PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
INTERNATIONAL WHALING (10 January 2012)

Motion Details

That this House condemns the departure of the Japanese whaling fleet for Antarctica with the intention of killing almost 1,000 whales; believes that whaling is cruel and unnecessary and that there is no humane way to kill a whale; opposes the accession of Iceland to the EU unless it ceases whaling; welcomes the record of successive UK governments in taking the lead in opposing whaling at the International Whaling Commission (IWC); andurges the Government to take diplomatic action at the highest level to urge Japan, Iceland and Norway to end their whaling for commercial purposes and to ensure that the IWC becomes a true conservation body for the protection of whales.

Sponsored by:
Martin Horwood (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
51
49%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
26
25%
 
 
Conservative
13
13%
 
 
Independent
6
6%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
2
2%
 
 
Scottish National Party
1
1%
 
 
Green Party
1
1%
 
 
Crossbench
1
1%
 
 
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
1%
 
 
Alliance
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (104 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Mr Graham Allen
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Mr David Anderson
Lab
Mr Adrian Bailey
Lab
Gordon Banks
Lab
Sir Kevin Barron
Lab
Mr Clive Betts
Sheffield South East
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Annette Brooke
LD
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
LD
Baroness Burt of Solihull
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
Lab
Michael Connarty
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Sir David Crausby
LD
Mike Crockart
Con
Dame Tracey Crouch
Lab
Jon Cruddas
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Alex Cunningham
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Frank Dobson
Lab
Mr Frank Doran
Lab
Jim Dowd
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Con
Jonathan Evans
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Paul Flynn
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
IGC
Mike Gapes
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
LD
Stephen Gilbert
Lab
Mary Glindon
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Con
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
LD
Duncan Hames
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
John Hemming
Con
Gordon Henderson
Ind
Lady Hermon
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
LD
Martin Horwood (Sponsor)
LD
Dr Julian Huppert
Lab
Glenda Jackson
LD
Mr Charles Kennedy
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
LD
Mr John Leech
LD
Stephen Lloyd
Lab
Tony Lloyd
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
APNI
Naomi Long
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Green
Caroline Lucas
Con
Mrs Anne Main
Lab
Seema Malhotra
Feltham and Heston
Lab
Lord Mann
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Iain McKenzie
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Andrew Miller
Con
Penny Mordaunt
Lab
Graeme Morrice
LD
Tessa Munt
Wells and Mendip Hills
Lab
Lisa Nandy
Wigan
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Albert Owen
Con
Neil Parish
Lab
Yasmin Qureshi
Bolton South and Walkden
Con
Simon Reevell
Lab
Mrs Linda Riordan
Lab
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
LD
Dan Rogerson
Con
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Lab
Mr Frank Roy
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
LD
Sir Bob Russell
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Mr Barry Sheerman
Lab
Jim Sheridan
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
LD
Sir Robert Smith
Lab
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
LD
Jo Swinson
Con
David Tredinnick
Lab
Valerie Vaz
Walsall and Bloxwich
Lab
Joan Walley
LD
Mr David Ward
Lab
Lord Watts
Con
Mike Weatherley
PC
Hywel Williams
LD
Mr Mark Williams
LD
Stephen Williams
SNP
Pete Wishart
Perth and Kinross-shire
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
Mr Shaun Woodward

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