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Animal Testing For Household Products

EDM number 279 in 2008-09, proposed by Bob Spink on 15/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Animal experiments and Animal welfare.

That this House notes the Government prohibited the use of animals to test cosmetic products and their ingredients, because it caused unjustified suffering given the nature of the products; supports the campaign of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection to end the suffering of animals in tests for household products and their ingredients; and calls on the Government to implement a policy of prohibition on issuing licences to test household products and their ingredients on animals without delay.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bob Spink15/12/2008Castle PointIndependentProposed
Bob Russell15/12/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Martin Caton16/12/2008GowerLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn16/12/2008Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Andrew Dismore16/12/2008HendonLabourSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle16/12/2008ChorleyLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer16/12/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
John Leech16/12/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor16/12/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Andrew George16/12/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew16/12/2008StroudLabourSigned
Lynne Jones16/12/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson16/12/2008Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Paul Holmes16/12/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming17/12/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Turner17/12/2008Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Norman Baker17/12/2008LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock17/12/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean17/12/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Colin Breed17/12/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Laura Moffatt17/12/2008CrawleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson17/12/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin17/12/2008Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan18/12/2008Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell18/12/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
George Galloway18/12/2008Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Neil Gerrard18/12/2008WalthamstowLabourSigned
Jo Swinson18/12/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heyes12/01/2009Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Alan Meale12/01/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
Linda Riordan13/01/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
Marsha Singh13/01/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd14/01/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Bill Etherington14/01/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis19/01/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly26/01/2009Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins27/01/2009TamworthLabourSigned
John Mason27/01/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Christopher Huhne28/01/2009EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby09/02/2009Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Paul Truswell02/03/2009PudseyLabourSigned
Iris Robinson16/03/2009StrangfordDUPSigned
Diane Abbott23/04/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Katy Clark01/06/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn

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