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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
FUR FARMING (1 June 1997)

Motion Details

That this House is opposed to the farming of mink and fox for their fur; notes that mink are highly active animals which in the wild live on and defend territories a mile or more in length; believes that it is cruel to keep mink and fox which are essentially wild creatures in small barren cages; further believes that it is ethically unacceptable for a civilised society to keep animals in such restricted and deprived conditions simply for fashion and adornment; welcomes Labour's statement in its 1996 document New Life for Animals that it is totally opposed to fur farming and will take action to end this cruel method as soon as practicable; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to introduce measures without delay to phase out fur farming by law.

Sponsored by:
Mr Gerry Steinberg (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
121
72%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
25
15%
 
 
Independent
12
7%
 
 
Conservative
4
2%
 
 
Not Available
2
1%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Non-affiliated
1
1%
 
 
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (168 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lord Allan of Hallam
Lab
Mr Joe Ashton
Lab
Ms Candy Atherton
Lab
John Austin
LD
Norman Baker
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
Lab
Dame Anne Begg
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Lord Bilston
Lab
Liz Blackman
Lab
Mr Bob Blizzard
Lab
Mr Ben Bradshaw
LD
Dr Peter Brand
LD
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
Lab
Christine Butler
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Ind
Dennis Canavan
Lab
Mr Jamie Cann
Lab
Mr Ian Cawsey
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
Lab
Mr Malcolm Chisholm
Lab
Ms Judith Church
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Charles Clarke
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Lord Coaker
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Ind
Geraint Davies
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick
Lab
Caroline Flint
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
WPB
George Galloway
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Mrs Eileen Gordon
Mr Tommy Graham
Lab
John Grogan
Lab
Mr John Gunnell
Lab
Patrick Hall
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Lab
Stephen Hesford
Ind
Ms Patricia Hewitt
Lab
Mr David Hinchliffe
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
LD
Simon Hughes
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Alan Johnson
Lab
Miss Melanie Johnson
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Ms Fiona Jones
Lab
Ann Keen
LD
Mr Charles Kennedy
LD
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
David Lepper
Ind
Sir Oliver Letwin
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
Con
Tim Loughton
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
Lab
Fiona Mactaggart
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Lab
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Lab
Mr Eric Martlew
Mr Robert McCartney
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Baroness Merron
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
LD
Mrs Ray Michie
Lab
Andrew Miller
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Laura Moffatt
LD
Michael Moore
Lab
Dan Norris
North East Somerset and Hanham
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Dr Nick Palmer
Lab
Linda Perham
Lab
Mr Colin Pickthall
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Stephen Pound
Lab
Bill Rammell
Lab
Syd Rapson
LD
Mr David Rendel
DUP
Mr Peter Robinson
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Martin Salter
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Phil Sawford
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Lab
Ms Debra Shipley
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Baroness Smith of Malvern
LD
Angela Smith
Lab
Geraldine Smith
Lab
Lord Snape
Con
Sir John Stanley
Lab
Dr Phyllis Starkey
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg (Sponsor)
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Lab
Dr Howard Stoate
Lab
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Lab
David Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Lab
Gareth Thomas
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Stephen Twigg
Lab
Keith Vaz
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
LD
Steve Webb
Con
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Lab
Mr Alan Williams
Lab
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Mike Wood

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