2010

MPs have chance to back new meat and dairy law
10 June 2010

20 MPs have been given an historic opportunity to prevent food production from trashing the planet.

A Private Members' Ballot took place in Westminster on 10 June, when hundreds of back bench MPs threw their names into a hat.

The following 20 MPs were selected - and now have a chance to drive a law of their choice through Parliament:

John McDonnell, Hayes and Harlington	Robert Flello, Stoke on Trent South
Chris White, Warwick and Leamington	Rebecca Harris, Castle Point
Greg Knight, East Yorkshire	Anna Soubry, Broxtowe
Harriett Baldwin, West Worcestershire	David Hamilton, Midlothian
Joan Walley, Stoke-on-Trent North	Sharon Hodgson, Washington and Sunderland West
Adrian Sanders, Torbay	Andrew Bridgen, North West Leicestershire
Mark Lancaster, Milton Keynes North	Jonathan Lord, Woking
Dr Thérèse Coffey, Suffolk Coastal	Lorely Burt, Solihull
Philip Hollobone, Kettering	Nigel Adams, Selby & Ainsty
Sir Paul Beresford, Mole Valley	George Eustice, Camborne & Redruth

Friends of the Earth is calling on these MPs to choose a Sustainable Livestock Bill that supports planet-friendly farming.

The Bill would commit the Government to reduce the damaging impact of meat and dairy farming.

Meat and dairy is responsible for a fifth of climate-changing gases.

It is also wiping out rainforests as they are being cleared to make space to grow animal feed such as soy.

Sign our letter to the 20 MPs asking them to fix the food chain by taking up the Sustainable Livestock Bill.