WHALE SANCTUARY (No. 2)

Early day motion 946, tabled 11 July 2000 by Lindsay Hoyle (Labour). Signed by 80 members.

That this House notes with concern the opposition to the proposed whale sanctuary in the South Pacific from Japan and Norway, which want a 14-year old ban on commercial whaling lifted; welcomes the recommendation of a 4.7 million-square-mile sanctuary in the South Pacific in order to preserve the whale population in this part of the world; and calls on the British Government to continue to press for such a sanctuary during the annual meeting of the Whaling Commission.

Signatures by party: Labour 64, Liberal Democrat 8, Labour/Co-operative 4, Plaid Cymru 3, Scottish National Party 1.