Animal Welfare (No. 2)
EDM number 1626 in 2005-06, proposed by Mike Hancock on 13/02/2006.
That this House commends the work of Animal Defenders International in collecting video evidence of the abnormal behaviour and suffering of animals in travelling circuses, and notes this shows that travelling circuses cannot adequately provide for the basic welfare needs of their animals and as such fail the welfare test of the Animal Welfare Bill; notes that circus animals spend excessive periods of time shut in transporters, whether travelling or not, are forced to live in temporary facilities lacking appropriate space and environmental enrichment, and often in inappropriate groupings of animals; further notes that violence is commonplace and part of the circus culture, and no other working animals spend such a long time, normally at least eight months, in temporary mobile accommodation, thus making animal transport regulations difficult to police and enforce, and that the arrangements for circus animals are entirely different from the higher quality accommodation and transport arrangements of animals being transported for racing, horse shows, dog shows and similar events; and therefore urges that the Animal Welfare Bill is used to end the use of animals in travelling circuses and to take measures to protect performing animals in permanent facilities through regulation and to end the currently legal use of violence to train animals for the purposes of entertainment.
This motion has been signed by a total of 144 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Mike Hancock | 13/02/2006 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Proposed |
Lindsay Hoyle | 13/02/2006 | Chorley | Labour | Seconded |
Bob Russell | 13/02/2006 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
Alan Meale | 14/02/2006 | Mansfield | Labour | Seconded |
John Leech | 14/02/2006 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
Harry Cohen | 14/02/2006 | Leyton and Wanstead | Labour | Seconded |
Lynne Jones | 14/02/2006 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
Annette Brooke | 14/02/2006 | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Andrew Dismore | 14/02/2006 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 14/02/2006 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
Paul Holmes | 15/02/2006 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Colin Burgon | 15/02/2006 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
Martin Caton | 15/02/2006 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 15/02/2006 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
Ann Cryer | 15/02/2006 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
Norman Baker | 15/02/2006 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Rudi Vis | 15/02/2006 | Finchley and Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
Roger Williams | 15/02/2006 | Brecon and Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Stephen Williams | 15/02/2006 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Greg Pope | 16/02/2006 | Hyndburn | Labour | Signed |
Brian Jenkins | 16/02/2006 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
Martin Horwood | 16/02/2006 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Bill Olner | 27/02/2006 | Nuneaton | Labour | Signed |
Sandra Osborne | 27/02/2006 | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Labour | Signed |
Colin Challen | 27/02/2006 | Morley and Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
Frank Cook | 27/02/2006 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 27/02/2006 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
Don Foster | 27/02/2006 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Andrew Stunell | 27/02/2006 | Hazel Grove | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Betty Williams | 27/02/2006 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
Mike Wood | 27/02/2006 | Batley and Spen | Labour | Signed |
Sharon Hodgson | 27/02/2006 | Gateshead East and Washington West | Labour | Signed |
Michael Penning | 27/02/2006 | Hemel Hempstead | Conservative | Signed |
Jim Devine | 27/02/2006 | Livingston | Labour | Signed |
Adrian Sanders | 28/02/2006 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Albert Owen | 28/02/2006 | Ynys M | Labour | Signed |
John Cummings | 28/02/2006 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
Janet Dean | 28/02/2006 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
David Drew | 28/02/2006 | Stroud | Labour | Signed |
Ann Widdecombe | 28/02/2006 | Maidstone and The Weald | Conservative | Signed |
Madeleine Moon | 28/02/2006 | Bridgend | Labour | Signed |
Mark Hunter | 28/02/2006 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Diane Abbott | 01/03/2006 | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
John Austin | 01/03/2006 | Erith and Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
Rosie Cooper | 01/03/2006 | West Lancashire | Labour | Signed |
Jim Dowd | 02/03/2006 | Lewisham West | Labour | Signed |
Jeff Ennis | 02/03/2006 | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
John Barrett | 03/03/2006 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | 06/03/2006 | Medway | Labour | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 07/03/2006 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
Jim Dobbin | 07/03/2006 | Heywood and Middleton | Labour | Signed |
Clive Efford | 07/03/2006 | Eltham | Labour | Signed |
Lorely Burt | 07/03/2006 | Solihull | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Lynne Featherstone | 08/03/2006 | Hornsey and Wood Green | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Linda Riordan | 09/03/2006 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
David Howarth | 10/03/2006 | Cambridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Edward O'Hara | 13/03/2006 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
Ian Gibson | 14/03/2006 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
David Taylor | 14/03/2006 | North West Leicestershire | Labour | Signed |
Joan Ruddock | 15/03/2006 | Lewisham, Deptford | Labour | Signed |
Kelvin Hopkins | 15/03/2006 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
Gerald Kaufman | 15/03/2006 | Manchester, Gorton | Labour | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 15/03/2006 | Barnsley West and Penistone | Labour | Signed |
