Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Robert Flello (Labour), on Wednesday, 30 June 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 185 members in total.

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SUSTAINABLE LIVESTOCK FARMING AND FOOD PRODUCTION

That this House notes that global livestock and animal feed production is currently the most significant worldwide cause of biodiversity loss, with the large-scale conversion of forests and other valuable habitats to produce animal feeds a cause of particular concern; further notes that the sector contributes 18 per cent. of global greenhouse gas emissions and also has impacts on small farms and communities in developing countries who are often forced off their land; congratulates the pioneering farmers in the UK who produce livestock and dairy products using sustainably-produced home-grown feed crops and wildlife-rich pasture, which reduces these damaging impacts and has employment, landscape and biodiversity benefits for the UK, but recognises that many British farmers find current policies and market structures a barrier; and so welcomes the Sustainable Livestock Bill which calls on the Government to produce a strategy that assesses the impacts the livestock sector has on the environment, sets out the policy changes needed to reduce them, ensures problems are not simply moved overseas, and supports a sustainable and thriving UK farming industry.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

367 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Caroline Lucas

Andrew George

David Amess

Joan Walley

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

Subjects

Animals Agriculture Food

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk