Animal Welfare In Circuses
EDM number 965 in 2007-08, proposed by Mark Pritchard on 19/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare, Animals, Leisure and Wildlife.
That this House notes with concern that the Circus Working Group disregarded substantial amounts of evidence on the welfare of animals in circuses as a result of the methodology imposed by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; believes that the report of the Chair of the Circus Working Group fails to provide reliable information on this subject; and urges the Government to maintain its commitment to ban the use of wild species in travelling circuses and to restrict and limit the use of domesticated species under a strict, accountable and open licensing system.
This motion has been signed by a total of 187 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Mark Pritchard | 19/02/2008 | The Wrekin | Conservative | Proposed |
| Mike Hancock | 19/02/2008 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| David Taylor | 19/02/2008 | North West Leicestershire | Labour | Seconded |
| David Drew | 19/02/2008 | Stroud | Labour | Seconded |
| Si | 19/02/2008 | Swansea East | Labour | Seconded |
| Betty Williams | 19/02/2008 | Conwy | Labour | Seconded |
| Martin Caton | 19/02/2008 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Desmond Swayne | 19/02/2008 | New Forest West | Conservative | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 20/02/2008 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 20/02/2008 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Lindsay Hoyle | 20/02/2008 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Key | 20/02/2008 | Salisbury | Conservative | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 20/02/2008 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew George | 20/02/2008 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Leech | 20/02/2008 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Stephen Williams | 20/02/2008 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Hunter | 20/02/2008 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Greg Pope | 21/02/2008 | Hyndburn | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 21/02/2008 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 21/02/2008 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Gordon Marsden | 21/02/2008 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Martlew | 21/02/2008 | Carlisle | Labour | Signed |
| Chris McCafferty | 21/02/2008 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Laura Moffatt | 21/02/2008 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 21/02/2008 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 21/02/2008 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 21/02/2008 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 21/02/2008 | Heywood and Middleton | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Younger-Ross | 21/02/2008 | Teignbridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Daniel Kawczynski | 21/02/2008 | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Conservative | Signed |
| Michael Penning | 21/02/2008 | Hemel Hempstead | Conservative | Signed |
| Jim Devine | 21/02/2008 | Livingston | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Conway | 22/02/2008 | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Independent | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 22/02/2008 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Efford | 22/02/2008 | Eltham | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 22/02/2008 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Janet Anderson | 22/02/2008 | Rossendale and Darwen | Labour | Signed |
| David Anderson | 22/02/2008 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| Hywel Williams | 25/02/2008 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 26/02/2008 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Burgon | 26/02/2008 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 26/02/2008 | Leyton and Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| David Crausby | 26/02/2008 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Todd | 26/02/2008 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 26/02/2008 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| David Heath | 27/02/2008 | Somerton & Frome | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Fisher | 27/02/2008 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Labour | Signed |
| John Austin | 27/02/2008 | Erith and Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Baker | 27/02/2008 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 27/02/2008 | Finchley and Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Anthony D Wright | 29/02/2008 | Great Yarmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 03/03/2008 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 04/03/2008 | Batley and Spen | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Horwood | 05/03/2008 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Horam | 06/03/2008 | Orpington | Conservative | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 07/03/2008 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Jennifer Willott | 10/03/2008 | Cardiff Central | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Sandra Gidley | 11/03/2008 | Romsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Hamilton | 11/03/2008 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Humble | 18/03/2008 | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dowd | 18/03/2008 | Lewisham West | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Gibson | 25/03/2008 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 26/03/2008 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Adrian Sanders | 26/03/2008 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Nicholas Soames | 26/03/2008 | Mid Sussex | Conservative | Signed |
| Dai Havard | 26/03/2008 | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Holmes | 26/03/2008 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Gerald Kaufman | 26/03/2008 | Manchester, Gorton | Labour | Signed |
| Annette Brooke | 26/03/2008 | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Frank Doran | 26/03/2008 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Williams | 26/03/2008 | Brecon and Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Danny Alexander | 26/03/2008 | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Stephen Pound | 27/03/2008 | Ealing North | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 27/03/2008 | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Alistair Carmichael | 27/03/2008 | Orkney and Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Linda Gilroy | 27/03/2008 | Plymouth, Sutton | Labour | Signed |
| John Hemming | 27/03/2008 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Lorely Burt | 27/03/2008 | Solihull | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Lynda Waltho | 27/03/2008 | Stourbridge | Labour | Signed |
| Gwyn Prosser | 31/03/2008 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Reid | 31/03/2008 | Argyll and Bute | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 31/03/2008 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Oaten | 31/03/2008 | Winchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 31/03/2008 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Frank Dobson | 31/03/2008 | Holborn and St Pancras | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Field | 31/03/2008 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Walter | 31/03/2008 | North Dorset | Conservative | Signed |
| Katy Clark | 31/03/2008 | North Ayrshire and Arran | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Mulholland | 31/03/2008 | Leeds North West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Julie Morgan | 01/04/2008 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Spicer | 01/04/2008 | West Worcestershire | Conservative | Signed |
