| 1719 | LOST WITHOUT WORDS CAMPAIGN | 9:6:08 |
| Mr Andrew Lansley | | Mr Bill Olner | | Dr Doug Naysmith | | Mark Hunter | | John Bercow | | Bob Russell |
| | Sir Menzies Campbell | John Thurso | Dr Liam Fox | | | Andrew Miller | Mr John Horam | Clive Efford | | | Mr Oliver Letwin | Angela Watkinson | Nick Harvey |
| That this House welcomes the Stroke Association's Lost without Words campaign which aims to raise awareness of the impact of stroke-related communication disabilities such as Aphasia, Dysarthia and Dyspraxia; notes that an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 people in the UK are currently living with a stroke-related communication disability; recognises that without access to appropriate support those affected can experience depression, isolation, relationship break downs, inability to return to work and dependence on welfare; commends the work of voluntary sector organisations in providing ongoing programmes of communication support for stroke survivors in the community; further recognises that such support can help people regain or replace vital communication skills lost following a stroke; is concerned that across most of the UK too few stroke survivors have access to such support services; is further concerned that many local health authorities are not sufficiently aware of the incidence and impact of stroke-related communication disabilities or the interventions that are available; and calls on the Government and health and social care providers across the UK to review the provision of support for people with communication disabilities following a stroke. |
| 1721 | CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND PUBLIC SERVICES | 9:6:08 |
| Mr Frank Field | | Bob Russell | | Robert Key | | Mr Mike Hancock | | David Taylor | | Mr Colin Breed |
| That this House welcomes the publication of Moral, But No Compass: Church, Government and the Future of Welfare, by Francis Davis, Elizabeth Paulhus et al of the Von Hugel Institute, Cambridge University, the results of research undertaken with the blessing of the Archbishop's Council of the Church of England and with the support of the House of Bishops; notes that it records an absence of an adequate evidence base on the part of the Government and departments of state when it comes to understanding the civic contribution of the Christian churches in the UK; notes an under-estimation of the total number of faith-based charities on the part of the Charity Commission; acknowledges the pioneering contribution made by Christian churches to social innovations in services and initiatives on housing, alcohol dependency, poverty alleviation, education, criminal justice, community participation and health and well-being as well as rural and urban social cohesion and economic development; notes that the research draws on interviews with Ministers and shadow ministers, senior civil servants and voluntary sector leaders as well as several Members of both Houses; congratulates the Right Reverend Stephen Lowe, National Bishop for Urban Life, for initiating this work; calls for fresh and high level discussions within the Civil Service and with, and between Ministers on measures to help the UK harness this under-recognised faith-based contribution to the life of the UK; and calls on British embassies and consulates-general to share the report with other EU and Commonwealth countries as an example of good British practice. |
| 1722 | ACTION DUCHENNE | 9:6:08 |
| Mr Alan Meale | | Dr Rudi Vis | | Bill Etherington | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Mr Mike Hancock | | Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
| That this House notes the publication of research carried out by members of the Action Duchenne organisation on consultation with parents, patients and clinicians connected with the illness highlighting the need for higher levels of Government funding in areas such as extra clinical trials, access to new drugs and treatments for sufferers, together with the establishment of specialist centres manned by multidisciplinary teams throughout the UK; and calls on the Government to take seriously this cry for support from those in the front line of medical need. |
| 1723 | WITHDRAWAL OF FIRST GREAT WESTERN BUFFET CAR SERVICES | 9:6:08 |
| Mr David Drew | | John McDonnell | | Roger Berry | | Mr Martin Caton | | Dr Doug Naysmith | | Andrew George |
| | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Nick Harvey |
| That this House is deeply concerned at reports that First Great Western plan to remove buffet car services; notes that the withdrawal of the buffet car will initially be on routes between London, Oxford, Cheltenham, Bristol and Exeter and that this in turn will impact on the provision of buffet car availability on all services throughout the West of England and South Wales; believes that the buffet car is an essential service for both business and leisure travellers and refutes First Great Western's attempt to play off catering provision against reliability and performance by claiming that removal of buffet cars will improve timings of their high speed train services; further notes that there is no obligation in its franchise agreement for FirstGroup to remove buffet cars and is therefore concerned that this is a cost-cutting measure, which will cause even more discomfort for passengers and is appalled that First Great Western passengers have to endure this latest attack when First Great Western's rail division has announced profits of £120 million on the back of fare increases and significant Government subsidy; and calls on First Great Western to immediately assure passengers that it will retain and improve all its buffet car services. |
| 1724 | PAYMENT PROTECTION INSURANCE | 9:6:08 |
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle | | Mr David Crausby | | Mr Nigel Evans | | Andrew George | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Mr Mike Hancock |
| That this House notes the report by the Competition Commission which highlights the fact that companies face little or no competition when selling payment protection insurance (PPI) to customers, and as a result customers are being overcharged by £1.4 billion per year; recognises that the vast majority of PPI plans are sold by banks, mortgage companies and credit card providers at the same time as the customer takes out a loan or other type of credit; and supports the recommendations by the Competition Commission to increase competition in this market and ensure that customers are aware of alternative PPI providers, thus helping to reduce the cost of payment protection insurance. |
| 1725 | NISSAN - SUNDERLAND | 9:6:08 |
| Mr Fraser Kemp | | Mr David Clelland | | Mr Lindsay Hoyle | | Mr Alan Meale | | Albert Owen | | Lynne Jones |
| That this House welcomes the announcement of £55 million investment in Nissan Motor Manufacturing, Sunderland and the decision to build a new model on the site, thereby securing thousands of jobs in North East manufacturing; believes this success is a massive endorsement of the skills and dedication of the workforce who work at what is Europe's most productive car plant and Britain's biggest car exporter; and fully endorses the Government's contribution to this investment. |
| 1726 | PULMONARY REHABILITATION AND FOLLOW-ON EXERCISE CLASSES | 9:6:08 |
| Kelvin Hopkins | | Andrew George | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Mr Mike Hancock | | Mr John Leech | | Mr Lee Scott |
| | Clive Efford | Mr Jeremy Browne |
| That this House supports the British Lung Foundation's (BLF's) Breathe Easy Week from 16th to 22nd June 2008; welcomes the British Lung Foundation Charter, which sets out 12 priorities for improving lung health in the UK and is to be delivered to 10 Downing Street on 19th June 2008; acknowledges that respiratory disease is the second biggest killer in the UK and that it affects one person in every seven; recognises that pulmonary rehabilitation classes are particularly important for improving the quality of life for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; understands that the benefits of these classes are only maintained if patients continue to exercise after their course finishes; further welcomes the BLF Active initiative from the British Lung Foundation which aims to ensure a better standard of health for people with lung disease by helping them to keep up their specially tailored programme of exercises; and calls on the Government to improve access to pulmonary rehabilitation and follow-on exercise classes throughout the UK for all people with lung disease who can benefit from them. |
| 1727 | CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL MINISTERIAL TASK FORCE ON FUEL POVERTY | 9:6:08 |
| Alan Simpson | | Mr David Amess | | Dr Brian Iddon | | Mr Paul Burstow | | Mrs Linda Riordan | | Peter Bottomley |
| That this House notes with concern that, according to its own estimates, the Government is not on course to meet its statutory obligation to end fuel poverty in vulnerable households by 2010 and that there have been substantial increases in fuel poverty in all sectors; further notes that the latest Fuel Poverty Advisory Group Annual Report identified that Government programmes lack co-ordination and that the responsibility for fuel poverty is dispersed across many different Government departments; welcomes the recommendations of this report that the roles of all departments need to be clearly defined and that a significant contribution on fuel poverty be made by a Ministerial cross-departmental commitment; further notes that this was also the stated pre-requisite for all other recommendations in the just published seminal report How Much? The cost of alleviating fuel poverty in England to be implemented, as well as the main recommendation from the event Fuel Poverty - Mapping the Next Decade preceding this report; and calls upon the Government to set up a Ministerial cross-departmental task force consisting of the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department of Health, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Treasury to deal exclusively with ensuring that the Government meets its statutory fuel poverty targets in the short, medium and long-term. |
| 1729 | BRITISH CYCLISTS IN THE TOUR OF ITALY | 9:6:08 |
| David Lepper | | Mr Mike Hancock | | Mr Lindsay Hoyle | | Kelvin Hopkins | | Mr Alan Meale | | Lynne Jones |
| That this House congratulates Mark Cavendish on winning two stages in the 2008 Tour of Italy cycle race; further congratulates the other British cyclists - David Millar, Steve Cummings, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins and Charly Wegelius - who took part in the race; and believes that their achievements mark another important stage in the development of British cycling, both road and track, at the international level. |
| 1730 | WORLD OCEANS DAY | 9:6:08 |
| Linda Gilroy | | Dr Brian Iddon | | Joan Walley | | Mr David Chaytor | | Bob Russell | | Mr Andrew Dismore |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford |
| That this House notes that World Oceans Day took place on 8th June 2008; supports this year's theme of helping the climate by helping oceans; recognises the supreme importance of the oceans to wildlife, weather, business, travel, science, medicine, recreation, pleasure and culture; further recognises that Britain is an island nation which depends on the sea for trade; values the work undertaken by marine scientists in highlighting the link between the health of the oceans and climate change; welcomes the progress of the Climate Change Bill and Draft Marine Bill; and congratulates Conrad Humphreys' Blue Project website, which seeks to raise awareness of the importance of the oceans and climate change through marine sportsmen and women acting as champions and ambassadors for action. |
| 1731 | USE OF POWERS UNDER THE REGULATION OF INVESTIGATORY POWERS ACT 2000 | 10:6:08 |
| Anne Main | | Peter Luff | | Mr Tim Boswell | | Mr Peter Lilley | | Mr Graham Brady | | David Maclean |
| That this House expresses concern at reports concerning the expansion of the powers introduced in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, and the recent extension to the list of organisations permitted to use these powers from nine to 792, including 474 councils, allowing hundreds of Government and local government agencies access to communications data; further notes the provisions of the Act that a warrant is only applicable in the interests of national security, for the purpose of preventing or detecting serious crime, for the purpose of safeguarding the economic well-being of the United Kingdom, or for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of any international mutual assistance agreement; further notes recent reports that 152 of the largest councils in the UK used the Act to examine 936 people's private communications data in the 2006-07 financial year; believes that the powers of the Act are being expanded beyond its intended scope; and asks the Government to conduct an immediate review of the extension of organisations permitted to use the powers outlined in the Act. |
| 1732 | PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION (No. 2) | 10:6:08 |
| Annette Brooke | | Mr David Laws | | Paul Holmes | | Lynne Featherstone | | Sandra Gidley | | Dr Evan Harris |
| That this House notes that the UK has the highest levels of teenage pregnancy, birth and abortion rates in Western Europe; further notes that for every 1,000 births between 2000 and 2005, 27 births were to under 19 year olds while the figure in France was just 8; further notes that 57.5 per cent. of under 16 conceptions in 2005 resulted in legal abortion; further notes that of more than 20,000 teenagers questioned about sex education in a UK Youth Parliament survey published in 2007, more than half rated the teaching in school as poor, very poor or merely average and only a quarter said it was good; joins the UK Youth Parliament in calling for sex and relationship courses to be made a statutory part of personal, social and health education; and further calls for trained staff to deliver such courses. |
| 1733 | RETIREMENT OF ALISTAIR HIGNELL | 10:6:08 |
| Mr David Drew | | Derek Wyatt | | Dr Rudi Vis | | Peter Bottomley | | Alan Simpson | | Mr Phil Willis |
| That this House notes the retirement of Alistair Hignell as BBC Rugby Correspondent from Radio 5 Live, highlighted by the fulsome praise given him by Lawrence Dallaglio at his own retirement from rugby; celebrates his achievements in this role over many years; remembers his success as an England international and his many years playing for Bristol at rugby and Gloucestershire at cricket following his double blue at Cambridge University; and wishes him every success in his continuing battle against multiple sclerosis. |
| 1734 | KNIFE CRIME AND YOUTH ON YOUTH VIOLENCE | 10:6:08 |
| Mr Lee Scott | | Mr Lindsay Hoyle | | Bob Spink | | Dr Rudi Vis | | Peter Bottomley | | David Simpson |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Mr John Horam | Clive Efford |
| That this House expresses its great concern over growing levels of youth on youth violence and the increase in the carrying of knives; offers condolences to the families who have lost loved ones to these crimes; and believes that the presumption of prosecution should apply to anyone over the age of 16 years who is caught in possession of a knife. |
| 1735 | WORK OF RON BAILEY | 10:6:08 |
| Mr David Drew | | Mr Lindsay Hoyle | | Peter Bottomley | | Jeremy Corbyn | | Mr Don Foster | | Mr Mike Hancock [R] |
| | Mr John Horam | Clive Efford |
| That this House recognises and celebrates the success of Ron Bailey in helping steer over 25 different pieces of legislation through Parliament over the last 23 years, including such important new Acts as the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, the Home Energy Conservation Act 1996, the Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997, the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 and the Sustainable Communities Act 2007; congratulates him for his sheer doggedness in overcoming the resistance of Governments, civil servants and belligerent backbenchers; and wishes him every success in the future as he searches out ever more unsuspecting hon. Members to encourage them to put their name to his future legislative attempts. |
|
[R] Relevant interest declared |
| 1736 | UGANDAN DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS IN THE UK | 10:6:08 |
| Mr Mike Hancock | | Dr Rudi Vis | | Peter Bottomley | | Alan Simpson | | Mr Dai Davies | | Lynne Jones |
| That this House notes the Prime Minister's letter published in The Times on 2nd June, which says that the extension of the maximum length of pre-charge detention is necessary because `the police find themselves investigating multiple identities and passports'; notes the 29th February 2008 conviction in the UK of Rose Birungi, former aide to General Salim Saleh, President Museveni's brother and State Minister for microfinance, who has been sentenced to 12 years for trafficking Class A cocaine while travelling on a Ugandan diplomatic passport; further notes the recent statement by the Uganda Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Okello Oryem that his government does not know how many people have diplomatic passports; fears that these passports could fall into terrorists' hands; and calls on the Government to check routinely everyone entering or leaving the UK while carrying a Ugandan diplomatic passport. |
| 1737 | ISRAEL AND PALESTINIAN FUNDS | 10:6:08 |
| Tom Levitt | | Dr Brian Iddon | | Stephen Williams | | Paul Holmes | | Chris McCafferty | | Peter Bottomley |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | Nick Harvey |
| That this House notes that the Israeli government has yet again delayed the hand over of part of the tax revenues owed by them to the Palestinian Authority; further notes that these funds are used to pay more than 165,000 Palestinian workers in a situation of acute economic crisis; further notes that in withholding such funds the Israeli government is violating its commitments under international peace agreements, and is again collectively punishing hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians; therefore urges the Government to insist that the government of Israel hands over immediately the funds concerned and if Israel fails to do so within days further urges the Government to give increased opportunities to Palestinian representatives to make known their objections about Israeli actions to EU leaders; and further urges the Government to make clear to the government of Israel, that this action, together with the continued expansion of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories, seriously endangers Israel's chances of upgrading its ties with the European Union. |
| 1738 | LEGACY OF BO DIDDLEY | 10:6:08 |
| Mr David Anderson | | Mr Jim Devine | | Mr Stephen Hepburn | | Mr David Hamilton | | Dr Rudi Vis | | Peter Bottomley |
| That this House mourns the passing, at the age of only 79, of Bo Diddley, originally Otha Elias Bates, whose distinctive beat and classic songs came to inspire generations of successful rock bands such as The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and The Animals; notes that he was described following his tour of the US with The Clash in 1979 as `the godfather of garage rock'; acknowledges that his contribution was recognised by being inducted into both the Rock and Roll and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, as well as receiving a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award; and believes that British rock music, itself a huge export earner for the economy, owes a great deal to this outstanding American genius of down-to-earth songs and rhythms. |
| 1743 | CARERS AND THE ROLE OF NEUROLOGICAL NURSES | 10:6:08 |
| Miss Anne Begg | | Roger Berry | | Dr Hywel Francis | | Mr Alistair Carmichael | | Peter Bottomley | | Bob Spink |
| | Mr Ian Taylor | Mr Graham Allen | Mrs Janet Dean | | | Mr Mark Todd | Clive Efford | Nick Harvey |
| That this House recognises the economic and psychological impact which caring responsibilities have on the 850,000 unpaid carers in the UK looking after people with long term neurological conditions; notes their huge economic contribution; values the vital role of neurological nurses in improving the quality of life of people with neurological conditions and of carers and in reducing unnecessary and costly hospital admissions; urges speedy local implementation, through joint health and social care commissioning, of specialist neurological nurse support for people with neurological conditions as described in the Best Practice Guide recently published by the Department of Health, the NHS National Workforce Projects and key third sector partners; and warmly congratulates the 56 member organisations of the Neurological Alliance for the work they are undertaking to support this group of carers and promote the role of neurological nurses. |
| 1744 | THREAT OF SCHOOL CLOSURES | 10:6:08 |
| John Hemming | | Stephen Williams | | Paul Holmes | | Dr Vincent Cable | | Peter Bottomley | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Nick Harvey |
| That this House regrets the Government's crude and destabilising threat to close 638 English secondary schools which have failed to hit an examination target imposed retrospectively; notes that the 638 schools include a large number of academies and other rapidly improving schools; draws attention to the strong link between school results and school catchment which means that 55 per cent. of schools in the poorest areas fail to hit the target while only two per cent. miss the target in the most affluent catchments; expresses concern that the publicity achieved by the Government may make it more difficult to attract good staff and leadership to these schools, as well as deterring potential parents; and calls for a more sophisticated approach to assessing school performance and securing a much needed improvement in standards. |
| 1747 | CORGI CARBON MONOXIDE REPORT 2008 | 10:6:08 |
| Tom Levitt | | Mr Barry Sheerman | | Mr Brian Jenkins | | Mr Lee Scott | | Bob Spink | | Dr Rudi Vis |
| | Mr Fraser Kemp | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | | | Chris Bryant | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Nick Harvey |
| That this House welcomes the publication of the CORGI Carbon Monoxide Report 2008; notes with concern that between April 2007 and March 2008 there were media reports of 63 carbon monoxide incidents caused by gas appliances in the UK; further notes that these incidents resulted in 21 deaths and 125 injuries where carbon monoxide was the suspected cause; acknowledges that due to the lack of a robust reporting system, the numbers could be even higher than the report suggests; recognises that 52 per cent. of the incidents were caused by a lack of servicing and maintenance of gas appliances; notes that illegal gas workers are 32 times more likely to cause a carbon monoxide-related incident than a CORGI registered installer; and calls on the Government to renew efforts to warn the public of the dangers associated with carbon monoxide and examine ways to ensure that all landlords and homeowners have their gas appliances serviced annually by a CORGI registered installer. |
| 1749 | POST OFFICE CLOSURES IN MANCHESTER | 10:6:08 |
| Mr John Leech | | Dr Vincent Cable | | Jeremy Corbyn | | Mr Mike Hancock | | Mr Robert N. Wareing | | Alan Simpson |
| That this House condemns the Labour Government's decision to close 2,500 post offices and the recent announcement that 67 post offices across Greater Manchester and High Peak are threatened with closure, including five in Manchester; recognises that local post offices provide a vital service to their communities and play a valuable role in the sustainability of local shops; notes with concern that the Post Office has failed to justify why specific branches have been selected for closure; and calls upon all local people from across the region to campaign against the closures and to lobby the Government to bring the closure programme to a halt. |
| As an Amendment to Mr John Leech's proposed Motion (Post Office Closures in Manchester): |
| Line 5, leave out from `that' to `and' in line 6 and insert `the European Union has removed the freedom of Parliament to provide appropriate subsidies to retain post offices;'. |
| 1750 | MINIMUM WAGE RATES AND SUPPORT WORKERS | 10:6:08 |
| Mr John Leech | | Stephen Williams | | Jeremy Corbyn | | Mr Mike Hancock | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Mr Robert N. Wareing |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | Nick Harvey |
| That this House recognises the valuable work of support workers who provide overnight support to vulnerable adults; notes with concern that employers are able to pay rates below the minimum wage to support staff who sleep over but remain on call throughout the night; recognises that it is often impossible for staff to spend any time asleep while on shift; and therefore urges the Government to bring forward proposals to put an end to the legal practice of paying support workers below the minimum wage for their sleep rate, and to ensure that they are paid the minimum wage for sleepover hours. |
| 1751 | PUBLICATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE | 10:6:08 |
| Mr Ken Purchase | | Mr David Clelland | | Kelvin Hopkins | | Graham Stringer | | Dr Ian Gibson | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | Gwyn Prosser | | | Dr Alasdair McDonnell |
| That this House is dismayed that a deeply flawed out of date list has been unnecessarily published which has been widely interpreted by the media as labelling over 600 secondary schools as failing their pupils; notes that included on the list are 26 privatised academy schools, including the much-vaunted Harris Academy, demonstrating that privatisation is not a solution to the educational disadvantage often deeply rooted in our unequal society; condemns the list for failing to recognise the hard and diligent work of teachers, parents and pupils in some of England's most deprived communities; and asks the Secretary of State to withdraw the list until further discussions have been held with appropriate local authorities in order to correct the inaccuracies. |
| 1752 | HINTON ST. GEORGE POST OFFICE | 11:6:08 |
| Mr David Laws | | Mr David Heath | | Mr Jeremy Browne | | Steve Webb | | Annette Brooke | | Stephen Williams |
| | Dr Vincent Cable | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Nick Harvey |
| That this House condemns the proposal by Post Office Limited to close the successful and popular post office in the village of Hinton St. George in Somerset; notes that this proposal comes immediately after confirmation of closure plans for five other post offices in the immediate area, and with at least three other local offices at risk of temporary or permanent closure; recognises the strong opposition to these plans from the residents of Hinton St. George and surrounding communities; further notes the lack of adequate public transport to alternative post offices; is concerned that the closure of this post office could lead to the closure of the last shop in this large village; further notes the potential environmental costs of increased car usage which would inevitably follow from these proposals; and calls upon Post Office Limited to withdraw immediately the plans for the closure of this office. |
| 1753 | INFLATION IN ZIMBABWE | 11:6:08 |
