PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND WEAPONS TESTING ON LIVE PIGS (9 June 1998)
Motion Details
That this House is deeply concerned that the Ministry of Defence has allowed Army personnel to attend Exercise Danish Bacon where high velocity weapons are fired at close quarters into live pigs; notes that the experiments have been going on for at least the last 10 years; further notes that animal experiments by the Ministry of Defence have increased approximately threefold since 1992; and urges Her Majesty's Government to put an end to this barbaric practice immediately and to put in place alternatives to using animals in military experiments.
Sponsored by:
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
29
63%
Liberal Democrat
10
22%
Independent
6
13%
Speaker
1
2%
Sponsor List (46 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
John Austin
LD
Norman Baker (Sponsor)
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Mr Ivor Caplin
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick
Lab
Paul Flynn
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
Lynne Jones
LD
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Mr Colin Pickthall
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Alan Simpson
LD
Angela Smith
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Brian White
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
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