Early Day Motions

WELSH COMMONWEALTH TEAM

That this House congratulates the Welsh Commonwealth Games team on their performance and success in Melbourne, especially the 18 medal winners, gold medallists David Davies, Michaela Breeze and Dave Phelps, silver medallists David Eaton, Julie Crane, Elizabeth Morgan, Robert Weale and Kevin Evans, a

MASSACRE OF REPATRIATED SLOVENE SOLDIERS IN 1945

That this House notes with regret that the repatriation of disarmed Slovene soldiers at the end of World War II against their wishes resulted in the summary execution of many by their political enemies in their home country; believes a mistake was made by the British authorities that resulted in the

BRITISH COUNCIL JOBS IN MANCHESTER

That this House notes with concern that the British Council is reported to be considering moving jobs from Manchester to London; recognises that this would be in stark contrast to the current trend of moving jobs from London out to the regions; and therefore calls on the Foreign and Commonwealth Off

150th ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF WILLIAM MASSEY

That this House notes the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Ferguson Massey, born in Limavady, Northern Ireland, on 26th March 1856; further notes that his familiy emigrated to New Zealand; recognises the outstanding achievements of Massey, who became Prime Minister of New Zealand and remain

POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNT (No. 3)

That this House notes with concern that Citigroup, who operated the Post Office Card Account on behalf of the Post Office, indicated that they transferred the business to an alternative provider on 6th March before holders of such accounts were informed of the intention to do so; believes that such

HOPE NOT HATE TOUR

That this House congratulates the trade union movement for its continued work in combating the rising threat of racism and fascism, in both the workplace and the community; welcomes Billy Bragg's Hope not Hate tour, supported by Amicus, GMB, RMT and UNISON, together with Love Music Hate Racism, Unit

SETTLEMENT OF EQUAL PAY CASES IN THE PRISON SERVICE

That this House welcomes the settlement of over 3,000 equal pay cases of predominately female members of staff working in the Prison Service after seven years of litigation; pays tribute to the thousands of members of the Public and Commercial Services Union who work in prisons across the country in

BURTON HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

That this House congratulates the Chairman, Chief Executive and staff at Queen's Hospital in Burton-upon-Trent for their hard work in reducing the projected deficit of the Burton Hospitals NHS Trust for the current financial year from a predicted £2.4 million last April, and £1.2 million in October

SOUTH EASTERN TRAINS (No. 2)

That this House notes with regret that on 1st April 2006, South Eastern Trains, which is currently in the public sector, will be privatised; is deeply concerned that this will be the first outright privatisation of a train operating company under a Labour Government and that this is in contradiction

PUBLIC SERVICES

That this House expresses its concern at the increasing trend in Government for the privatisation of public services, including the promotion of contestability and outsourcing, which puts at risk the accountable and effective delivery of a wide range of public services and a large number of public s

ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL AND BRITON FERRY

That this House welcomes the many celebrations of the bicentenary of the birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the world's greatest engineers; congratulates volunteers in Briton Ferry who have campaigned to restore the Brunel Dock, its floating gate and tower as major features of a local regenera

HEALTH AND SAFETY (S.I., 2006, No. 557)

That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority for Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 2006 (S.I., 2006, No. 557), dated 2nd March 2006, a copy of which was laid before this House on 9th March, be annulled.

GRETNA FOOTBALL CLUB AND THE SCOTTISH CUP SEMI-FINAL

That this House congratulates Gretna Football Club on winning the Scottish Second Division Championship; wishes them well for their historic Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden on Saturday 1st April; congratulates a club which made its debut in senior football in 2002 and its owner Brooks Mileson, Ch

LAUNCH OF NATIONAL BOWEL CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMME (No. 2)

That this House notes that bowel cancer kills 16,000 people a year and is the second biggest cause of cancer death in the UK; observes that early screening reduces mortaility rates by about 15 per cent.; welcomes the Government's commitment to introduce a National Bowel Cancer Screening Programmme i

OMBUDSMAN'S REPORT ON OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS

That this House condemns the Government's rejection of the findings of the Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman's report Trusting in the Pensions Promise, which found the Government guilty of maladministration which misled thousands of people as to the security of their occupational pensions; further

EXEMPTIONS FOR THE SPORT OF OLYMPIC PISTOL SHOOTING

That this House recognises the importance of the success of Michael Gault in the pistol shooting events in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne; and, conscious of the fact that most of his training and that of other world-class pistol shooters has had to take place outside Great Britain due to the gu

SCALDING INJURIES FROM HOT BATH WATER No 1

That this House notes that every day a child under five years is admitted to hospital with serious injuries resulting from scalding hot bath water, that scalding hot bath water kills 20 people a year, three-quarters of whom are pensioners and that scalding disproportionately affects the most vulnera

NEW NATIONAL FEDERATION OF RETAIL NEWSAGENTS' CODE OF PRACTICE ON OFFENSIVE MATERIALS IN NEWSAGENTS

That this House welcomes the new code of conduct outlined by the National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) to prevent children being exposed to grown up titles in newsagents; notes that the new more elaborate guidelines relate not only to adult top-shelf titles but cover also what are known as

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME (No. 2)

That this House commends the Government for recognising the problem of occupational pension schemes in deficit by introducing the Pensions Protection Fund and the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS); notes that the FAS has an initial budget of £400 million; suggests that because this sum is to be used

READING FOOTBALL CLUB AND THE PREMIER LEAGUE

That this House congratulates Reading Football Club on securing promotion to the Premier League for the first time in its 135 year history in record breaking time which included a record run of 33 games without defeat; congratulates Club Chairman John Madejski, Manager Steve Coppell, Captain Graeme

NEW VISION FOR CANCER DOCUMENT

That this House supports the launch of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer's New Vision for Cancer which can be seen at www.appg-cancer.org.uk; notes that improvements in cancer care have been realised thanks to recent increases in funding and to the dedicated work of NHS staff; nevertheless

SCOTTISH COMMONWEALTH GAMES TEAM

That this House congratulates the England Commonwealth Games team's tremendous success in finishing in second place; further congratulates Paul Bush and his Scottish Commonwealth Games team, who finished sixth overall in the medals table; notes that an amazing 18 per cent. of the Scottish team won m

150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS

That this House salutes the Mission to Seafarers in its 150th anniversary year; notes the many travails and traumas suffered on an increasingly regular basis by merchant seafarers and is especially concerned at the dramatic increase in piracy and crew abandonment on the high seas; commends the Missi

QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL GATESHEAD

That this House congratulates the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead on being judged the third best hospital in the country in Saga's recent study of UK hospitals; notes that this was assessed on standards of quality of care, patient experience, staff numbers, infection control, handling of MRSA

FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL PROBATION SERVICE

That this House sees the privatisation of the National Probation Service in England and Wales as a fundamental misjudgement of the nature of its work; believes that it is likely to reduce the effectiveness of the service at the cost of communities; and further believes that instead the Government sh