| Mr Richard Benyon | | James Duddridge | | Kate Hoey | | Kelvin Hopkins | | Sir Nicholas Winterton | | John Barrett |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Mr John Horam | Clive Efford | | | Angela Watkinson | Dr Vincent Cable | Dr Alasdair McDonnell |
| That this House notes that inflation has exceeded 100,000 per cent. in Zimbabwe and further notes the misery this is causing for the people of that country; therefore deplores the conduct of the Munich-based company Giesecke & Devrient in producing Zimbabwean currency which is being used to maintain the Mugabe regime; praises the independent action of South African trades unions who arranged a boycott of a ship carrying arms for the Mugabe regime; and hopes that similar unilateral action will cause Giesecke & Devrient to cease the printing of money for Mugabe's evil regime. |
| 1754 | VAT ON SUNCREAM | 11:6:08 |
| Tim Farron | | Peter Bottomley | | Bob Russell | | Mr Lee Scott | | Mr Lindsay Hoyle | | Andrew George |
| | Mark Williams | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | | | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Nick Harvey |
| That this House welcomes the Teenage Cancer Trust's Shun Burn campaign which aims to raise awareness of the effectiveness of suncreams in helping to protect against skin cancer, cases of which have doubled in young people over the last 20 years; and calls on the Government to waive VAT on all suncream by reclassifying it as a healthcare item rather than a luxury item. |
| 1755 | HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND WOMEN LEADERS' COUNCIL | 11:6:08 |
| Stephen Hesford | | Mr Frank Field | | Dr Brian Iddon | | Peter Bottomley | | Bob Russell | | Mr Lee Scott |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | Dr Vincent Cable | | | Dr Alasdair McDonnell |
| That this House unconditionally recognises the unacceptability and horror of human trafficking, particularly of vulnerable females and children; and gives its full support to the women-only international task force, the Women Leaders' Council, which has amongst its membership Emma Thompson and Julia Ormond and which has been formed to publicise and combat the crime of human trafficking. |
| 1756 | FENWICK WEAVERS | 11:6:08 |
| Ms Katy Clark | | Sandra Osborne | | Mr Brian H. Donohoe | | Alun Michael | | Mark Lazarowicz | | Mrs Linda Riordan |
| That this House notes that the Fenwick Weavers Cooperative Society was founded on 14th March 1761 in Ayrshire to promote and maintain high standards in the craft of weaving; further notes that the Society existed for over a hundred years before dissolving in 1873; pays tribute to the founders of the cooperative who organised and cooperated with each other for their mutual benefit rather than relying on the patronage of local landowners and aristocracy; believes that the values and ethos of the Fenwick cooperators are as valid as ever today; and congratulates those involved in moves to restart the Fenwick Weavers Cooperative Society. |
| 1757 | LANDBANKING AND THE WIND-UP OF UK LAND INVESTMENTS | 11:6:08 |
| Greg Mulholland | | Peter Bottomley | | Bob Russell | | Bob Spink | | Mark Durkan | | Lynne Jones |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | Dr Vincent Cable | | | Nick Harvey |
| That this House commends the action taken by the Financial Standards Authority to petition the High Court for a wind-up order against UK Land Investments, the country's largest landbanking firm, for operating an illegal collective investment scheme; hopes that this will lead to action being taken against other organisations engaged in landbanking, described as the practice of subdividing undeveloped land and selling individual plots to secondary investors at an inflated cost on the basis that they will profit from future development on the land; hopes that this decision will be the beginning of the end of this practice which has caused so many investors to lose money and blighted communities where these plots are located; and now calls on the Government to take action to outlaw this activity to protect both investors and communities. |
| 1758 | HUGO CHÁVEZ, FARC AND THE PROSPECTS FOR PEACE IN COLOMBIA | 11:6:08 |
| Colin Burgon | | Jon Trickett | | Jon Cruddas | | Andrew George | | Peter Bottomley | | Bob Russell |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | Mr John Heppell | | | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Jim Dowd |
| That this House welcomes the statement made by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on 8th June calling on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to pursue their objectives through exclusively peaceful means and to unilaterally release all the captives they hold; welcomes the attempts that President Chávez has made to mediate in Colombia's ongoing internal conflict, that has so far seen the release of six FARC-held hostages, including five former members of the Colombian Congress and a former vice-presidential candidate; believes that President Chávez's latest proposals could be a positive step towards beginning an inclusive dialogue and moving towards a peace process and peaceful settlement in Colombia; further believes that this would also require the disarmament of right-wing Colombian paramilitary forces and a fundamental change in the approach of the Colombian government away from its dependence on military solutions; and calls on the British Government to engage positively with the government of Hugo Chávez, and others in Latin America, in working towards a peaceful resolution in Colombia. |
| 1759 | NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE'S GUIDANCE ON ANTI-TNF TREATMENT | 11:6:08 |
| John Mann | | Peter Bottomley | | Andrew George [R] | | Bob Spink | | Mark Durkan | | Bob Russell |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | Dr Vincent Cable | | | Nick Harvey |
| That this House welcomes the publication of National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guidance on anti-TNF treatment options for adults with severe active ankylosing spondylitis (AS); supports the decision of NICE's Appeal Panel to uphold the NICE Final Appraisal Determination recommendation; notes that the impact of AS is extensive, affecting some 90,000 people across the UK, and that the effects on employment and work disability are considerable; and believes that implementation of this Guidance will markedly improve the quality of life for those AS patients eligible to receive anti-TNF therapy. |
|
[R] Relevant interest declared |
| 1760 | GLOBAL ACTION TO IMPROVE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH | 11:6:08 |
| Chris McCafferty | | Ms Katy Clark | | Dr Phyllis Starkey | | Paul Flynn | | Mrs Betty Williams | | John Bercow |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | Dr Vincent Cable | | | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Nick Harvey |
| That this House notes with concern that maternal and child death rates are still extremely high in developing countries, owing to the inadequacy of human resources and the absence of quality health services, particularly in rural areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America; acknowledges that the international community agreed to reduce maternal mortality by 75 per cent. by 2015 under Millennium Development Goal 5; therefore welcomes the emphasis placed on strengthening health services, especially sexual and reproductive health and rights, including maternal and child health and family planning services, in the Department for International Development's Achieving Universal Access, The New UK Strategy for Halting and Reversing the Spread of HIV in the Developing World; further notes that United Kingdom medical organisations, including the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists are working to ensure that training and expertise are provided in developing countries; and calls upon the Government to highlight maternal and child health at forthcoming key events in the European Parliament, the G8 Summit and UN meetings. |
| As Amendments to Chris McCafferty's proposed Motion (Global Action to Improve Maternal and Child Health): |
| Line 6, leave out from `services' to `services' in line 8. |
| Line 10, leave out from `World' to `and' in line 12. |
| 1762 | PUFFIN POPULATION | 11:6:08 |
| John Barrett | | Mr Lindsay Hoyle | | Andrew George | | Bob Spink | | Bob Russell | | Mr Adrian Sanders |
| | Mark Williams | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | | | Dr Vincent Cable | Nick Harvey |
| That this House notes with alarm that puffin numbers in the North Sea are in sharp decline with colonies on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth falling by nearly a third this year after decades of continual population increases; believes that puffins represent a vital element of UK marine life; recognises that due to puffins' broad spread across the North Sea and their varied diet, any decline in puffin numbers is indicative of broader ecological concerns across the North Sea; further notes that scientists have highlighted warming seas, changes and shifts in puffin food supplies, and intensive fishing across the North Sea as all contributing to the current declining numbers; and calls on the Government to work with local and national ecological groups to safeguard the future of the puffin and to bring forward a Marine Bill to urgently protect the UK's coastline. |
| 1763 | OFFICIAL OPPOSITION AND CLIMATE CHANGE BILL [LORDS] | 11:6:08 |
| Colin Challen | | David Taylor | | Lynne Jones | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Mr David Drew | | Dr Desmond Turner |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | Dr Vincent Cable |
| That this House notes that the Climate Change Bill [Lords] received its Second Reading on 9th June 2008 with an overwhelming majority of 344 Ayes to three Noes; further notes that the division on Second Reading was called by hon. Members of the Official Opposition and that far less than 33 per cent. of hon. Members of the Official Opposition voted for the Second Reading; further notes that the Bill has been amended and improved in the House of Lords; and calls upon the Leader of the Opposition to prevent his party from backsliding from its declared environmental commitments. |
| 1764 | WORLD WAR II MUNITIONS WORKERS | 11:6:08 |
| Mr David Jones | | Patrick Mercer | | Dr Julian Lewis | | Mr Stephen Crabb | | Mrs Jacqui Lait | | Mr Paul Goodman |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | Angela Watkinson | | | Dr Vincent Cable |
| That this House acknowledges the contribution made by munitions workers to the defence of the United Kingdom in the Second World War; notes that many such workers were women conscripted under the provisions of the National Service Act 1941; considers that the contribution of munitions workers proved crucial in securing victory in 1945; regrets that that contribution has never been formally recognised; and calls on the Government to recognise the effort of former munitions workers in maintaining the security of this country. |
| 1767 | LOW VALUE CONSIGNMENT RELIEF FROM VALUE ADDED TAX | 11:6:08 |
| Mrs Janet Dean | | Mrs Linda Riordan | | David Taylor | | Lynne Jones | | Paul Holmes | | Mrs Betty Williams |
| | Clive Efford | Dr Vincent Cable |
| That this House notes with profound concern that low value consignment relief which allows personal imports from the Channel Islands to avoid value added tax is having a devastating effect upon specialist high street retailers on mainland Britain; further notes that independent music retailers and specialist health food stores have been particularly badly affected with lost trade in food supplements and herbal remedies alone now totalling over £70 million each year as the Channel Islands' mail order export business continues inexorably to grow; believes that this loophole is no longer justifiable; and invites Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer urgently to review the relief before too many more responsible independent retailers are forced out of business through unfair competition. |
| 1768 | COPYRIGHT TERM FOR PERFORMERS | 11:6:08 |
| Mr John Whittingdale | | Michael Connarty | | Mr Jeremy Hunt | | Mr Don Foster | | John Robertson | | Pete Wishart |
| | Clive Efford | Chris Bryant | Angela Watkinson | | | Dr Vincent Cable | Nick Harvey |
| That this House welcomes the proposal by the EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services that copyright terms for sound recordings should be extended from the current 50 years to 95 years; notes that performers will be the main beneficiaries of an extension through the provision of a fund for musicians from the extra money earned in the long-term; further notes that the proposal requires copyright holders to publish their works or else license others to do so, which will ensure that music remains available to consumers; believes that the proposal will mean that British and European musical creativity is properly rewarded and will redress some of the existing unfairness faced by perfomers compared to composers and songwriters in the copyright system while giving European performers the same rights as those enjoyed by performers in most other countries; and calls on the Government to give the proposal its full support at future meetings of the European Council. |
| 1769 | WORLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR ROAD TRAFFIC VICTIMS | 11:6:08 |
| Bob Russell | | Andrew George | | Peter Bottomley | | Lynne Jones | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Glenda Jackson |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | Dr Vincent Cable |
