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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Gunnell (Labour), on Tuesday, 11 January 1994, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 154 members in total.

ZOO DIRECTIVES

That this House welcomes the efforts of the EEC to establish minimum standards for wild animals in zoos within the Community and the support given by the European Parliament to the directive; and calls on the government to press the Commission to address zoo standards through Community legislation in that the survival of endangered species, a declared function of zoos, involves animals in cross-border travel, and failure to legislate may both undermine those survival chances and sentence thousands of animals to wasted lives of continued suffering with little hope of reprieve.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

ZOO DIRECTIVES (312A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Unknown (primary, ) and tabled on Wednesday, 12 January 1994. It has been signed by 4 members in total.
at end add 'and notes that a zoo report, approved by the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly in 1987, made recommendations designed to resolve these problems and regrets that in a number of EC and Council of Europe member states insufficient progress has been made.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
312 
312A1 
Session
1993-94
Subjects
Animal welfare EU action Zoos
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk