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Electronic Identification Devices For Sheep (No. 2)

EDM number 218 in 2008-09, proposed by Roger Williams on 09/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture and Animals.

That this House recognises the economic and financial difficulties the sheep industry in the UK is facing; considers that sheep farming is a very important part of the social, environmental and economic fabric of rural areas of the UK; notes that the European Commission's proposals for the introduction of electronic identification devices for sheep in the UK is untimely; and further notes that the technology required for its successful operation is not fully developed, the equipment is costly and that there remain insurmountable, practical animal husbandry barriers to its successful introduction and operation in the UK and other EU member states.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Roger Williams09/12/2008Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratProposed
Lembit 09/12/2008MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSeconded
Tim Farron09/12/2008Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSeconded
Hywel Williams09/12/2008CaernarfonPlaid CymruSeconded
Peter Bottomley09/12/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Charlotte Atkins09/12/2008Staffordshire MoorlandsLabourSeconded
Nick Harvey10/12/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Hoyle10/12/2008ChorleyLabourSigned
Lynne Jones10/12/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Colin Breed10/12/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton10/12/2008GowerLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton10/12/2008MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Angus MacNeil10/12/2008Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Mike Hancock11/12/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer11/12/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/12/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar15/12/2008Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Bob Spink15/12/2008Castle PointIndependentSigned
Don Foster15/12/2008BathLiberal DemocratSigned
James Gray15/12/2008North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Menzies Campbell18/12/2008North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Bruce12/01/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell12/01/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen12/01/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Smith14/01/2009West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington09/02/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Phil Wilson09/02/2009SedgefieldLabourSigned
Diane Abbott23/04/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Kim Howells05/05/2009PontypriddLabourSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn

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