ANIMAL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS

Early day motion 327, tabled 12 February 2001 by Helen Clark (Labour). Signed by 48 members.

That this House supports the right of peaceful protest but also supports the right of individuals to work in legal occupations without being terrorised; deplores the continuing violent and intimidating attacks both at their place of work and outside their homes on clients of Cambridgeshire-based Huntingdon Life Sciences in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Surrey; and calls on the Government to introduce legislation to protect individuals targeted in this way.

Signatures by party: Labour 36, Liberal Democrat 8, Conservative 3, Labour/Co-operative 1.