| George Howarth | 01/04/2008 | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Labour | Signed |
| Tim Loughton | 01/04/2008 | East Worthing and Shoreham | Conservative | Signed |
| Denis Murphy | 01/04/2008 | Wansbeck | Labour | Signed |
| Sandra Osborne | 01/04/2008 | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Labour | Signed |
| Albert Owen | 01/04/2008 | Ynys M | Labour | Signed |
| Willie Rennie | 01/04/2008 | Dunfermline and West Fife | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Adam Price | 02/04/2008 | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Jimmy Hood | 02/04/2008 | Lanark and Hamilton East | Labour | Signed |
| Khalid Mahmood | 02/04/2008 | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Olner | 02/04/2008 | Nuneaton | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 02/04/2008 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Don Foster | 02/04/2008 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Lynne Featherstone | 02/04/2008 | Hornsey and Wood Green | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Linda Riordan | 02/04/2008 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| John Pugh | 03/04/2008 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 03/04/2008 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Mates | 03/04/2008 | East Hampshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Malcolm Bruce | 03/04/2008 | Gordon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Curry | 03/04/2008 | Skipton and Ripon | Conservative | Signed |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | 03/04/2008 | Crosby | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Stunell | 03/04/2008 | Hazel Grove | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Steve Webb | 03/04/2008 | Northavon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 21/04/2008 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 21/04/2008 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Smith | 21/04/2008 | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Lady Hermon | 21/04/2008 | North Down | UUP | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 21/04/2008 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Sally Keeble | 21/04/2008 | Northampton North | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 21/04/2008 | Feltham and Heston | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Keetch | 21/04/2008 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 21/04/2008 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Farrelly | 21/04/2008 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Jabez Foster | 21/04/2008 | Hastings and Rye | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 21/04/2008 | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Ainger | 21/04/2008 | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Ancram | 21/04/2008 | Devizes | Conservative | Signed |
| Hugh Bayley | 21/04/2008 | City of York | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 21/04/2008 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Matthew Taylor | 21/04/2008 | Truro and St Austell | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Pete Wishart | 21/04/2008 | Perth and North Perthshire | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | 21/04/2008 | City of Durham | Labour | Signed |
| Julia Goldsworthy | 21/04/2008 | Falmouth and Camborne | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Williams | 21/04/2008 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Virendra Sharma | 21/04/2008 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | 22/04/2008 | Medway | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 22/04/2008 | Carshalton and Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Karen Buck | 22/04/2008 | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Stewart | 22/04/2008 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
| Stewart Hosie | 22/04/2008 | Dundee East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Susan Kramer | 22/04/2008 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martin Salter | 23/04/2008 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 23/04/2008 | Bristol North West | Labour | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 23/04/2008 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| Fabian Hamilton | 23/04/2008 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Wright | 23/04/2008 | Cannock Chase | Labour | Signed |
| Jo Swinson | 24/04/2008 | East Dunbartonshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Howarth | 25/04/2008 | Cambridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Dan Rogerson | 25/04/2008 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Geraldine Smith | 29/04/2008 | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Lamb | 29/04/2008 | North Norfolk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Lazarowicz | 29/04/2008 | Edinburgh North and Leith | Labour | Signed |
| Jon Cruddas | 29/04/2008 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
| Charles Kennedy | 06/05/2008 | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Anne Moffat | 12/05/2008 | East Lothian | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Durkan | 12/05/2008 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Paddy Tipping | 12/05/2008 | Sherwood | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Dodds | 15/05/2008 | Belfast North | DUP | Signed |
| Sarah Teather | 15/05/2008 | Brent East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Eddie McGrady | 16/05/2008 | South Down | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Christopher Huhne | 19/05/2008 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ann Clwyd | 19/05/2008 | Cynon Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Challen | 20/05/2008 | Morley and Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 02/06/2008 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 04/06/2008 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Dari Taylor | 04/06/2008 | Stockton South | Labour | Signed |
| Emily Thornberry | 04/06/2008 | Islington South and Finsbury | Labour | Signed |
| Patrick Hall | 09/06/2008 | Bedford | Labour | Signed |
| Alasdair McDonnell | 10/06/2008 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 11/06/2008 | Barnsley West and Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Neill | 11/06/2008 | Bromley and Chislehurst | Conservative | Signed |
| Geoffrey Robinson | 17/06/2008 | Coventry North West | Labour | Signed |
| Lyn Brown | 19/06/2008 | West Ham | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Southworth | 23/06/2008 | Warrington South | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Widdecombe | 26/06/2008 | Maidstone and The Weald | Conservative | Signed |
| Lee Scott | 30/06/2008 | Ilford North | Conservative | Signed |
| Adrian Bailey | 10/07/2008 | West Bromwich West | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 21/07/2008 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Amess | 06/10/2008 | Southend West | Conservative | Signed |
| George Mudie | 08/10/2008 | Leeds East | Labour | Signed |
| John Barrett | 13/10/2008 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 21/10/2008 | Glasgow South West | Labour | Signed |
| John Mason | 20/11/2008 | Glasgow East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Quentin Davies | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Jon Trickett | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| John MacDougall | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Kevan Jones | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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