| That this House welcomes the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims held on the third Sunday of November each year; notes that this special Day was launched in 1993 by UK road victim charity RoadPeace and promoted by them nationally and internationally until it was adopted by the United Nations on 26th October 2005 `as the appropriate acknowledgement for victims of road traffic crashes and their families'; recognises that the loss of lives on the road and the suffering of bereaved and injured road crash victims deserves much greater recognition than has been provided until now; and calls on the Government to give official recognition to World Remembrance Day as a means of showing compassion and care to the millions of UK road crash victims highlighting the scale and impact of road deaths and injuries and the need to address road danger and its consequences with renewed urgency. |
| 1770 | DORE PROMOTION | 11:6:08 |
| Paul Flynn | | Andrew George | | Peter Bottomley | | Lynne Jones | | Paul Holmes | | Dr Rudi Vis |
| | Clive Efford | Dr Vincent Cable |
| That this House is appalled at the gullible uncritical promotion by the media of Dore, a claimed miracle cure for dyslexia, in the absence of scientific proof of its value; notes that there were five resignations from the editorial board of the journal Dyslexia in protest at false claims published in that journal on the efficacy of Dore; welcomes Ofcom's finding that Dore's television advertisement was in breach of its rules on evidence; calls on the Jeremy Vine Show, Channel Five News, Radio Five Live, BBC London, ITV Central, ITV Yorkshire, the Daily Mail, the Daily Record, Scotland on Sunday, Tonight with Trevor McDonald and You and Yours to correct the false impressions they broadcast on an unproven treatment; and congratulates the bloggers and journalist Ben Goldacre for exposing this bad science and other exploitative snake oil salespeople. |
| 1771 | UNAUTHORISED DISCLOSURE OF SECURITY DOCUMENTS | 11:6:08 |
| Andrew Mackinlay | | Mr Ben Wallace | | David Taylor | | Andrew George | | Lynne Jones | | Mr Andrew Dismore |
| That this House notes the loss of secret papers by a member of the security and intelligence services on a southbound train from Waterloo on 10th June 2008; considers this raises serious questions about the stewardship and management of the Joint Intelligence Committee; believes this incident further underlines the need for parliamentary oversight of the security and intelligence services which currently does not exist; and calls on the Government to initiate an inquiry into the circumstances of this serious breach of security. |
| 1772 | PAY OF TANKER DRIVERS | 11:6:08 |
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle | | Mr David Crausby | | John Cummings | | Mr Terry Rooney | | Clive Efford | | Mr Joe Benton |
| That this House notes with regret that tanker drivers for Shell have effectively had a pay freeze for 15 years; notes that Shell's board members received an average 16 per cent. increase in their packages last year; and calls on Shell to demonstrate recognition of the invaluable contribution the tanker drivers make to their £1.3 billion-a-month company. |
| 1773 | RETRO-REFLECTIVE MARKINGS ON HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES | 11:6:08 |
| Dr Brian Iddon | | Mr Robert Goodwill | | Mr John Leech | | Mr David Drew | | Mr Nigel Waterson | | Mr Alistair Carmichael |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Dr Alasdair McDonnell |
| That this House believes that new measures are needed to reduce the disproportionate number of fatal accidents involving heavy goods vehicles, which are involved in 13 per cent. of all fatal road accidents in the United Kingdom, yet account for just 5.7 per cent. of road traffic; notes that a report commissioned by the Department for Transport concluded that there was a tangible cost benefit in making retro-reflective markings mandatory on newly registered heavy goods vehicles to increase conspicuity and reduce fatalities, and that a Government consultation found overwhelming support for introducing the measure; understands that the cost of fitting the material to such vehicles is £100, or 0.001 per cent. of the total vehicle cost; is concerned that the Vehicle Certification Agency's timetable will result in just 5 per cent. of newly registered vehicles being fitted with these markings in the 12 months from 10th October 2009, the date set for making the measure mandatory; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to ensure that all newly registered vehicles and their trailers are fitted with conspicuity markings from this date. |
| 1774 | FALKLAND ISLANDS LIBERATION DAY | 11:6:08 |
| Andrew Rosindell | | Mr Austin Mitchell | | Mr Gerald Howarth | | Mr Nigel Evans | | Sir Nicholas Winterton | | Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Angela Watkinson |
| That this House notes that this year marks the 26th anniversary of the Falkland Islands conflict; recalls the enormous sacrifices made by Her Majesty's armed forces in heroically liberating the Islands and securing the unconditional surrender of the Argentine forces who illegally invaded the Islands on 2nd April 1982; remains resolutely dedicated to strengthening the historic ties between Britain and the Falkland Islands; reaffirms the continued support of the United Kingdom in maintaining the Islands as a self-governing British Overseas Territory; and looks forward to many more years of the Union Flag flying proudly above Stanley and throughout the Islands. |
| 1775 | TROOPING THE COLOUR | 11:6:08 |
| Andrew Rosindell | | Mr Austin Mitchell | | Mr Nigel Evans | | Sir Nicholas Winterton | | Geraldine Smith | | Mr David Amess |
| | Mr John Horam | Angela Watkinson |
| That this House looks forward to the 2008 Trooping the Colour ceremony on 14th June to mark the Official Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; notes with pride that the flags of all the nations of the Commonwealth are already displayed in and around Horse Guards Parade in preparation for this great occasion; and calls on the Government to ensure that the flags of all Her Majesty's Realms and Territories are also flown in time for the ceremony, including Her Majesty's Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man, the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey and Her Majesty's Overseas Territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Ocno Islands, St. Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands. |
| 1777 | 42-DAY DETENTION FOR TERRORIST SUSPECTS | 11:6:08 |
| Lembit Öpik | | Mr Adrian Sanders | | Peter Bottomley | | Paul Holmes | | Paul Rowen | | Mark Hunter |
| | Dr Vincent Cable | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Nick Harvey |
| That this House regrets the extension of detention without charge to a maximum of 42 days; notes that similar measures were used in Northern Ireland during the Troubles; recalls that this power was at that time referred to as internment; believes such measures led to an increase in recruiting activity by the IRA; and observes that the current Government has learned nothing about conflict resolution from the lessons of the Troubles. |
| 1778 | BENEFITS BACKDATING | 11:6:08 |
| Ms Katy Clark | | Dr Evan Harris | | John Bercow | | Mrs Linda Riordan | | Peter Bottomley | | Mr Adrian Bailey |
| | Frank Dobson | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | | | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Nick Harvey |
| That this House notes with concern proposals to cut the backdating period for pension credit, housing benefit and council tax benefit from 12 months to three months; considers that these changes are not supported by sufficient evidence and do not represent an improvement to the benefits system; further notes that a similar proposal was made in 2000 only to be withdrawn in the face of strong opposition and a highly critical report from the Social Security Advisory Committee; and calls on the Government to withdraw these proposals in order to prevent further hardship and even eviction. |
| 1780 | PARLIAMENTARY OATH | 12:6:08 |
| Norman Baker | | Paul Flynn | | Dr Brian Iddon | | Ann McKechin | | Peter Bottomley | | Lynne Jones |
| That this House recognises that the principal duty of hon. Members is to represent their constituents in Parliament; also recognises that some hon. Members would prefer to swear an oath of allegiance to their constituents and the nation rather than the Monarch; and therefore calls on the Leader of the House to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce an optional alternative Parliamentary oath allowing hon. Members to swear allegiance to their constituents and the nation and to pledge to uphold the law rather than one pledging personal allegiance to the serving Monarch. |
| 1781 | SOCIAL ENERGY TARIFFS | 12:6:08 |
| Alan Simpson | | Mr Neil Gerrard | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Peter Bottomley | | Mark Durkan | | Mr Mike Weir |
| | Richard Burden | Mrs Janet Dean | Ann McKechin | | | Clive Efford | Dr Vincent Cable | Nick Harvey |
| That this House notes the agreement for the UK's energy suppliers to spend £150 million a year on initiatives to help the fuel poor by March 2010-11; views with concern the fact that initiatives being proposed include social tariffs that are more expensive than the supplier's best offer; notes that Ofgem's definition sets the threshold for a social tariff rate as being `at least as good as the suppliers' standard direct debit tariff'; further notes that since many fuel-poor households currently pay by direct debit, a significant proportion of people living in fuel poverty are effectively excluded from any additional assistance; believes that recent price increases and the potential for further price increases means there is an urgent need for additional assistance that reaches fuel-poor households; and supports representations made to Ofgem and the major energy suppliers by Energywatch, the Parliamentary Warm Homes Group and a coalition of NGOs that would require social tariffs offered to those hit hardest by increasing energy prices to mean the lowest tariffs that suppliers offer on the market. |
| 1782 | HYBRID CAR MANUFACTURING IN THE UK | 12:6:08 |
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle | | Mr David Crausby | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Mr Mike Hancock | | Kelvin Hopkins | | Mr David Drew |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | Dr Alasdair McDonnell |
| That this House congratulates the Australian government on its recent deal with Toyota to build fuel efficient hybrid cars in Australia; encourages the Government to take heed of the ecological and economic aims behind such a deal; presses the Government to pursue similar objectives to have a UK-manufactured hybrid car; and calls on the Government to follow Australia's example in negotiating with Japanese and other car manufacturers to aim consistently to create more opportunities for the UK car industry and to further demonstrate active concern for the environment. |
| 1783 | SAGA RESPITE FOR CARERS TRUST | 12:6:08 |
| Jenny Willott | | Mr Andrew Love | | Mr Nigel Waterson | | Tim Loughton | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Peter Bottomley |
| | Mark Williams | Mrs Janet Dean | Mr John Horam | | | Clive Efford | Chris Bryant | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | | | Nick Harvey |
| That this House notes the last census in 2001 put the total figure of carers at 5.2 million in England, 480,000 in Scotland and 306,000 in Wales, numbers which are likely to be increasing as the population ages; further notes that one million carers provide more than 50 hours of care a week; that research by Carers UK estimates the value to the UK of this support at £82 billion a year, each carer thus saving the taxpayer over £15,000 annually; further acknowledges that the Saga/Populus Panel 2008 survey shows first, that two-thirds of these carers receive no benefits or financial support for providing care and only 12 per cent. claim carer's allowance and second, that 46 per cent. of carers have not taken a holiday away from their caring responsibilities in the last year, while 24 per cent. have never taken such a holiday (this figure rising to 31 per cent. for longer term carers); believes that this relentless work inevitably takes a toll on the carer's health; and therefore welcomes the launch on 10th June of the Saga Respite for Carers Trust which seeks first, to highlight this issue and in particular to raise the profile of the need for respite breaks and second, to fund free respite breaks for people over 50 caring for a family member. |
| 1784 | WALLACE AND GROMIT'S WRONG TROUSERS DAY ON 27th JUNE | 12:6:08 |
| Dr Doug Naysmith | | Stephen Williams | | Mr Richard Spring | | Mr Andrew Love | | Mrs Sharon Hodgson | | Dr Brian Iddon |
| | Chris McCafferty | Clive Efford | Andrew Rosindell |
| That this House supports the excellent work of Wallace and Gromit's Children's Foundation to improve the quality of life of children in hospitals and hospices across the UK by raising money to support a range of innovative projects which ensure children and their families have access to the very best comforts, therapies and facilities available, including art, music and play therapy; recognises the positive impact these activities have on children; congratulates Wallace and Gromit's Children's Foundation for raising over £1 million for these good causes; welcomes the annual Wallace and Gromit's Wrong Trousers Day on 27th June; and encourages as many people as possible to get involved on the day. |
| 1785 | ZIMBABWE (No. 2) | 12:6:08 |
| David Simpson | | Dr William McCrea | | Mrs Iris Robinson | | Mr Peter Robinson | | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson | | Mr Gregory Campbell |
| | Richard Burden | Mrs Janet Dean | Lembit Öpik | | | Dr Vincent Cable | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Kelvin Hopkins |
| That this House notes with increasing alarm the on-going crisis in Zimbabwe; further notes the spiralling inflation, devastated economy and growing food shortages in that country; further notes that these are a direct result of the policies of the government led by Robert Mugabe; remembers that Zimbabwe was once known as the bread basket of Africa; condemns the combination of racism, corruption, greed, nepotism and administrative incompetence that has caused this crisis; expresses its opposition to the current attempts on the part of the Mugabe regime to subvert democracy, intimidate and launch physical attacks against political opponents and cling to power at the expense of the people of Zimbabwe; voices its support for all in Zimbabwe who are working to build a better future for it; and calls on the UK Government to prioritise the Zimbabwean tragedy in its work within the European Union and United Nations. |
| 1787 | ARRIVA CROSS COUNTRY CATERING SERVICES | 13:6:08 |
| John McDonnell | | Dr Gavin Strang | | Alan Simpson | | Jim Cousins | | Lynne Jones | | Mr David Drew |
| | Chris McCafferty | Mrs Janet Dean | Jeremy Corbyn | | | Nick Harvey |
| That this House condemns the decision of Arriva Cross Country to use the refurbishment of its train fleet to remove on-board train buffet car and shop facilities; notes that this follows Arriva Cross Country's decision to cut catering facilities altogether on train services from Plymouth to Cornwall, a two hour journey, and north of Edinburgh to Dundee and Aberdeen, a two and a half hour journey, and on all its train services after 8 p.m.; also expresses deep concern that the company is using the refurbishment process to undermine the role of the guard in relation to operational safety; believes that these cuts are a completely unacceptable attack on train services provided to passengers when the company is making significant profits of £7.5 million on the back of the public subsidy; and therefore calls on Arriva to reverse these planned cuts as a matter of urgency. |
| 1788 | POST OFFICES IN WALES (No. 2) | 13:6:08 |
| Adam Price | | Bob Spink | | Mr Mike Hancock | | Mr Nigel Evans | | Dr Rudi Vis | | Dr William McCrea |
| | Mark Williams | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House notes its disappointment at the decision to name Blaenau post office, Cwmann post office, Gorslas post office, Llansaint post office, Parcyrhun post office, Saron post office and Tirydail post office in the South and West Wales Area Plan proposals for closure; further highlights Nantgaredig post office, Rhandirmwyn post office, Rhydcymerau post office, Brechfa post office, Dryslwyn post office, Llanpumsaint post office and Llanwrda post office which have all been earmarked for an outreach service; believes the disproportionate number of post offices in the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency affected is especially damaging due to the rural nature of the area; and calls for the list to be reconsidered incorporating the social impacts these proposals will have on the community. |
| 1790 | LISBON TREATY FOLLOWING IRISH REFERENDUM | 16:6:08 |
| Mr Nigel Evans | | Mr Graham Brady | | Mr Christopher Chope | | Mr Mike Hancock | | Bob Spink | | Mr Peter Bone |
| That this House notes the overwhelming rejection of the Lisbon constitutional treaty by the Irish electorate on 12th June 2008 in a referendum; and calls on the Government to cease ratification of the Lisbon constitutional treaty through the UK parliament. |
| 1791 | FUTURE OF POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNTS | 16:6:08 |
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle | | Mr David Crausby | | Bob Russell | | Bob Spink | | Peter Bottomley | | Mr Martin Caton |
| | Mark Williams | Lady Hermon | Richard Burden | | | Mrs Janet Dean | Mr John Horam | Clive Efford | | | Dr Vincent Cable | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Kelvin Hopkins | | | Jeremy Corbyn | Nick Harvey |
| That this House urges the Government to recognise the warning from the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters that up to 3,000 more post offices could be forced to close if the Post Office network loses the card account contract; notes with concern that the loss of the account reduces options for the poorest in society and risks creating financial exclusion; recognises the social impact the reduced options could have on millions of constituents; observes the £200 million revenue a year that Post Office card accounts generate for the network; and proposes that the Government demonstrates commitment to the network by awarding Post Office Ltd the new contract. |
| 1792 | LICENSING OF HOME PIERCING EQUIPMENT | 16:6:08 |
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle | | Mr David Crausby | | Bob Russell | | Peter Bottomley | | Mr Martin Caton | | Dr Rudi Vis |
| | Richard Burden | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | | | Kelvin Hopkins | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House calls on the Government to acknowledge the findings of the Health Protection Agency and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine by strengthening legislation surrounding the sale of home piercing kits; notes with concern that a worrying number of piercings are not carried out at regulated clinics and that this trend impacts on the health service by increasing the risk of blood-borne viruses; and calls on the Government to extend the Local Government Act 2003, on increased regulation surrounding piercing businesses, to include further regulation on home kits. |
| 1793 | OIL INTERESTS OF US PRESIDENT BUSH AND VICE-PRESIDENT CHENEY | 16:6:08 |
| Harry Cohen | | Mr Martin Caton | | Mr Robert N. Wareing | | Mr David Drew | | David Taylor | | Mr Dai Davies |
| | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Kelvin Hopkins | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House notes reports that based on US official returns, due to `imprecise ranges' President Bush and Vice-President Cheney could have investments of $20 and $100 million respectively; further notes that the US President has at least $1 million of investments held in a blind trust; further notes that none of the official returns indicate oil interests or investments but believes that both the President and Vice-President have had extensive such interests in the past; considers it very likely that they still have investments in oil, via blind trusts, and that they would very likely be aware of that; further notes that they are likely to resume ownership of oil shares when their terms of office conclude; further notes past campaign contributions from the oil industry; further notes that they have presided over policies which have led to a massive rise in the price of oil and that President Bush, in his latest London visit, gave an interview expressing coolness to the Prime Minister's proposal to bring down the world price of oil; and considers that there is prima facie evidence to consider that President Bush and Vice-President Cheney have acted in a way that lines their own pockets in a way only marginally more sophisticated than dictators of some developing countries in the past. |
| 1794 | WORLD REFUGEE WEEK | 16:6:08 |
| Dr Evan Harris | | Ann Clwyd | | Mr Neil Gerrard | | Peter Bottomley | | Mr Martin Caton | | Dr Rudi Vis |
| | Mark Williams | Dan Rogerson | Chris McCafferty | | | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | Sir Peter Soulsby | | | Mr Mike Hancock | Chris Bryant | Dr Vincent Cable | | | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Dr Brian Iddon | Clare Short | | | Nick Harvey | Jeremy Corbyn | Mr Andrew Mitchell |
| That this House recognises on the occasion of Refugee Week, that more than 67 million people worldwide are in a situation of forced displacement as a result of conflict and persecution; notes with concern that the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is the sole body with a global mandate to co-ordinate protection, shelter and assistance for the world's displaced, but remains almost entirely funded by voluntary contributions; expresses dismay that over five million of the world's refugees have been living in exile for more than five years; and calls on the Government and the wider international community to find durable solutions for all long-term refugees. |
| 1795 | CONTRACTION AND CONVERGENCE | 16:6:08 |
| Colin Challen | | Peter Bottomley | | Mr Martin Caton | | Dr Rudi Vis | | Mr David Drew | | Lynne Jones |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Dr Vincent Cable | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | | | Kelvin Hopkins |
| That this House welcomes the joint statement of President Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France and Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, made on 9th June at the Ninth Franco-German Council of Ministers, in which they said `The international climate regime should be based on legitimate principles of equity, such as long-term convergence of emission levels per capita in the various countries'; and calls upon the Government to issue a similar statement. |
| 1797 | HOMECOMING SCOTLAND | 16:6:08 |
| Pete Wishart | | Stewart Hosie | | Peter Bottomley | | Dr Rudi Vis | | Lynne Jones | | Willie Rennie |
| That this House welcomes the joint initiative by VisitScotland, Event Scotland and the Scottish Government to celebrate the 250th birthday of Scotland's national bard, Robert Burns, with a year long programme of events as part of the Homecoming Scotland programme; recognises that this excellent initiative encourages all Scots, those with Scots ancestry and those who simply love Scotland to come home to participate in celebrations in this landmark year; further recognises that Homecoming will recognise the huge contribution made by the Scottish diaspora to the fields of science and the arts throughout history and across the world; notes that events will be held in every community in Scotland; and wishes all the best to all those involved with this initiative. |
| 1798 | UNABATED COAL-FIRED ELECTRICITY GENERATION | 16:6:08 |
| Dr Desmond Turner | | Colin Challen | | Peter Bottomley | | Mr Martin Caton | | Dr Rudi Vis | | Mr David Drew |
| | Mrs Janet Dean | Dr Vincent Cable | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | | | Kelvin Hopkins |
| That this House considers that in the light of the current state of knowledge of climate change and of the Government's response in the form of the Climate Change Bill, which will set out a mandatory framework for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, it would not be proper to license any new coal-fired electricity generating plant that does not have provisions for abating carbon dioxide emissions. |
| 1799 | 2 SKINT 4 SCHOOL CAMPAIGN AND CHILD POVERTY | 16:6:08 |
| Mr Phil Willis | | John Penrose | | Ms Karen Buck | | Bob Spink | | Peter Bottomley | | Mr Martin Caton |
| | Mark Williams | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | | | Dr Vincent Cable | Nick Harvey | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House notes the launch of the Child Poverty Action Group's 2 Skint 4 School campaign; supports the principle of the campaign that every child deserves a fair chance to learn; welcomes the attention drawn by the campaign to the additional challenges Britain's poorest children face in the education system; and calls on the Government to give greater recognition to the importance of progress on the eradication of child poverty to the improvement of education outcomes and achievement in school. |
| 1800 | 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF DR JOHN SNOW | 16:6:08 |
| Dr Brian Iddon [R] | | Mr Mark Lancaster [R] | | Mr Phil Willis | | Dr Ian Gibson | | Bob Spink | | Peter Bottomley |
| | Keith Vaz | Mrs Janet Dean | Clive Efford | | | Dr Vincent Cable | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Kelvin Hopkins | | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House commemorates the 150th anniversary on 16th June 2008 of the death of the great Victorian, Dr John Snow, who was a pioneer of both epidemiology and anaesthesiology and whose great contribution to human and public health is best exemplified by his breakthrough discovery, decisively demonstrated during the 1854 cholera outbreak in London, that cholera was spread in particular through contaminated water; notes that a special Royal Society of Chemistry National Chemical Landmark blue plaque was unveiled today by the Secretary of State for Health, Rt Hon Alan Johnson, MP, at the John Snow Public House which is situated by the very water pump in Broadwick Street, Soho, that John Snow identified as the source of the cholera outbreak, and whose handle he removed to prove his theory by forcing people to use other uncontaminated water pumps further away; notes that those taking part in today's unveiling ceremony included Professor Jim Feast, President of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Jeremy Pelczer, Chair of the charity WaterAid, and Dr Ros Stanwell-Smith of the John Snow Society; notes further the organisational contributions of Pauline Meakins, Brian Emsley, Richard Porte, Jonathan Edwards, Sheena Elliott, and the publicans Nick and Christine Taylor; and applauds the Royal Society of Chemistry for its role in highlighting, by means of the Chemical Landmark programme, the crucial contributions of science to the history of the United Kingdom. |
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| 1801 | IRISH REFERENDUM ON THE LISBON TREATY | 16:6:08 |
| Mr Ian Davidson | | David Taylor | | Kelvin Hopkins | | Mr David Drew | | Kate Hoey | | Peter Bottomley |
| That this House welcomes the decision of the people of the Irish Republic to reject the Lisbon Treaty; and recognises that the Lisbon Treaty is now dead. |
