Illegal Meat (EDM172)

Illegal Meat

EDM number 172 in 2004-05, proposed by Roger Williams on 24/11/2004.

That this House believes that, as shown by recent high-profile cases in Amber Valley, Rotherham, Ceredigion and Tower Hamlets, criminals are reaping significant rewards from large-scale meat crimes and often going unpunished; is concerned that these criminals are undeterred because of the inadequate penalties currently available under the Food Safety Act and the difficulties associated with bringing successful prosecutions for conspiracy to defraud; and believes that, for these reasons, a new legal offence is required applying to those who introduce unfit meat into the human food chain and those who trade in it and that this offence should be associated with penalties which are sufficiently severe to deter callous criminals who are indifferent to human and animal health, the reputation of the farming industry and the bio-security of the United Kingdom.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Roger Williams	24/11/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Lembit	24/11/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	25/11/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	25/11/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	25/11/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	25/11/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	25/11/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	29/11/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	29/11/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	29/11/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Tony Banks	29/11/2004	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	29/11/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lynne Jones	29/11/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	29/11/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	29/11/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	30/11/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	30/11/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	30/11/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	30/11/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	30/11/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	30/11/2004	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
David Kidney	30/11/2004	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	30/11/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	30/11/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	01/12/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	01/12/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	01/12/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	01/12/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	01/12/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	01/12/2004	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	01/12/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	01/12/2004	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	01/12/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	01/12/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Marsha Singh	02/12/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	02/12/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	02/12/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/12/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/12/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/12/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Patsy Calton	06/12/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	06/12/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	06/12/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	06/12/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	06/12/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	07/12/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	07/12/2004	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	07/12/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	07/12/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	08/12/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/12/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	14/12/2004	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Gill	06/04/2005	Leicester South	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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