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Dog Meat Trade

Backbench debate on Thursday, 5 November 2015, in the House of Commons, led by Robert Flello. The answering member was James Duddridge.
Backbench debate (unallotted day). Agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
601 cc1212-1227 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Debate Pack: Dog meat trade
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Research briefings
Dog Meat (South Korea)
Monday, 12 September 2016
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Robert Flello | 601 c1213 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House calls for an immediate end to dog meat trade cruelty; suppor...

Nick Thomas-Symonds | 601 c1213 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that there are two aspects to tackling this problem—first, persuading s...


Show all contributions (27)
Robert Flello | 601 cc1213-4 (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely. I wholeheartedly endorse my hon. Friend’s comments.

I am not a vegetarian, and ...

Gavin Robinson | 601 c1214 (Link to this contribution)

I commend the hon. Gentleman for shining a light on international barbarism within the dog meat t...

Robert Flello | 601 c1214 (Link to this contribution)

As hon. Members will know, I secured a debate last September on the puppy trade, and I certainly ...

Andy Slaughter | 601 c1214 (Link to this contribution)

I would like to thank my hon. Friend not just for launching this debate, but for all the work he ...

Robert Flello | 601 cc1214-6 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, and I will return to that point as my speech develops; I am cons...

Drew Hendry | 601 c1216 (Link to this contribution)

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Robert Flello | 601 c1216 (Link to this contribution)

If the hon. Gentleman does not mind, I will not, because of the time constraints.

The Chine...

Lisa Cameron | 601 cc1216-7 (Link to this contribution)

I commend the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Robert Flello) for raising such an important ...

Drew Hendry | 601 c1217 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend was talking about the delicacy element. Does she agree that we should be working w...

Lisa Cameron | 601 c1217 (Link to this contribution)

I agree with my hon. Friend that pressure must come to bear from as many angles as possible.

Simon Hoare | 601 c1217 (Link to this contribution)

I have huge sympathy with what the hon. Lady is saying. Does she agree that, contrary to what was...

Lisa Cameron | 601 c1218 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his contribution and agree that we have to be extremely sensitive ...

Matthew Offord | 601 cc1218-9 (Link to this contribution)

I support the motion and congratulate the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Robert Flello). H...

Steve Reed | 601 cc1219-1220 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Robert Flello) on securing thi...

Steve McCabe | 601 c1220 (Link to this contribution)

I agree with my hon. Friend that it is probably not appropriate to think we can tell other countr...

Steve Reed | 601 c1220 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes a pertinent point, and I agree with him. There is certainly a case for consu...

Mims Davies | 601 c1220 (Link to this contribution)

I declare an interest, in that I am a dog owner, admirer and lover. Of course we have recently se...

Steve Reed | 601 cc1220-1 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady makes a very sensible point. There has been some of this communication in bilateral...

Hannah Bardell | 601 c1221 (Link to this contribution)

I have listened carefully to the hon. Gentleman and I congratulate him on the comments he has mad...

Steve Reed | 601 c1221 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely agree with the hon. Lady, and I am sure that British consumers would be horrified if...

Alex Cunningham | 601 cc1221-4 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Robert Flello) on securing tod...

James Duddridge | 601 cc1222-5 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Robert Flello) on securing this debate a...

Robert Flello | 601 c1225 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome that commitment to work with the World Health Organisation and similar agencies. In wri...

James Duddridge | 601 c1226 (Link to this contribution)

I am more than happy, when writing to the ambassadors, to convey the connections that have been m...

Robert Flello | 601 cc1226-7 (Link to this contribution)

We have had a short and constrained debate, but I think that all the important points have been m...

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