| As an Amendment to Mr Ian Davidson's proposed Motion (Irish Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty): |
| Line 2, at end add `and repudiates any attempted resurrection by those political and bureaucratic groups who fail to grasp what it is about the word `No' that they fail to understand.'. |
| 1802 | AUSTRALIAN INITIATIVE TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS | 16:6:08 |
| Jeremy Corbyn | | Nick Harvey | | Mr Dai Davies | | Mrs Ann Cryer | | Mr Martin Caton | | Dr Rudi Vis |
| | Richard Burden | Mr Mike Hancock | Angus Robertson | | | Pete Wishart | Stewart Hosie | Dr Vincent Cable | | | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | Clare Short | Adam Price | | | Mr Elfyn Llwyd | Kelvin Hopkins |
| That this House welcomes the statement made by the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who, speaking in Hiroshima on 9th June, called on the world `to resolve afresh from the ashes of this city - to work together for the common mission of peace ... and for a world where one day nuclear weapons are no more'; also welcomes his announcement that Australia is creating a new international body, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Commission that will build policy and political momentum towards the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference; and calls on Her Majesty's Goverment actively to support the Australian initiative and to reconsider plans to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system. |
| 1803 | DIGITAL 60 DAY | 16:6:08 |
| Andrew Miller | | Mrs Louise Ellman | | Mr Mark Hendrick | | Ian Stewart | | Tony Lloyd | | Mr Peter Kilfoyle |
| | David Heyes | Mrs Janet Dean | Helen Southworth | | | Clive Efford | Dr Vincent Cable | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | | | Kelvin Hopkins |
| That this House notes that 20th June 2008 is Digital 60 Day, the 60th anniversary of the birth of the world's first stored program digital computer; welcomes the fact that this pioneering machine was designed and built at the University of Manchester; believes that Digital 60 Day illustrates the role scientists and engineers in the North West have played in contributing to global scientific and technological progress; and recognises the unique contribution of high level research and development facilities sited in the North West, and their continuing importance in ensuring Britain remains a world leader in modern scientific and technological excellence. |
| 1804 | BBC BREATHING SCULPTURES AND MEMORIAL POEM | 16:6:08 |
| Peter Bottomley | | Dr Rudi Vis | | Mr David Drew | | Lynne Jones | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Andrew George |
| | Clive Efford | Dr Vincent Cable | Dr Alasdair McDonnell | | | Kelvin Hopkins |
| That this House notes with approval the BBC commission by former Westminster political correspondent James Fenton of the poem Memorial remembering the bravery and self-sacrifice made by news journalists and their crews and of the sculpture Breathing by Jaume Plensa dedicated to news journalists killed on location; commends the work of www.newssafety.com and the International News Safety Institute dedicated to the safety of journalists and media staff; remembers that at least 200 media deaths have been recorded from those of Ahmed Hadi Naji, in Iraq and Lan Chengzhang in China in January 2007 to Nasteh Dahir Farah in Somalia and Abdul Samad Rohani in Afghanistan; and commends UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon for attending the inauguration on 16th June 2008. |
| 1805 | GENOCIDE AGAINST THE KURDISH PEOPLE | 17:6:08 |
| Bob Spink | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Mr David Drew | | Clive Efford | | Kelvin Hopkins |
| That this House notes that the Supreme Criminal Court of Iraq has reached its verdict on the Anfal Campaign, declaring it to be a mass killing, a genocide, against the Kurdish people; and calls on the international community to respect the Court's decision and recognise the mass killing of Kurds as genocide. |
| 1806 | GENOCIDE AGAINST THE ASSYRIAN AND ARMENIAN PEOPLE | 17:6:08 |
| Bob Spink | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Clive Efford | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House urges the Government to recognise formally the genocide of Assyrians and Armenians under the Young Turk regime in Ottoman Turkey during 1915 to 1923; and welcomes the co-operation between groups representing the Armenian and Assyrian peoples, joined also by groups representing the Kurdish people who have also suffered genocide, in jointly working to encourage the whole international community to recognise the atrocities perpetrated against their respective peoples as genocide. |
| 1807 | IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM GENOCIDE EXHIBITION | 17:6:08 |
| Bob Spink | | Peter Bottomley | | Andrew George | | Mark Hunter | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Mr David Drew |
| | Clive Efford | Jeremy Corbyn | Nick Harvey |
| That this House welcomes the current exhibition by Kurdish artist Mr Osman Amed on the Anfal genocide at the Imperial War Museum; and urges the Government to recognise Saddam Hussein's killing of Kurdish people in Iraq during the period 1987 to 1988, including the Anfal campaign and the Halabja chemical attack, as an act of genocide. |
| 1809 | UNFOUNDED CHILDMINDER COMPLAINTS | 17:6:08 |
| Susan Kramer | | Peter Bottomley | | Andrew George | | Bob Spink | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Lynne Jones |
| | Mark Williams | Mr Colin Breed | Clive Efford | | | Dr Vincent Cable | Jeremy Corbyn | Nick Harvey |
| That this House finds unfair the current Ofsted practice of not retrospectively removing from the record unfounded complaints made against childminders prior to 2006; recognises that the failure of Ofsted to do this can have a substantial detrimental effect on the ability of perfectly qualified childminders to gain employment; refuses to accept the finality of Ofsted's decision that the process of retrospectively removing unfounded claims prior to 2006 would be too costly and the work too disproportionate; and calls on Ofsted to remove unfounded retrospective complaints against childminders when a specific request is made to do so. |
| 1810 | TOP OF THE BENCH COMPETITION | 17:6:08 |
| Lynne Featherstone | | Bob Spink | | Mark Hunter | | Mr Nigel Evans | | Glenda Jackson | | Lynne Jones |
| That this House celebrates the achievement of Highgate School in winning the Royal Society of Chemistry's Top of the Bench competition in 2008; notes that secondary school students from 27 schools across the United Kingdom contested the 2008 nationwide competition, the final of which was held in the Science Museum, London; further notes that the competition involved both a knowledge test, a research exercise involving the Science Museum's galleries, and a team problem-solving exercise held in Imperial College science laboratories; congratulates the winning students Charlie Bruce, Jack Saville, David Ooi and Max Jamilly and their chemistry teacher Mr Kamaljit Bains; and applauds the constructive role that the Top of the Bench competition continues to have in encouraging an interest in science amongst young people. |
| 1811 | SANITATION AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS | 17:6:08 |
| Ms Diane Abbott | | Peter Bottomley | | Andrew George | | Bob Russell | | Bob Spink | | Mark Hunter |
| | Keith Vaz | Mr Colin Breed | Clive Efford | | | Mr Dai Davies | Dr Vincent Cable | Kelvin Hopkins | | | Jeremy Corbyn | Nick Harvey |
| That this House commends the progress made with improving worldwide access to safe drinking water since the Millennium Development goals were announced in September 2000; but notes the lack of progress in providing basic sanitation; notes with grave concern that, according to UNICEF, poor sanitation leads to diseases which kill over 5,000 children per day, and prevents thousands more from attending school and their mothers from working; recognises that even healthy girls are often unable to attend school if sanitary facilities are poor or there are no separate facilities for boys and girls; is concerned that this lack of sanitation will mean the goal of halving world poverty by 2015 will be missed by over half a billion people if serious action is not taken; recognises that the Global Plan of Action on Water and Sanitation could save the lives of over 5,000 children per day; and calls on the Prime Minister to gain support for this plan at the UN conference on the Millennium Development Goals in September 2008. |
| Mr Robert N. Wareing | | Peter Bottomley | | Andrew George | | Bob Russell | | Bob Spink | | Mark Hunter |
| | Mr Colin Breed | Sir Nicholas Winterton | Clive Efford | | | Dr Vincent Cable | Kelvin Hopkins | Nick Harvey |
| That this House recognises the valour and excellent service provided by Gurkha troops operating alongside British forces in military conflicts throughout the 20th century and since; and believes that on retirement they should be granted full British citizenship should they wish it. |
| 1813 | VIRGIN TRAINS DISRUPTION IN NORTH WEST ENGLAND | 17:6:08 |
| Mr Robert N. Wareing | | Mark Hunter | | Kelvin Hopkins | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House deplores the unacceptable disruption of Virgin rail services between London Euston and Liverpool and Manchester on 15th May 2008, when all train services from London to Liverpool and Manchester were cancelled; believes that faults in the signalling system have been occurring all too often since privatisation; sympathises with rail passengers, including those on business having to cancel important appointments; and looks forward to the trains running on time under public ownership. |
| 1815 | HEALTHCARE CHAMPIONS FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS | 17:6:08 |
| Mrs Linda Riordan [R] | | Mr Gregory Campbell | | Peter Bottomley | | Andrew George | | Bob Russell | | Mr Lee Scott |
| | Sir Nicholas Winterton | Clive Efford | Mr Dai Davies | | | Dr Vincent Cable | Kelvin Hopkins | Nick Harvey | | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House congratulates the 20 winners of the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society's Healthcare Champions awards for their dedicated support and care of people living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA); notes that specialist multi-disciplinary rheumatology teams across the UK provide crucial support and a high standard of care for 400,000 people in the UK living with this extremely painful and disabling condition; notes with concern that many specialised rheumatology teams and services are under threat from NHS reforms, funding restrictions, proposed clinic closures and cuts in services; and calls upon the Government to ensure that the very special support and care that specialists, multi-disciplinary rheumatology teams provide to RA patients and their carers is maintained and not undermined by Lord Darzi's review of the NHS, the World Class Commissioning Initiative and other ongoing or planned NHS reforms. |
|
[R] Relevant interest declared |
| 1816 | PROMOTING MULTICULTURALISM | 17:6:08 |
| Keith Vaz | | Andrew George | | Peter Bottomley | | Bob Russell | | Mark Hunter | | Mr Andrew Dismore |
| | David Heyes | Richard Burden | Mr Mohammad Sarwar | | | Clive Efford | Kelvin Hopkins | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House believes that multiculturalism is the bedrock for a diverse and inclusive society; further believes that achieving social cohesion depends on sections of society respecting the cultural heritage of others and recognising the principle of being free to follow one's own culture and beliefs while respecting those of others; therefore commends the National Assembly Against Racism's new campaign One Society, Many Cultures to inform people about the meaning of multiculturalism; and calls on the Government to make a robust case for promoting equality and the benefits of multicultural diversity in Britain. |
| 1817 | BRITISH HOME CHILDREN IN CANADA | 17:6:08 |
| John Hemming | | Andrew George | | Peter Bottomley | | Bob Spink | | Bob Russell | | Mr Nigel Evans |
| | Richard Burden | Mr Colin Breed | Sir Nicholas Winterton | | | Clive Efford | Kelvin Hopkins | Nick Harvey | | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House notes that many Canadian citizens are descendants of British Home Children who were sent to Canada from the early 1870s to the late 1940s; further notes that these descendants are wondering about their origins but have some difficulties in obtaining information at a reasonable cost; and calls for the Government to liaise with the British Home Children and Descendants Association in Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotian government to identify how best to achieve progress in this matter. |
| 1818 | REVIEW OF NHS CO-PAYMENTS BY PROFESSOR MIKE RICHARDS | 17:6:08 |
| Mr John Baron | | Mr Frank Field | | Andrew George | | Peter Bottomley | | Bob Russell | | Norman Lamb |
| | Mr Ian Taylor | Mrs Janet Dean | Mr Mark Field | | | Sir Peter Viggers | Sir Nicholas Winterton | Mr John Horam | | | Angela Watkinson | Mr Christopher Chope | James Duddridge | | | Dr Vincent Cable | Mr Crispin Blunt | Mr Peter Bone | | | Mr Oliver Heald | Nick Harvey |
| That this House welcomes the review announced by Government of the long-standing policy on NHS co-payments to be led by Professor Mike Richards; affirms that the NHS should continue to strive to optimise health outcomes for patients wherever this is possible; believes that the current ban on co-payments is cruel, because it can result in NHS care being withdrawn from dying patients, and illogical, because co-payments already exist in some parts of the NHS; notes that, under co-payments, no public money need leave the NHS to enable patients to obtain part of their treatment not currently available in the NHS; therefore believes that co-payments can assist one patient without harming the prospects of any other NHS patient; and calls on Professor Richards to take these factors into consideration in compiling his report. |
| 1819 | HELP FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY HIGHER OIL PRICES | 17:6:08 |
| Mr Gregory Campbell | | David Simpson | | Mrs Iris Robinson | | Sammy Wilson | | Christopher Fraser | | Dr William McCrea |
| | Sir Nicholas Winterton | Clive Efford |
| That this House notes the significant difficulties and hardship caused to many households across the United Kingdom over the past 12 months due to the spiralling costs of fuel, food and other essential items; and calls upon the Government to review the significant increase in revenue obtained through the escalation in crude oil prices during that same time, and introduce fiscal measures using the increased revenue to assist those families and individuals on medium and lower incomes as a matter of urgency. |
| 1820 | INTERNATIONAL COURT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT | 17:6:08 |
| Nigel Griffiths | | Mark Lazarowicz | | Mr Tom Clarke | | Clive Efford | | Tony Lloyd | | Michael Connarty |
| | Keith Vaz | Mr Dai Davies | Kelvin Hopkins | | | Jeremy Corbyn | Nick Harvey |
| That this House welcomes the proposal from Stephen Hockman QC, Chris Osborne and LECG to establish an International Court for the Environment, as the supreme legal authority for settling issues regarding harm to the environment, and for specifying the ecological conditions which must be met if the biosphere is to operate effectively without a major disruption to human communities and other life; notes that a symposium on this is being held in the British Library on 28th November; and calls on the Government and business to combine to support such a measure for the sake of a sustainable future. |
| 1821 | CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR DIABETES IN LEICESTER | 17:6:08 |
| Keith Vaz | | David Simpson | | Lynne Jones | | Mr Ronnie Campbell | | Mr Lindsay Hoyle | | Kelvin Hopkins |
| That this House notes that the week commencing 9th June is marked National Diabetes Week; acknowledges that there could be approximately half a million people in the country who are unaware they have diabetes including 66,000 people in Leicestershire; believes that it is important that the Government's strategy is directed towards prevention of diabetes; welcomes the statements made by the Minister for Health, the hon. Member for Exeter, on the proposal to establish a Diabetes Centre of Excellence in Leicester on the site of Leicester General Hospital; commends Leicester City Primary Care Trust, its Chief Executive, Tim Rideout, and experts in the field, including Professor Melanie Davies and Professor Azhar Farooqi OBE, for their commitment and dedication in the prevention and treatment of diabetes and their proposal for a Diabetes Centre of Excellence to be established as soon as possible; and further notes that the Centre for Excellence will serve not just the people of Leicester but act as a template for the rest of the United Kingdom. |
| As an Amendment to Keith Vaz's proposed Motion (Centre of Excellence for Diabetes in Leicester): |
| Line 12, after `Leicester', insert `and Leicestershire'. |
| 1822 | FUNDING REDUCTION FOR CONCESSIONARY TRANSPORT IN SCOTLAND | 17:6:08 |
| Nigel Griffiths | | Mark Lazarowicz | | Mr Jim Devine | | Mr David Hamilton | | Mr Tom Clarke | | Mr Brian H. Donohoe |
| | Keith Vaz | Mr Mohammad Sarwar | Kelvin Hopkins |
| That this House condemns the decision of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in Scotland to cut £10 million in real terms from the free buses transport budget for senior citizens, disabled people and those aged over 60 years; notes that this comes on top of the 10 per cent. increase forced by the SNP in Edinburgh and elsewhere on fares, due to its failure to pass on the Treasury's fuel duty payments; deplores any attempt to restrict the bus pass to those aged over 65 years; further notes that, yet again, the SNP is adopting an anti-environmental policy and undermining bus use in Scotland; and calls on the SNP to reverse this decision. |
| 1823 | CAFCASS' BUDGET | 17:6:08 |
| Kelvin Hopkins | | Julie Morgan | | Mr Elfyn Llwyd | | Mr Dai Davies | | John McDonnell | | Mr David Drew |
| | Mr Colin Breed | Clive Efford | Dr Vincent Cable | | | Jeremy Corbyn | Nick Harvey |
| That this House welcomes the increase in CAFCASS' budget in the next financial year; is concerned that the additional money should not be used on increases in bureaucracy, consultants or tiers of management; and therefore urges that the money be used to fund frontline services in order to ensure a high quality of services for children and families. |
| 1824 | ANNIVERSARY OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY | 17:6:08 |
| Mr Don Foster | | Mr Tobias Ellwood | | Derek Wyatt | | Mark Fisher | | Hugh Robertson | | Richard Younger-Ross |
| | Mark Williams | Keith Vaz | Mr Colin Breed | | | Sir Nicholas Winterton | Mr Jeremy Hunt | Clive Efford | | | Chris Bryant | Dr Vincent Cable | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House notes that 25th June marks the 10th anniversary of the Royal opening of the British Library's flagship building at St Pancras, London; acknowledges the value of this world-class cultural institution as a critical resource for United Kingdom research, underpinning business, enterprise and the knowledge econony; recognises the Library's role in addressing the challenges of providing access to the world's digital knowledge; and commends a programme of events celebrating 10 years at St Pancras. |
| Mrs Ann Cryer | | Mr Frank Field | | Susan Kramer | | Robert Key | | Simon Hughes | | Peter Bottomley |
| | Richard Burden | Clive Efford | Chris Bryant | | | Dr Vincent Cable | Jeremy Corbyn | Nick Harvey |
| That this House calls on the Church of England to remove all legal obstacles which at present prevent women from becoming bishops; and asks the Church to end this unacceptable form of discrimination against women clergy. |
| 1827 | 170th ANNIVERSARY OF THE HUSKER PIT DISASTER | 17:6:08 |
| Mr Michael Clapham | | Mr Dennis Skinner | | Mr David Hamilton | | Bill Etherington | | Mr Denis Murphy | | John Cummings |
| | Richard Burden | Keith Vaz | Mrs Janet Dean | | | Clive Efford | Dr Vincent Cable | Peter Bottomley | | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House welcomes the Awards for All Grant and all other contributions that have made possible the staging of a play by local children at All Saints Church in Silkstone village to commemorate the 170th anniversary of the Husker Colliery disaster which happened on 4th July 1838 when 26 children were drowned, causing Victorian society to examine its laissez-faire attitude, leading to a national enquiry by the Children's Employment Commission of 1840 and to the first Mines Act of 1842 which prohibited females and boys under 10 years of age from working underground. |
| 1828 | UNANIMITY IN EUROPEAN POLITICS | 17:6:08 |
| Mr Ian Davidson | | David Taylor | | Kate Hoey | | Mr David Drew | | Kelvin Hopkins | | Mr Roger Godsiff |
| | Sir Nicholas Winterton | Mr James Gray | Peter Bottomley |
| That this House disapproves of the views of a wide range of senior European politicians that the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty by the people of the Republic of Ireland should not prevent it coming into force; in particular notes the remarks of Wolfgang Schaeuble, German Interior Minister, that `a few million Irish cannot decide on behalf of 495 million Europeans', of Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Euro-Green leader, that `it is not truly democratic that less than a million people should decide the fate of half a billion Europeans', of Axel Schafer, SPD Bundestag leader, that `with all respect for the Irish vote, we cannot allow the huge majority of Europe to be duped by the minority of a minority of a minority', of Yves Leterme, Belgian Prime Minister, `we need to examine the existing possibilities to ensure in any case the entry into force of the treaty and to associate Ireland with it', of Donald Tusk, the Polish Prime Minister, that `irrespective of the results of the referendum in Ireland ... Europe will find a way of implementing this treaty', of Lopez Garrido, Spanish Secretary of State for the EU, that the Lisbon Treaty `will be applied, albeit a few months late' and of Jose Barroso, Portuguese President of the European Commission, that `the treaty is not dead, the treaty is alive and we will try to work to find a solution'; and regards these statements as confirming the arrogance of Europe's political elite. |
| 1829 | RETENTION OF WORKPLACE INSURANCE POLICIES | 18:6:08 |
| Mr Andrew Dismore [R] | | Lynne Jones | | Dr Brian Iddon | | Clive Efford | | Mr David Drew | | Peter Bottomley |
| That this House recognises the importance of the regulation which requires employers to retain employers' liability compulsory insurance policies for 40 years; notes that the regulation will help employees diagnosed in the future with work-related illnesses such as asbestos-related disease to claim the compensation to which they are entitled; is concerned that without this regulation, unscrupulous employers could evade their responsibilities to injured workers by destroying insurance records; and calls on the Government to retain regulation 4(4) of the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1998. |
|
[R] Relevant interest declared |
| Ms Karen Buck | | Lynne Jones | | Dr Brian Iddon | | Clive Efford | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Dr Ian Gibson |
| | Mr David Drew | Peter Bottomley | Mr Andrew Love | | | Kelvin Hopkins | Nick Harvey | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House recognises that Britain is suffering the effects of a housing affordability crisis; highlights new research by Shelter showing that two million households are being pushed to breaking point by unmanageable housing costs; notes that thousands of households are homeless or trapped in damp, dilapidated or overcrowded housing, because they are unable to afford to rent or buy a decent home; welcomes the launch of Shelter's Now is the Time campaign to make sure everyone has an affordable, decent place to call home; and calls on the Government to meet its commitment on building homes by 2020, ensure that enough social rented homes are built for those who need them most, protect people facing eviction and repossession or living in bad housing, and end the housing divide by making the housing system fairer for everyone. |
| Dr Ian Gibson | | Dr Brian Iddon | | Clive Efford | | Mr Andrew Dismore | | Mr David Drew | | Lynne Jones |
| | Dr Vincent Cable | Peter Bottomley | Mr Bill Olner | | | Kelvin Hopkins | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House supports Bone Cancer Awareness Week from 21st to 28th June 2008, co-ordinated by the Bone Cancer Research Trust which promote research into the causes and treatment of primary bone cancer; notes that primary bone cancers take longer to diagnose than any other type of cancer in young people; recognises the vital and urgent importance of raising the level of awareness of the symptoms of primary bone cancer amongst medical professionals, in particular GPs, and the general public; and congratulates the Bone Cancer Research Trust which is working to raise awareness of primary bone cancer which affects over 400 children and young people every year in the UK. |
| 1832 | COST OF THE EAST OF ENGLAND REGIONAL ASSEMBLY | 18:6:08 |
| That this House notes that the East of England Regional Assembly has cost £14 million to run over the last three years with no public awareness of what it does or what benefits it delivers for residents; and therefore calls on the Government to abolish it. |
| 1833 | VICTORY SERVICES ASSOCIATION OLD CLUB HOUSE APPEAL | 18:6:08 |
| Tom Brake | | Nick Harvey | | Dr Andrew Murrison | | Harry Cohen | | Mr Mike Hancock | | Dr Julian Lewis |
| | Clive Efford | Mr Andrew Dismore | Dr Vincent Cable | | | Peter Bottomley | Ann Winterton |
| That this House commends the Victory Services Association for its charitable objectives to promote military efficiency and esprit de corps by bringing together members of the Armed Forces of the Crown and members of the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth and allied forces and by improving the life of such persons and to relieve need, hardship or distress amongst persons who have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their dependants; notes that the Victory Services Club remains unique as an all ranks, tri-service military club open to British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and allies as well as their families, widows and widowers; draws attention to its appeal to raise £5,000,000 to refurbish its Old Club House facilities which provide a home away from home in London; and calls on people to give generously to support this good cause. |
| 1834 | DEMOCRACY IN BANGLADESH | 18:6:08 |
| Ms Sally Keeble | | Anne Main | | Richard Burden | | Chris McCafferty | | Patrick Hall | | Hugh Bayley |
| | Clive Efford | Mr Andrew Dismore | Mr David Drew | | | Lynne Jones | Peter Bottomley | Kelvin Hopkins | | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House supports the declaration made by the Foreign Secretary on his visit to Bangladesh on 10th February 2008 that Britain will help Bangladesh and its people who are striving to achieve a democracy that will endure; expresses concern that the caretaker government have arrested thousands of political activists from the main political parties according to Human Rights Watch and Bangladeshi newspaper reports; notes the desire for free and fair elections to be held in December 2008 without intimidation or harassment; and calls on the UK Government to use its good offices to ensure the caretaker government of Bangladesh provides an environment conducive to the establishment of a sustainable democracy that involves all the main political parties. |
| 1835 | TOBACCO CONTROL | 18:6:08 |
| David Taylor | | Clive Efford | | Chris Bryant | | Dr Ian Gibson | | Mr David Drew | | Lynne Jones |
| | Kelvin Hopkins | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House welcomes the publication of the Department of Health's consultation document on the future of tobacco control; believes that there is an urgent need for action to ensure that a new generation of young people do not become smokers; and calls for legislation to be included in the 2008 Queen's Speech to end all displays of tobacco products at the point of sale, to end the sale of tobacco products from vending machines and to require all tobacco products in the UK to be sold in plain packaging. |
| 1836 | BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN FRANCE AND THE UK | 18:6:08 |
| Daniel Kawczynski | | Sir Nicholas Winterton | | Peter Bottomley | | Nick Harvey |
| That this House sincerely congratulates the French Ministry of Agriculture and Fish for almost totally eradicating bovine tuberculosis in France; sadly reflects on the British Government's total failure in dealing with the crisis of bovine tuberculosis in the UK; and urges the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to meet his French counterpart as soon as possible to learn from French experience. |
| 1837 | GREENLAND WHALING | 19:6:08 |
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle | | Mr David Crausby | | Peter Bottomley | | Lynne Jones | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House notes with concern the report by the World Society for the Protection of Animals which has found that a quarter of Greenland's whale catch during last year was traded for profit through a private food company; recognises that under current rules whaling is permitted under the banner of subsistence hunting; recognises that this has to be monitored very closely and cannot be allowed for commercial purposes; and calls on the International Whaling Commission, which meets next week in Santiago, to ensure that a stop is put on moves towards commercial whaling by Greenland. |
| 1838 | LICENSING OF TATTOO AND PIERCING OUTLETS | 19:6:08 |
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle | | Mr David Crausby | | Peter Bottomley | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House calls on the Government to review current legislation surrounding the application for, and gaining of, a licence to operate a tattoo and piercing outlet; notes with concern that the current legislation monitors outlets only when in practice and offers no safeguards surrounding those who apply for the licences; notes that currently individuals with no prior training or experience can gain licences to operate an outlet; futher notes with concern that there is no external monitoring body for the industry such as a trade association; and calls on the Government to recognise the need for a regulatory body specifically for the industry to undertake stringent training programmes and ensure minimum health and safety standards are achieved across the board. |
| 1839 | EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY INSURANCE | 19:6:08 |
| David Taylor | | Peter Bottomley | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House is alarmed by the Government's proposal to abolish the requirement on employers to retain employers' liability compulsory insurance for 40 years; acknowledges that the existing law is poorly enforced; notes that the Government intend to introduce a statutory instrument before the summer recess to achieve this reform to employment and insurance law; recognises the significant distress of mesothelioma sufferers and their families who have been awarded industrial injury damages in court but cannot trace their former employers' insurers; believes that this inability to trace the insurers of employers whose workers were exposed to fatal asbestos dust as part of their work illustrates the need for insurance law to be strengthened not weakened; further believes that the Department for Work and Pensions' solution will absolve employers and their insurers from responsibility for future victims of industrial illnesses like mesothelioma who are diagnosed with a fatal industrial illness many years after exposure; and calls upon the Government not to introduce this statutory instrument to withdraw and to consult the public further on this matter. |
| 1840 | HISTORIC SITES IN WALES | 19:6:08 |
| That this House welcomes the plans from the Welsh Assembly Government to provide free access to pensioners and children to 28 historic sites in Wales run by Cadw, including Beaumaris, Caernarfon, Caerphilly and Kidwelly castles, Castell Coch and Tintern Abbey; believes that this will complement the highly successful free admissions policy that has applied to Wales' national museums and galleries since 2001; notes that although entry to Blaenafon Ironworks has also been free since Easter, the new sites included in the programme do not reflect Wales' industrial heritage; and urges the Welsh Assembly Government to make provision for the Rhondda Heritage Park Museum to be included in its free admissions policy. |
| 1841 | STAFFING AT RAILWAY STATIONS RUN BY SOUTH-WEST TRAINS | 19:6:08 |
| Norman Baker | | Mr David Laws | | Peter Bottomley | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House notes with dismay and concern the intention by South West Trains to cut ticket office staff at 114 stations and to axe 118 posts; considers that this will lessen the attractiveness of rail as a travel option for those who use these stations; believes the public is more comfortable with staffed stations; is concerned that ticket machines will not always provide the lowest fare possible for each journey; and urges South West Trains not to proceed with the planned cuts. |
| 1842 | NHS (PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES) REGULATIONS 2005 | 19:6:08 |
| Mr Simon Burns | | Peter Bottomley | | Lynne Jones | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House deplores the fact that the Government's changes to the 2005 Regulations on NHS Pharmaceutical Services allow supermarkets to squeeze small pharmacies out of the market; is concerned at the adverse impact Tesco's, in Princes Road, Chelmsford recent pharmacy application will have, if granted, on the smaller pharmacies in Gloucester Avenue, Wood Street, Writtle Road and Moulsham Street, Chelmsford; considers it disgraceful that the decision-making process vested in the primary care trusts (PCTs) does not allow them to consider the wishes of customers in determining a 100 hour application; and calls on the Government to revise the current rules so that pharmacy applications can be judged by local PCTs solely on whether they are considered to be necessary and desirable. |
| 1843 | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO | 19:6:08 |
| Dr Rudi Vis | | Peter Bottomley | | Lynne Jones | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House calls for the immediate release of all asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who are still being held in immigration detention centres around the UK, including one in Belmarsh Prison, as their deportation is not imminent while the DRC country guidance is being appealed against; and considers that their continued detention, in some cases far in excess of 12 months, is becoming unlawful as it is blatantly punitive rather than administrative. |
| 1844 | JAGUAR'S AWARD FOR BRITAIN'S GREENEST LUXURY CAR | 19:6:08 |
| Mr Siôn Simon | | Richard Burden | | Mr Jim Cunningham | | Mr John Spellar | | Peter Bottomley | | Lynne Jones |
| That this House congratulates Jaguar on receiving the award for Britain's greenest luxury car in the Environmental Transport Association's 2008 Car Buyers Guide in respect of the XJ 2.7 Diesel; notes that the model in question, built at the firm's Castle Bromwich plant in Erdington, is capable of achieving 1000.2 miles on a single tank of fuel, the average fuel consumption hitting 53.5mpg; recognises Jaguar Land Rover's commitment to delivering carbon dioxide and fuel consumption reductions to customers through development of industry-leading diesel engines and application of advanced lightweight aluminium vehicle architectures; and calls on the Government to take full account of the environmental advances and the reduced carbon footprint of products of UK-based car makers when making decisions on Ministerial cars. |
| Stewart Hosie | | Lynne Jones | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House condemns the Home Office decision to separate Josie Pasane from her family, whom she has been living with for seven years in Broughty Ferry, and to deport her to South Africa; expresses concern over reports that Josie received incorrect advice from the Home Office over her status which has led to the order for deportation; notes that Josie a graduate of Abertay University, is a valued member of the local community; and calls on the Government urgently to review her case. |
| 1846 | MISSILE DEFENCE | 19:6:08 |
| Jeremy Corbyn | | Mr Dai Davies | | Mrs Ann Cryer |
| That this House notes that two Czechs citizens, Jan Tamas and Jan Bednar, went on hunger strike for several weeks to express their opposition to US plans to deploy missile defence radar facilities in their country; further notes that their hunger strike was inspired by several opinion polls showing that 70 per cent. of Czech people oppose the plan; recalls repeated statements by the former Russian President Putin that Russia would re-target western Europe if US missile defence facilities were located in the Czech Republic and Poland; congratulates Olga Zubova, deputy for the junior governing Green Party (SZ), Alena Gajduskova, senator for the senior opposition Social Democrats (CSSD), Anna Geislerova, famous Czech actress and Petr Uhl, former dissident and journalist, who have agreed to join the symbolic one-day fast chain hunger strike; calls on hon. Members to join this vigil in solidarity; and further calls on the Government to make provision for debate and decision on the UK's participation in the US missile defence system. |
| 1847 | PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS AND UNISON POLL | 19:6:08 |
| John McDonnell | | Kelvin Hopkins | | Ms Katy Clark | | Jeremy Corbyn |
| That this House notes the findings of the recent Ipsos-Mori opinion poll survey commissioned by Unison which show that 49 per cent. of public service workers are less likely to vote Labour than in 2005, that Government policy on running public services would be important when people decide how to vote at the next election and that 79 per cent. of people believe that public services should be run by the Government or local authorities rather than by private companies; and further commends the comments of the Unison General Secretary, Dave Prentis, that the poll is a wake-up call to the Prime Minister and that it's time to end the affair with big business and recapture traditional ground. Public sector workers, Labour's natural supporters, are deserting the party in their droves. |
| 1848 | PROPOSALS TO HELP FAMILIES AT RISK | 19:6:08 |
| Kelvin Hopkins | | Julie Morgan | | Mr Elfyn Llwyd | | Mr Dai Davies | | John McDonnell | | Mr David Drew |
| That this House welcomes the publication of Think Family - Improving the Life Chances of Families at Risk, which sets out plans to improve the life chances of families at risk and helps to break the cycle of disadvantage; believes that, if implemented, its recommendations would greatly enhance the life experience of families referred to the family courts; is concerned however at the lack of resource and funding commitments; and urges the Government to publish a timetable for implementation as soon as possible. |
| 1849 | PUBLIC SERVICES NOT PRIVATE PROFIT CAMPAIGN IN WALES | 19:6:08 |
| Mr Martin Caton | | Mr Elfyn Llwyd |
| That this House recognises that public service provision in Wales has been undermined by privatisation, job cuts, inadequate pay and office closures; notes that more than 5,000 of the 70,000 Civil Service job cuts across the UK since 2004 have been in Wales; believes that privatisation, including the promotion of contestability and outsourcing, puts at risk the accountable and effective delivery of a wide range of public services; therefore supports the Public Services Not Private Profit campaign, which brings together trade unions across the public sector; and calls on the Government to introduce a moratorium on privatisation and to engage in a constructive dialogue about how the Government, the Welsh Assembly, local communities and the trade unions can work together to provide the high quality public services that people need. |
| 1850 | ISLINGTON ARTS AND MEDIA, HOLLOWAY AND HIGHBURY GROVE SCHOOLS | 19:6:08 |
| That this House deeply regrets the inclusion of Islington Arts and Media School, Holloway School and Highbury Grove School on the list of under-performing schools by the Department of Children, Schools and Families; recognises that all three schools have benefited from Government investment, are rapidly improving and recently had good inspection reports; has full confidence in their head teachers and staff; and calls for the Secretary of State to remove their names from the list. |
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