Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 16 July 2012, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 72 members in total.

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SOUTH KOREA AND SCIENTIFIC WHALING

That this House condemns South Korea's recent announcement at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) that it intends to begin whaling for scientific purposes; believes that scientific whaling is merely commercial whaling by another name; supports the work done by the International Fund for Animal Welfare; further believes that whaling is cruel and unnecessary and that there is no humane way to kill a whale; welcomes the record of successive UK governments in taking the lead in opposing whaling at the IWC; and urges the Government to take diplomatic action at the highest level to urge South Korea to abandon its recent proposal.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

416 

Session

2012-13

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Jeremy Corbyn

Mark Durkan

Andrew George

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

Subjects

Animal welfare Science Asia Marine environment

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk