PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
TORTURE OF CATS AND KITTENS (8 June 1998)
Motion Details
That this House condemns the appalling and deplorable trade practice at establishments which breed cats and kittens for the vivisection industry and sell them to laboratories world-wide; notes that some of these kittens are only six weeks old when they are subjected to horrific experiments; and calls upon the Home Secretary to investigate this cruel trade with a view to banning these barbaric practices which put profit before humanity.
Sponsored by:
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
58
68%
Liberal Democrat
13
15%
Independent
7
8%
Conservative
4
5%
Speaker
1
1%
Not Available
1
1%
Plaid Cymru
1
1%
Sponsor List (85 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
John Austin
LD
Norman Baker
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Lab
Mr Bob Blizzard
Lab
Mr Ivor Caplin
Lab
Martin Caton
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Con
Michael Colvin
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe (Sponsor)
PC
Cynog Dafis
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Maria Eagle
Liverpool Garston
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Mr Ivan Henderson
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Ms Jenny Jones
Lab
Ms Sally Keeble
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
David Lepper
Ind
Mr Ivan Lewis
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
Con
Tim Loughton
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Mr Robert McCartney
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Laura Moffatt
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Dr Nick Palmer
Lab
Linda Perham
Lab
Mr Colin Pickthall
Lab
Mr Kerry Pollard
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
Lab
Chris Ruane
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Ms Debra Shipley
LD
Angela Smith
Lab
Helen Southworth
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Lab
David Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Lab
Gareth Thomas
Harrow West
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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