SNARES

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Motion text

That this House notes with concern that badgers, domestic pets, livestock and other animals continue to be severely injured and killed by snares; expresses particular concern that self-locking snares, made illegal under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, are still being used in the UK; further notes that free-running snares are legal for the control of foxes and rabbits but are by their nature indiscriminate and therefore cause considerable pain and suffering to many animals; recognises that the provisions of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in relation to snares are difficult to enforce and have failed adequately to protect wildlife from unnecessary suffering and death; and calls on the Government to support the abolition of the manufacture, sale and use of all snares.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

Maidstone and The Weald

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Abbott, Ms Diane

Labour

6 June 2005

Hackney North and Stoke Newington

Rossendale and Darwen

Atkins, Charlotte

Labour

29 June 2005

Staffordshire Moorlands

Ochil and South Perthshire

Sheffield, Attercliffe

Blackman-Woods, Dr Roberta

Carshalton and Wallington

Mid Dorset and North Poole

Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

Brown, Mr Russell

Labour

10 November 2005

Dumfries and Galloway

Birmingham, Northfield

Democratic Unionist Party

Barnsley West and Penistone

Clark, Ms Katy

Labour

11 October 2005

North Ayrshire and Arran

Clarke, Mr Tom

Labour

14 October 2005

Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill

Linlithgow and East Falkirk

Conway, Derek

Conservative

18 May 2005

Old Bexley and Sidcup

Newcastle upon Tyne Central

Curtis-Thomas, Mrs Claire

Kingston and Surbiton

Davies, Mr Quentin

Conservative

10 November 2005

Grantham and Stamford

Heywood and Middleton

Dodds, Mr Nigel

Democratic Unionist Party

4 July 2005

Belfast North

Donaldson, Mr Jeffrey M.

Democratic Unionist Party

Social Democratic & Labour Party

Barnsley East and Mexborough

Westmorland and Lonsdale

Featherstone, Lynne

Liberal Democrat

6 June 2005

Hornsey and Wood Green

Foster, Michael Jabez

Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath

Newcastle upon Tyne North

Ulster Unionist Party

Hackney South and Shoreditch

Hodgson, Mrs Sharon

Labour

26 January 2006

Gateshead East and Washington West

Lanark and Hamilton East

Knowsley North and Sefton East

North Southwark and Bermondsey

Blackpool North and Fleetwood

Hampstead and Highgate

Kingston upon Hull North

Birmingham, Selly Oak

Houghton and Washington East

Edinburgh North and Leith

Leech, Mr John

Liberal Democrat

6 June 2005

Manchester, Withington

Meirionnydd Nant Conwy

Loughton, Tim

Conservative

18 May 2005

East Worthing and Shoreham

Marshall-Andrews, Mr Robert

Ellesmere Port and Neston

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Robinson, Mr Geoffrey

Paisley and Renfrewshire North

Simon, Mr Siôn

Labour

27 June 2005

Birmingham, Erdington

Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush

Smith, Geraldine

Labour

30 June 2005

Morecambe and Lunesdale

North West Leicestershire

Islington South and Finsbury

Villiers, Mrs Theresa

Finchley and Golders Green

Wareing, Mr Robert N.

Labour

6 July 2005

Liverpool, West Derby

Harrogate and Knaresborough

Democratic Unionist Party

8 December 2005

East Antrim

Wishart, Pete

Scottish National Party

27 June 2005

Perth and North Perthshire

Sittingbourne and Sheppey

These members had previously signed the motion, but have now withdrawn their support. The date shown is when the Member withdrew their signature from the motion.

Djanogly, Mr Jonathan

Amendments (1)

After a motion has been tabled, other Members can table amendments to it. Amendments to this motion are shown below.

SNARES (Amendment 1)

leave out from `UK' to end and insert 'recognises the role of snaring in conservation wildlife management; further notes that snaring conducted in accordance with the law and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation's (BASC) code of practice is selective, legal, humane and carried out with respect for quarry; further notes that legal free running snares restrain and do not kill the target species and may only be used by an authorised person within the terms of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; condemns anyone breaking the established EU and British law on snaring; and congratulates the Government on its initiatives to improve practice and its establishment of the Independent Working Group on snares convened by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which brings together welfare interests and practitioners including the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, British Wildlife Rehabilitation Council, RSPCA, The Royal Veterinary College, The Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (University of Oxford), English Nature, the BASC, the National Gamekeepers Organisation and the Game Conservancy Trust.'.

Martin Salter

Labour, Reading West

signatures

EDM 75A1: tabled on 22 June 2005

EDM (Early Day Motion) 75: tabled on 17 May 2005

Amendment to this motion

Motion text

Signatures (235)

Amendments (1)