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Whaling

EDM number 1157 in 2009-10, proposed by Nigel Evans on 23/03/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare and Wildlife.

That this House notes that the whaling moratorium was introduced in 1986 in order to combat the fact that many populations of the great whales had been drastically reduced by over-hunting, and that whaling itself, based on the firing of explosive harpoons into large and intelligent animals, was cruel; is concerned by the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) proposal to legitimise the commercial whaling activities of Japan, Norway and Iceland; understands that the proposal seeks to set official IWC quotas for whales that they may hunt, in all the places where they currently hunt them in defiance of the moratorium, including the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, for the first time in 25 years; believes that such a proposal represents a conservational disaster; further believes that the proposal represents no guarantee of a significant reduction in the number of whales killed in the short term; and calls on the Government to oppose any proposal that condones or endorses commercial whaling if the issue is raised and voted on at the IWC conference in Agadir, Morocco, in June.

This motion has been signed by a total of 67 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Nigel Evans23/03/2010Ribble ValleyConservativeProposed
John Austin23/03/2010Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle23/03/2010ChorleyLabourSeconded
Paul Keetch23/03/2010HerefordLiberal DemocratSeconded
Graham Brady23/03/2010Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSeconded
Jim Dobbin24/03/2010Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer24/03/2010KeighleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton24/03/2010GowerLabourSigned
John Cummings24/03/2010EasingtonLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore24/03/2010HendonLabourSigned
Andrew George24/03/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
James Gray24/03/2010North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Janet Anderson24/03/2010Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley24/03/2010Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Graham Stringer24/03/2010Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Michael Weir24/03/2010AngusScottish National PartySigned
Lorely Burt24/03/2010SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Main24/03/2010St AlbansConservativeSigned
Stephen Williams24/03/2010Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter24/03/2010CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby24/03/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell24/03/2010Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Annette Brooke24/03/2010Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper24/03/2010Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Lynne Jones24/03/2010Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson24/03/2010Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood24/03/2010Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Bob Spink24/03/2010Castle PointIndependentSigned
Alan Simpson24/03/2010Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders24/03/2010TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell24/03/2010ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Ken Purchase24/03/2010Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice24/03/2010PendleLabourSigned
Mike Hancock25/03/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis25/03/2010Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton25/03/2010MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Paul Holmes25/03/2010ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen25/03/2010Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara25/03/2010Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Alan Meale25/03/2010MansfieldLabourSigned
David Drew25/03/2010StroudLabourSigned
Nick Harvey29/03/2010North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn29/03/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Keith Vaz29/03/2010Leicester EastLabourSigned
Robert Wareing29/03/2010Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Betty Williams29/03/2010ConwyLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden30/03/2010Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
John Leech30/03/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams30/03/2010Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean30/03/2010BurtonLabourSigned
William Cash30/03/2010StoneConservativeSigned
John Mann30/03/2010BassetlawLabourSigned
Greg Knight30/03/2010East YorkshireConservativeSigned
Brian Jenkins30/03/2010TamworthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley30/03/2010Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins30/03/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn30/03/2010JarrowLabourSigned
Eric Martlew06/04/2010CarlisleLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty06/04/2010Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Michael Clapham06/04/2010Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell06/04/2010Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams06/04/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Barry Sheerman07/04/2010HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Robert Smith07/04/2010West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Kim Howells07/04/2010PontypriddLabourSigned
Shona McIsaac07/04/2010CleethorpesLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson07/04/2010Lagan ValleyDUPSigned

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