PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
IVORY TRADE (26 March 1998)
Motion Details
That this House is concerned that the relaxation of the ivory trade ban, provisionally agreed by CITES in June 1997, will lead to an increase in elephant poaching and ivory smuggling in both Africa and Asia; believes that there are indications that the proposed controlled sale of Botswanan, Zimbabwean and Namibian ivory stockpiles to Japan will lead to levels of poaching not seen since the decade leading up to the 1989 ban on ivory trading, which saw 600,000 elephants slaughtered for their tusks; and call on Her Majesty's Government to continue to use its influence to ensure that the 25th anniversary of the CITES agreement is not celebrated with a resumption of the ivory trade.
Sponsored by:
Mr Piara S Khabra (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
97
63%
Liberal Democrat
22
14%
Independent
12
8%
Conservative
11
7%
Crossbench
2
1%
Non-affiliated
2
1%
Democratic Unionist Party
2
1%
Speaker
1
1%
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
Plaid Cymru
1
1%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
1%
Sponsor List (153 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lord Allan of Hallam
Lab
Ms Candy Atherton
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Lab
John Austin
LD
Jackie Ballard
DUP
Lord Bannside
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Dame Anne Begg
Ind
Mr Martin Bell
Con
Sir Richard Body
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Dr Peter Brand
LD
Mr Colin Breed
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Lord Campbell-Savours
Ind
Dennis Canavan
Lab
Mr Jamie Cann
Lab
Mr Ivor Caplin
Lab
Roger Casale
Lab
Martin Caton
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
XB
Baroness Clark of Calton
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Charles Clarke
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Lord Coaker
Lab
Harry Cohen
Con
Michael Colvin
Lab
Frank Cook
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Valerie Davey
Ind
Geraint Davies
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Maria Eagle
Liverpool Garston
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Barbara Follett
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
WPB
George Galloway
Lab
Barry Gardiner
Brent West
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Linda Gilroy
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Mr John Gunnell
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Dr Evan Harris
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
John Healey
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
LD
Mr David Heath
Lab
Stephen Hesford
Ind
Ms Patricia Hewitt
Lab
Phil Hope
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Ms Jenny Jones
Lab
Ann Keen
LD
Mr Charles Kennedy
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra (Sponsor)
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Mrs Jackie Lawrence
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Lab
David Lepper
IGC
Mr Chris Leslie
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Lab
Alice Mahon
Ind
Mr Paul Marsden
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
SDLP
Mr Eddie McGrady
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Andrew Miller
Lab
Austin Mitchell
LD
Michael Moore
Lab
Mr Chris Mullin
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
Lab
Diana Organ
Lab
Dr Nick Palmer
Lab
Mr Colin Pickthall
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr Kerry Pollard
Lord Prior of Brampton
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
DUP
Mr Peter Robinson
Lab
Mr Allan Rogers
Lab
Chris Ruane
Lab
Christine Russell
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Martin Salter
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Phil Sawford
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Lab
Jonathan Shaw
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Baroness Smith of Malvern
LD
Angela Smith
Lab
Geraldine Smith
Lab
Lord Snape
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Lab
Dr Howard Stoate
XB
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
LD
Lord Stunell
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Lab
Lord Touhig
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Lab
Joan Walley
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
LD
Steve Webb
Lab
Brian White
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Lab
Dr Alan Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
Lab
Lord Wills
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Mr Jimmy Wray
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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