Mark Fisher | 15/03/2006 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Labour | Signed |
Andrew MacKinlay | 16/03/2006 | Thurrock | Labour | Signed |
Frank Doran | 16/03/2006 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
Joe Benton | 16/03/2006 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
Richard Taylor | 16/03/2006 | Wyre Forest | Independent | Signed |
Nia Griffith | 16/03/2006 | Llanelli | Labour | Signed |
Si | 16/03/2006 | Swansea East | Labour | Signed |
Diana Johnson | 16/03/2006 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
Jo Swinson | 16/03/2006 | East Dunbartonshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Geraldine Smith | 17/03/2006 | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Labour | Signed |
John Horam | 17/03/2006 | Orpington | Conservative | Signed |
Fraser Kemp | 17/03/2006 | Houghton and Washington East | Labour | Signed |
Piara S Khabra | 17/03/2006 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
Chris McCafferty | 17/03/2006 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
Mark Todd | 17/03/2006 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
Angela Watkinson | 17/03/2006 | Upminster | Conservative | Signed |
Christopher Huhne | 20/03/2006 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Desmond Turner | 20/03/2006 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
Julia Goldsworthy | 20/03/2006 | Falmouth and Camborne | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Anne Main | 20/03/2006 | St Albans | Conservative | Signed |
David Chaytor | 21/03/2006 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
Frank Field | 21/03/2006 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
Robert Wareing | 21/03/2006 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
Paul Keetch | 22/03/2006 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Vincent Cable | 22/03/2006 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 22/03/2006 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
Mark Williams | 22/03/2006 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Richard Burden | 23/03/2006 | Birmingham, Northfield | Labour | Signed |
Janet Anderson | 23/03/2006 | Rossendale and Darwen | Labour | Signed |
Katy Clark | 23/03/2006 | North Ayrshire and Arran | Labour | Signed |
Martyn Jones | 27/03/2006 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
Rob Marris | 27/03/2006 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
Linda Gilroy | 27/03/2006 | Plymouth, Sutton | Labour | Signed |
David Amess | 27/03/2006 | Southend West | Conservative | Signed |
Danny Alexander | 27/03/2006 | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Kerry McCarthy | 27/03/2006 | Bristol East | Labour | Signed |
David Crausby | 28/03/2006 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
Hywel Francis | 28/03/2006 | Aberavon | Labour | Signed |
David Hamilton | 29/03/2006 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
Hywel Williams | 29/03/2006 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
David Anderson | 29/03/2006 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
Mark Pritchard | 29/03/2006 | The Wrekin | Conservative | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 30/03/2006 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
Phil Willis | 30/03/2006 | Harrogate and Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Dan Rogerson | 30/03/2006 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Gwyn Prosser | 18/04/2006 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
Simon Hughes | 18/04/2006 | North Southwark and Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alan Keen | 18/04/2006 | Feltham and Heston | Labour | Signed |
Mark Lazarowicz | 18/04/2006 | Edinburgh North and Leith | Labour | Signed |
Karen Buck | 18/04/2006 | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Labour | Signed |
Sandra Gidley | 18/04/2006 | Romsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Fabian Hamilton | 18/04/2006 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
Anthony D Wright | 18/04/2006 | Great Yarmouth | Labour | Signed |
Derek Wyatt | 18/04/2006 | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
Richard Younger-Ross | 18/04/2006 | Teignbridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Susan Kramer | 18/04/2006 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jamie Reed | 18/04/2006 | Copeland | Labour | Signed |
Malcolm Bruce | 19/04/2006 | Gordon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
David Heyes | 20/04/2006 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
Neil Gerrard | 20/04/2006 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
Nick Harvey | 24/04/2006 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alasdair McDonnell | 24/04/2006 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
Alistair Carmichael | 24/04/2006 | Orkney and Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Doug Naysmith | 26/04/2006 | Bristol North West | Labour | Signed |
Andrew George | 26/04/2006 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John Smith | 27/04/2006 | Vale of Glamorgan | Labour | Signed |
Emily Thornberry | 02/05/2006 | Islington South and Finsbury | Labour | Signed |
Jennifer Willott | 03/05/2006 | Cardiff Central | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Nicholas Clegg | 04/05/2006 | Sheffield, Hallam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Roger Berry | 08/05/2006 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
Tom Brake | 09/05/2006 | Carshalton and Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Norman Lamb | 23/05/2006 | North Norfolk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jon Cruddas | 23/05/2006 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
Lyn Brown | 25/05/2006 | West Ham | Labour | Signed |
Dawn Butler | 05/06/2006 | Brent South | Labour | Signed |
Kitty Ussher | 05/06/2006 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
Edward Davey | 14/06/2006 | Kingston and Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jon Trickett | 04/07/2006 | Hemsworth | Labour | Signed |
Andrew Love | 25/07/2006 | Edmonton | Labour | Signed |
Julie Morgan | 09/10/2006 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
Greg Mulholland | 09/10/2006 | Leeds North West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Download raw data as
csv or
xml.