PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
WELFARE OF GREYHOUNDS (26 November 2003)
Motion Details
That this House calls on Her Majesty's Government to address animal welfare concerns within greyhound racing; notes that 10,000 greyhounds retire from racing each year, only 2,000 of which are known to be re-homed; looks forward to provisions for improving racing greyhound welfare to be included in the proposed Animal Welfare Bill; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to bring forward measures, including the possible introduction of compulsory levies, to ensure that proper levels of funding are made available from within the industry towards the cost of greyhound welfare.
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Sir Alan Meale (Labour)
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Party
Votes
%
Labour
165
64%
Liberal Democrat
40
16%
Conservative
22
9%
Independent
11
4%
Democratic Unionist Party
4
2%
Scottish National Party
3
1%
Plaid Cymru
3
1%
Speaker
2
1%
Non-affiliated
2
1%
Your Party
1
0%
Reform UK
1
0%
Ulster Unionist Party
1
0%
The Independent Group for Change
1
0%
Crossbench
1
0%
Workers Party of Britain
1
0%
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Member
Constituency
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Lord Allan of Hallam
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Ms Candy Atherton
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Mr Adrian Bailey
Lab
Vera Baird
LD
Norman Baker
DUP
Lord Bannside
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
LD
John Barrett
Lab
Sir Kevin Barron
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
Lab
Lord Beamish
Lab
Dame Anne Begg
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
LD
Lord Beith
Con
Lord Bellingham
Lab
Andrew Bennett
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Spk
John Bercow
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Mr Clive Betts
Sheffield South East
Lab
Mr Bob Blizzard
Con
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Lord Bradley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Annette Brooke
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Chris Bryant
Rhondda and Ogmore
Lab
Ms Karen Buck
Lab
Richard Burden
LD
Lord Burnett
LD
Paul Burstow
LD
Mrs Patsy Calton
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Mrs Anne Campbell
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
Lab
Roger Casale
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Colin Challen
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Tom Clarke
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Mr Iain Coleman
Lab
Mr Tony Colman
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Frank Cook
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Sir Ross Cranston
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Jon Cruddas
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Wayne David
Lab
Denzil Davies
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Parmjit Dhanda
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Frank Dobson
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
LD
Sue Doughty
Lab
Jim Dowd
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Dame Angela Eagle
Wallasey
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
SNP
Annabelle Ewing
Con
Michael Fabricant
Lab
Paul Farrelly
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Mark Fisher
Con
Mr Adrian Flook
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Barbara Follett
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
WPB
George Galloway
IGC
Mike Gapes
Con
Lord Garnier
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
LD
Sandra Gidley
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
LD
Matthew Green
Lab
Jane Griffiths
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Lab
John Grogan
Lab
Patrick Hall
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Lab
Mr David Hamilton
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Dr Evan Harris
Lab
Mr Doug Henderson
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Ind
Lady Hermon
Lab
David Heyes
LD
Paul Holmes
Lab
Mr Jim Hood
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Con
Lord Horam
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Lab
Mr Kevin Hughes
LD
Simon Hughes
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
Lab
Mr Alan Hurst
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Jon Owen Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Sir Gerald Kaufman
Lab
Alan Keen
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Mr David Kidney
Lab
Andy King
LD
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
LD
Norman Lamb
Lab
David Lepper
Con
Lord Lilley
Lab
Tony Lloyd
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Ian C. Lucas
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Lab
Mr Iain Luke
Lab
Mr John Lyons
Lab
Mr John MacDougall
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Judy Mallaber
Lab
Lord Mann
Lab
Rob Marris
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Ind
Mr Paul Marsden
Lab
Mr Jim Marshall
Lab
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Lab
Mr Eric Martlew
Con
Mr Michael Mates
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Lab
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Mitcham and Morden
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Sir Alan Meale (Sponsor)
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Chris Mole
LD
Michael Moore
Lab
Julie Morgan
Lab
Mr Denis Murphy
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
LD
Mr Mark Oaten
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Diana Organ
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Albert Owen
Lab
Linda Perham
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr Greg Pope
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
PC
Adam Price
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
LD
John Pugh
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Lab
Syd Rapson
LD
Mr Alan Reid
LD
Mr David Rendel
Lab
John Robertson
Lab
Mr Geoffrey Robinson
Ind
Mrs Iris Robinson
RUK
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
Lab
Chris Ruane
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
LD
Sir Bob Russell
SNP
Alex Salmond
Lab
Martin Salter
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Lab
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Lab
Phil Sawford
Lab
Mr Barry Sheerman
Lab
Jim Sheridan
Lab
Ms Debra Shipley
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Lord Smith of Finsbury
Lab
Geraldine Smith
Lab
John Smith
LD
Sir Robert Smith
Con
Lord Spicer
Ind
Bob Spink
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Mr George Stevenson
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Lab
Dr Gavin Strang
Lab
Lord Stratford
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
LD
Lord Stunell
Lab
Sir Mark Tami
Alyn and Deeside
Lab
David Taylor
Ind
Dr Richard Taylor
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
Lab
Ms Dari Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
LD
Sarah Teather
PC
Mr Simon Thomas
Lab
Paddy Tipping
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Mr Bill Tynan
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Con
Mr Robert Walter
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
LD
Steve Webb
Lab
Brian White
Con
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Roger Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
SNP
Pete Wishart
Perth and Kinross-shire
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
David Wright
Lab
Dr Tony Wright
Lab
Mr Anthony Wright
Lab
Derek Wyatt
LD
Richard Younger-Ross
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