Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John McDonnell (Labour), on Monday, 23 June 2014, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 142 members in total.

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DOG MEAT TRADE CRUELTY

That this House calls for an immediate end to dog meat trade cruelty; supports the Humane Society International's campaign to end the dog meat trade by working with government officials and local organisations in Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and China to raise public awareness and strengthen laws related to this trade; and calls on the Chinese government and Yulin and Guangxi officials to stop the Yulin dog meat festival where thousands of dogs are being cruelly bound, confined, trucked and slaughtered for meat.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

159 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Jeremy Corbyn

Andrew George

Jim Shannon

David Simpson

Subjects

Animal welfare Trade Asia

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk