Shark Finning (EDM1195)

Shark Finning

EDM number 1195 in 2008-09, proposed by Martin Horwood on 26/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Nature conservation.

That this House notes that over 70 per cent. of UK sharks, skates and rays are categorised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as threatened or near threatened with extinction; further notes the recent publication of the European Community Plan of Action for Sharks, and the context of EU legislation EC No. 1185/2003, prohibiting the removal of shark fins at sea; believes the UK Government should build on the foundation of previous shark conservation actions and lead the way in Europe as a champion of shark conservation, promptly implementing effective shark conservation and management measures; further believes that, on no occasion should the UK Government approve any derogation from the shark finning legislation in order to allow UK-registered vessels to remove shark fins at sea; and urges the Government to lead the way in Europe by ceasing provision of special permits to remove shark fins at sea, thus enforcing the original intention of the shark finning legislation, and supporting improved shark fisheries monitoring, management and conservation measures.

This motion has been signed by a total of 54 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Martin Horwood	26/03/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Richard Benyon	26/03/2009	Newbury	Conservative	Seconded
Russell Brown	26/03/2009	Dumfries and Galloway	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	26/03/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Nigel Evans	26/03/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Mike Hancock	31/03/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Paul Holmes	01/04/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	01/04/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	01/04/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	02/04/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
John Leech	20/04/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	20/04/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	20/04/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	20/04/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	20/04/2009	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	21/04/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/04/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	23/04/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/04/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	24/04/2009	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	27/04/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	28/04/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Miller	29/04/2009	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	05/05/2009	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/05/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	07/05/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	07/05/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kim Howells	07/05/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	14/05/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	21/05/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	01/06/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	04/06/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	08/06/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/06/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hammond	12/06/2009	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	15/06/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	01/07/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	01/07/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	01/07/2009	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	03/07/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	14/07/2009	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	14/07/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	12/10/2009	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	12/10/2009	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Mark Oaten	12/10/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gary Streeter	12/10/2009	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	12/10/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	13/10/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/10/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	26/10/2009	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	09/11/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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