Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor James Paice (Conservative), on Wednesday, 3 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 52 members in total.

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ILLEGAL MEAT IMPORTS

That this House notes with concern that an estimated average of 12,000 tonnes of meat products enter the country illegally each year from countries outside the EU; recognises that illegal meat imports present serious risks to both animal and human health, and threaten the survival of many species in the wild; regrets that only one in every 25,000 seizures of illegal meat results in a prosecution; and calls on the Government to improve border security via the introduction of a UK border police force and end the leniency shown to smugglers who are endangering human and animal health.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

96 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Peter Ainsworth

Peter Bottomley

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

David Amess

Bill Wiggin

Subjects

Animal welfare Food Trade

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk