Early Day Motions

HEALTHY PRIMARY SCHOOL MEALS

That this House applauds the innovative, pioneering work undertaken by Hull City Council to ensure that all primary schools in Hull offer free healthy breakfasts, free healthy school lunches, free fruit and free after-school refreshments to all primary pupils; congratulates Hull City Council for mak

SIR TIM BERNERS-LEE'S WORK TO IMPROVE THE INTERNET

That this House commends the brilliant work of Sir Tim Berners-Lee on pioneering the intellectual basis of the internet and his aim to create a semantic web; notes that this would be able to take information from different databases on the world wide web ranging from catalogues and weather sites to

REAFFIRMING THE RULES OF WAR IN IRAQ

That this House notes that Iraqi civilians have been afflicted by a series of large-scale military interventions since 1990 resulting in considerable loss of human life; recognises that there is an urgent need to attempt to count the number of civilian deaths resulting from the latest conflict in Ir

GLADYS MARIN

That this House expresses its sadness at the death of Gladys Marin, the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Chile; recalls her life in exile from the brutal Pinochet regime as one of struggle for the restoration of democratic government and that in 1988 she initiated legal action agai

CLOSURE OF POST OFFICES IN ROMFORD

That this House deplores the decision by Post Office Ltd to disregard totally the views of the people of Romford by announcing the closure of Ardleigh Green post office, Rise Park post office, Maidstone Avenue post office, Gidea Park post office, Mawneys post office and Upper Mawneys post office; an

PARKINSON'S AWARENESS WEEK, 11th-17th APRIL 2005

That this House welcomes Parkinson's Awareness Week 2005 on 11th to 17th April with the theme, Parkinson's Disease Society for every age at every stage; recognises the Society's continuing efforts to improve the quality of life for all people living with Parkinson's disease; notes the launch of the

FUNDING FOR EDUCATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND

That this House notes the cuts that have been announced in education services in Northern Ireland; deplores the fact that many well-run schools are faced with an impossible position of trying to maintain what is rightly regarded as the best education system in the United Kingdom in the face of such

JOB LOSSES AT THE BBC

That this House condemns the announcement of more than 3,780 job losses at the BBC, the privatisation of key services and outsourcing of jobs to the private sector without any prior consultation with staff representatives; believes that cuts to programme-making staff in core public service areas suc

INTERNATIONAL ISLAND GAMES 2009 IN YNYS M(N

That this House welcomes the decision by the International Island Games Association's executive to recommend that Ynys M(n-Isle of Anglesey hosts the 2009 International Island Games; recognises the importance of the bi-annual event which attracts over 3,000 competitors from 24 member island communit

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR DEVONPORT DOCKYARD AND NAVAL BASE

That this House notes with concern the widely held belief in the West Country that recent tenders for surface ship refit work have not been awarded by the Ministry of Defence to Devonport Dockyard even though its tenders may have been the most competitive; recognises the possible job losses at Devon

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

That this House welcomes the continued efforts of primary care trusts to prevent the need for patients suffering from chronic pulmonary disease (COPD) to be admitted to hospital as a result of their condition; notes that up to three million people suffer from this debilitating and life-threatening c

CONDUCT OF LIBERAL DEMOCRAT HONOURABLE MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

That this House notes that it was the failure of the Liberal Democrats to turn out and vote in sufficient numbers in the second reading of the Prevention of Terrorism Bill that saved the Government from certain defeat; further notes that the Liberal Democrat leader, the Chief Whip, the Treasury spok

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

That this House congratulates the Chartered Institute of Public Relations on being granted a Royal Charter; notes that the Royal Charter is in recognition of the leading role which the Chartered Institute of Public Relations plays in the communications industry in the United Kingdom; and welcomes th

SPEED LIMIT ON LAKE WINDERMERE

That this House notes that the bylaw to introduce a 10 miles per hour speed limit on Lake Windermere comes into force on 29th March 2005; recognises the detrimental effects this will have on tourism, sporting associations and the local economy; and calls on the Government to work with all interested

UEFA AND JOST MOURINHO (No. 2)

That this House is appalled by the defamatory statements about Mr JosT Mourinho issued by William Gaillard, the UEFA Director of Communications; is astonished that Mr Gaillard should be allowed to abuse his position with total impunity; believes that any investigation by UEFA or its nominees into la

INTEGRATED EDUCATION AND LIR INTEGRATED PRIMARY SCHOOL IN BALLYCASTLE

That this House notes that the Northern Ireland Department of Education has a duty to encourage and facilitate integrated education; recognises that the need for mixed housing and integrated education is specifically mentioned in the Belfast Agreement and that the Northern Ireland Office's Shared Fu

BRECKNOCKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

That this House congratulates the Brecknockshire Agricultural Society, the oldest agricultural society in the UK, on celebrating its 250th anniversary this year; commends the Society on its contribution to the advancement of agricultural science and its recent innovation of an annual lecture; encour

STUDENT VISA CHARGES

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NHS DENTISTRY IN RUTLAND

That this House condemns the near total destruction of NHS dentistry in Rutland; notes that in the course of the last eight years most of those who live in Rutland either have been unable to find an NHS dentist or have been forced off existing NHS practice lists; expresses disbelief at Government cl

ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS

That this House is alarmed at the statement by Dr David Graham, associate safety director of the US Food and Drug Administration, that the COX-2 inhibitor drug Vioxx is the `single greatest drug safety catastrophe in the history of the world', resulting in up to 140,000 strokes and heart attacks in

CHILD POVERTY

That this House welcomes UNICEF's new analysis, Child Poverty in Rich Countries 2005, which reveals that the UK has achieved a greater reduction in child poverty than the other 23 developed countries examined; and notes UNICEF's commendation of the transparency and credibility of the UK's approach,

LEWIS CHESSMEN

That this House notes that the Lewis chessmen, which were made by 12th century Norsemen and found in sand in Lewis in 1831, are rarely seen on the island where they were found; further notes the current arrangements whereby ownership lies with museums, including the British Museum, and the chessmen

UNREGULATED COMPENSATION PURSUERS

That this House welcomes the advice of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on endowment mis-selling compensation pursuers that `some companies...make a charge which is usually a large percentage of any compensation the consumer receives. This service does not need to be regulated by the FSA'; is

GLOBAL APPEAL TO HELP AVERT ASSASSINATION OF IRAQI UNION LEADER

That this House supports the Labour Friends of Iraq global appeal, which has been supported by numerous rank and file trade unionists and others across the world, to publicise the severe threat to the life of Nozad Ismail, the President of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions in Kirkuk, who has twic

MANCHESTER TAXI DRIVERS

That this House thanks the members of the Manchester Taxi Drivers' Organisation for Handicapped Children for the 52 years of visits to the Blackpool Pleasure Beach; and regrets that the committee had to decide to wind up the charity as it is now becoming impossible to organise trips due to health an