Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative), on Wednesday, 9 July 2014, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 55 members in total.

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USE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN INTENSIVE FARMING

That this House recognises that the overuse of antibiotics in intensive farming adds to the serious public health threat from antibiotic resistance and the rise of superbugs; welcomes the Government's efforts to reduce over-prescribing by doctors; calls for parallel action to reduce the use of antibiotics by veterinary surgeons and farmers; and further calls on the Government to take steps to ensure that the routine prophylactic use of antibiotics on UK farms is phased out and that specific controls are introduced on the use in livestock of antibiotics that are critically important in human medicine.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

247 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Michael Connarty

Peter Bottomley

Mark Durkan

Andrew George

Grahame Morris

Subjects

Animals Agriculture Health services Diseases Farmers

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk