Early Day Motions

CARRIER BAG TAX

That this House notes that plastic bags sent to landfill take around 500 years to decay and that the UK uses 500 million of these each week; congratulates the Republic of Ireland for introducing a tax on disposable carrier bags which has reduced their use by 90 per cent.; notes that the Irish tax ha

PUBLIC BODIES SELLING LAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING

That this House is aware of the obstacles in the way of building affordable housing of all types and tenures on land in areas of high land values; notes that in these areas the land purchase costs commonly amount to more than half the development costs; welcomes the consultation on a proposal to all

EAST LONDON LINE EXTENSIONS

That this House is concerned about recent articles in the Business newspaper claiming that the East London Line extensions scheme is to be shelved; notes that a business case for the scheme has been made by the Strategic Rail Authority and is awaiting sign-off by the Department of Transport; recogni

PROPOSED DE-REGULATION OF PHARMACIES

That this House believes the deregulation of pharmacies, proposed in the 17th January Office of Fair Trading report, could adversely affect the service to the public; notes that established community pharmacies could be forced to close, with rural populations suffering; and that commercial considera

PRIMARY SCHOOL DRUGS PREVENTION

That this House calls on the Government to take serious cognisance of the value of life education centres in supporting drug prevention education in primary schools as highlighted in the recent OFSTED Report, and its key role in Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education, particularly in vie

CHILD PROTECTION

That this House believes that legislation that gives children fewer rights than adults in relation to physical assaults upon them is incompatible with policies to improve child protection.

NATIONAL AGENCY FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

That this House welcomes the report of the Victoria Climbie Inquiry and in particular urges the Government to recognise the transforming potential of a national agency for children and families which would report to a Ministerial Children and families which would report to a Ministerial Children and

SOCIAL WORK WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

That this House believes that social work with children and families is an important and worthwhile profession for which people should be paid, trained and supported well.

REGISTRATION OF PRIVATE FOSTER CARERS

That this House calls upon the Government to legislate for the registration of private foster carers.

COMMUNITY SERVICES

That this House commends the dedication of community pharmacists and sub-post office owners in providing essential services to local communities; notes that both these services are under threat by recommendations made by the Office of Fair Trading, and by a programme of sub-post office closures base

IMPACT OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE

That this House, whilst recognising the difficult circumstances under which Government officials worked during the foot and mouth disease, also wishes to recognise and commend the thousands of rural people who underwent financial and emotional trauma during the epidemic; realises that for many farme

HUMAN SHIELD

That this House applauds the courage of those volunteers in Human Shield who are going to Iraq to help protect innocent civilians from the threat of United States and British bombardment; wishes them and the Iraqi people peace; and appeals to Her Majesty's Government to stop the build up to war.

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

That this House recognises the extermination of one million Armenians by the Ottoman empire in 1915 as genocide; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to challenge the new government in Turkey to recognise the truth of those appalling and inhuman events of 1915.

MORRISON'S PARLIAMENTARY RECEPTION

That this House considers that it is callous and in bad taste for Morrison's to fund and host a reception in the House of Commons to entertain honourable Members at a time when this company is seeking to make 1,300 workers redundant in West London as part of its bid to take over Safeways.

PEACE TAX RETURNS DELIVERY

That this House congratulates Conscience, the peace tax campaign, for organising the delivery of peace tax returns to Her Majesty's Treasury on the 31st January as part of its campaign to enable UK citizens to declare their conscientious objection to war and to have the military proportion of their

LEGAL PROTECTION FOR THE VULNERABLE

leave out from '2000' to end and add: believes that legislation based upon the Law Commission's 1995 draft Mental Incapacity Bill will weaken legal protection for the vulnerable; notes that investment in the environment and social systems of disabled and vulnerable people will protect and empower th

CONTRACT FOR WHEELED TANKERS

That this House notes with regret the decision of the Ministry of Defence to award a contract for the supply of wheeled tankers for the British armed forces to an American firm, the Oshkosh Truck Corporation, in preference to a vehicle manufactured by a consortium of over 30 British companies; belie

MOUNT EVEREST

That this House notes the 50th anniversary of the successful expedition that led Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hilary to the summit; congratulates all involved and remembers with pleasure the arrival of the news on Coronation Day and with admiration the reluctance of the first two to the top to disclose

JAPANESE DOLPHIN HUNTS

That this House is deeply concerned that Japan is killing increasing numbers of whales and selling whale meat in defiance of the moratorium on commercial whaling; is appalled that Japanese fishermen also slaughter around 25,000 dolphins, porpoises and other small whales each year in unregulated hunt

DEFENCE CONTRACTS

That this House notes that United States Administration policy insists that a minimum of 50 per cent. of the work on all United States defence contracts awarded to foreign companies is carried out in the United States; appreciates the United States Administration's support for the domestic aerospace

ASSISTED SUICIDES AND EUTHANASIA

That this House notes the suffering of patients with Motor Neurone Disease and similarly debilitating diseases and recognises the anguish of the families who care for loved ones with these conditions; regrets that these patients are being used by a lobby in favour of assisted suicide and voluntary e

LABOUR STUDENTS' CAMPAIGN ON THE DEVELOPING WORLD

That this House welcomes the Labour students campaign, 'Justice for the developing world'; notes that the UK Government has taken a leading role internationally in reducing the burden of debt on some of the world's poorest countries, including Uganda, Bolivia, Mozambique and Tanzania and that by 200

JACKIE ELLIOT

That this House calls on the Government to make representations to the United States Federal and Texas state authorities and to the Texan Board of Pardon and Parole to plead for Jackie Elliot, a British national, to ensure that a DNA test be conducted, that his execution date be cancelled and that a

CHESHAM BOIS POST OFFICE

That this House deplores the decision by Post Office Ltd to close Chesham Bois post office; notes that although the post office in Amersham is only one mile away from Chesham Bois, many constituents of the honourable Member for Chesham and Amersham who currently use Chesham Bois post office will now

POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNTS

That this House believes that those Post Office customers who wish to continue receiving their benefits, pension payments and tax credits through the Post Office, following the introduction of ACT in April, should be allowed to do so through a post office card account opened at the counter of a post