Colchester Native Oyster (EDM984)

Colchester Native Oyster

EDM number 984 in 2003-04, proposed by Bob Russell on 19/04/2004.

That this House calls on the Government to support oyster growers in their application to the European Union to have protected geographical indication (PGI) issued to protect the name of the Colchester Native Oyster; believes that only oysters produced from the salt water creeks and estuaries of the historic Borough of Colchester should be allowed to be described as a Colchester Native; notes that oysters were farmed and harvested by the Romans from the same stretches of waters when Colchester was the first capital of Roman Britain; and believes that consumers who wish to eat the world's finest oysters should be protected from unscrupulous vendors who pass off inferior oysters as being Colchester Natives.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Russell	19/04/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Alan Meale	20/04/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/04/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	20/04/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	20/04/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	21/04/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/04/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hilton Dawson	21/04/2004	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	21/04/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	21/04/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/04/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Jones	21/04/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/04/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Heath	22/04/2004	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	22/04/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	22/04/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	22/04/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Bernard Jenkin	27/04/2004	North Essex	Conservative	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	27/04/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Garnier	29/04/2004	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Harold Best	04/05/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	14/06/2004	Romford	Conservative	Signed

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