PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
PROTECTION OF DOLPHINS (21 June 1998)
Motion Details
That this House welcomes the decision taken in Europe by member states to ban the use of drift nets by fishing fleets; notes that these nets are responsible for the deaths of thousands of dolphins each year, which are accidentally caught and killed in these nets; acknowledges that a ban on these nets is a positive step towards protecting dolphins by reducing the number of needless deaths; and calls upon the Government to do everything in its power to press for a world-wide ban on drift nets.
Sponsored by:
Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
50
70%
Liberal Democrat
8
11%
Independent
7
10%
Plaid Cymru
3
4%
Conservative
2
3%
Speaker
1
1%
Sponsor List (71 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Martin Caton
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mr Hilton Dawson
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Lab
Mr Ivan Henderson
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Sponsor)
Chorley
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
PC
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
David Lepper
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Alice Mahon
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Laura Moffatt
Lab
Mr Rhodri Morgan
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Mr James Plaskitt
Lab
Stephen Pound
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
Lab
Christine Russell
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
LD
Angela Smith
Lab
Helen Southworth
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
LD
Lord Stunell
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Brian White
PC
Lord Wigley
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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