Proposal To Ban Seal Imports (EDM478)

Proposal To Ban Seal Imports

EDM number 478 in 2008-09, proposed by Mike Hancock on 15/01/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare and Wildlife.

That this House recognises that an historic opportunity to introduce an EU-wide ban on the import of and the trade in all seal products is currently within reach, as the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers examine draft EU legislation to that effect in the coming months; notes that the Government's position is to support a complete EU-wide ban with no loopholes; further notes that 84 per cent. of the public wants to see an end to the trade in all seal products; and calls on the Government to do all in its power, and in particular encourage our 78 MEPs to support this approach, to ensure that a complete EU ban comes into force as soon as possible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 147 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mike Hancock	15/01/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Norman Baker	15/01/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Ann Widdecombe	15/01/2009	Maidstone and The Weald	Conservative	Seconded
Elliot Morley	15/01/2009	Scunthorpe	Labour	Seconded
Eric Martlew	15/01/2009	Carlisle	Labour	Seconded
Tim Loughton	15/01/2009	East Worthing and Shoreham	Conservative	Seconded
Robert Wareing	15/01/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Bob Russell	19/01/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	19/01/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Glenda Jackson	19/01/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	19/01/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	19/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	19/01/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	19/01/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	19/01/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	19/01/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	19/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	19/01/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	19/01/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ken Purchase	20/01/2009	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/01/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	20/01/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	20/01/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	20/01/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	20/01/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	20/01/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	20/01/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Drew	20/01/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	20/01/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	20/01/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
John Leech	20/01/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	20/01/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	20/01/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/01/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	21/01/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
William McCrea	21/01/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Mark Durkan	21/01/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Nigel Evans	21/01/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Nick Ainger	21/01/2009	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
John Battle	21/01/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	21/01/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Paddy Tipping	21/01/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	21/01/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/01/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	22/01/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	22/01/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/01/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	26/01/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	26/01/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	26/01/2009	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	26/01/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	26/01/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/01/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	26/01/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	26/01/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	26/01/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	27/01/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/01/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	27/01/2009	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	27/01/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	28/01/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	28/01/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	28/01/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	28/01/2009	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	28/01/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	29/01/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	29/01/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	29/01/2009	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	29/01/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	02/02/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	02/02/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	02/02/2009	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	02/02/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	02/02/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	02/02/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	02/02/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	02/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	02/02/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
George Howarth	03/02/2009	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	03/02/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	03/02/2009	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	03/02/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
David Amess	03/02/2009	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Roger Williams	03/02/2009	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Hood	04/02/2009	Lanark and Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	04/02/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Alun Michael	05/02/2009	Cardiff South and Penarth	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	05/02/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	05/02/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Ryan	09/02/2009	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	09/02/2009	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	09/02/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	09/02/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	09/02/2009	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	09/02/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	09/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	09/02/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	10/02/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	10/02/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	10/02/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	10/02/2009	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Signed
John Austin	10/02/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	10/02/2009	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hendrick	11/02/2009	Preston	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	11/02/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	11/02/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	11/02/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	12/02/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	12/02/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	12/02/2009	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	23/02/2009	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	23/02/2009	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	23/02/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Clelland	23/02/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	23/02/2009	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	23/02/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	23/02/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	24/02/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	24/02/2009	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	24/02/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	24/02/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	24/02/2009	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	24/02/2009	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	27/02/2009	Romford	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	02/03/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	02/03/2009	Ochil and South Perthshire	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	06/03/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/03/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Angela Smith	10/03/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	16/03/2009	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
John Whittingdale	17/03/2009	Maldon and East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
David Heath	31/03/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Cawsey	01/04/2009	Brigg and Goole	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	20/04/2009	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Geraldine Smith	20/04/2009	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	21/04/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	22/04/2009	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Diane Abbott	23/04/2009	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Heppell	Unknown			Withdrawn

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