003	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	09/12/2003	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/12/2003	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	09/12/2003	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Stephen Pound	10/12/2003	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	10/12/2003	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	10/12/2003	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	10/12/2003	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Brian Iddon	10/12/2003	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	10/12/2003	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/12/2003	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	10/12/2003	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Edward O'Hara	10/12/2003	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2003	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	10/12/2003	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	10/12/2003	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	10/12/2003	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	10/12/2003	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	10/12/2003	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	10/12/2003	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	10/12/2003	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	10/12/2003	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	11/12/2003	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	11/12/2003	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	11/12/2003	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	11/12/2003	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	11/12/2003	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	11/12/2003	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	11/12/2003	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	11/12/2003	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	11/12/2003	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/12/2003	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	11/12/2003	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Brian White	11/12/2003	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	15/12/2003	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/12/2003	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	15/12/2003	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Frank Cook	15/12/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	15/12/2003	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	15/12/2003	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	15/12/2003	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Banks	15/12/2003	West Ham	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	15/12/2003	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	15/12/2003	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	16/12/2003	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	16/12/2003	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Sheridan	17/12/2003	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	17/12/2003	North Down	UUP	Signed
Andy King	17/12/2003	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	17/12/2003	Worsley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	17/12/2003	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	17/12/2003	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/12/2003	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	17/12/2003	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/12/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	18/12/2003	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	18/12/2003	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	05/01/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	05/01/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	06/01/2004	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	06/01/2004	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	08/01/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	12/01/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denzil Davies	13/01/2004	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	14/01/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	21/01/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Gapes	22/01/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	10/02/2004	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	10/02/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	11/02/2004	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	11/02/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	11/02/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	11/02/2004	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	12/02/2004	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	12/02/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	12/02/2004	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/02/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	23/02/2004	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	23/02/2004	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	23/02/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	23/02/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	23/02/2004	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
John Austin	24/02/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	25/02/2004	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	25/02/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	25/02/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	25/02/2004	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
David Chidgey	01/03/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	01/03/2004	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Mole	03/03/2004	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
David Amess	10/03/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Taylor	10/03/2004	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony McWalter	15/03/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Anne Campbell	15/03/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	16/03/2004	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	24/03/2004	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Helen Clark	24/03/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	26/03/2004	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Henry Bellingham	30/03/2004	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	30/03/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	31/03/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	01/04/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	19/04/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	19/04/2004	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Piara S Khabra	22/04/2004	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	04/05/2004	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	18/06/2004	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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