Early Day Motions

NAO INVESTIGATION INTO PPP FOR LONDON UNDERGROUND

That this House notes the considerable concern about whether PPP for London Underground represents 'value for money'; welcomes the fact that the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts is to discuss this matter with the Comptroller and Auditor General; and calls on the National Audit Office to

RAMADAN AND AFGHANISTAN

That this House notes the call by the five Muslim parliamentarians, the honourable Members for Glasgow, Govan and Birmingham, Perry Bar and the noble Lords Ahmed and Patel and the noble Baroness Uddin, for a halt to the hostilities against Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan; further

KENT AMBULANCE TRUST

That this House notes that the Secretary of State is soon to make a decision on the proposal to amalgamate the Kent Ambulance NHS Trust with Sussex; urges him to consider the huge opposition to this change in Kent, particularly from those that work in the service, and to accept, firstly, that the mo

NON-PROFIT MAKING MEMBERS CLUBS

That this House notes the valuable community work carried out by non-profit making private members' clubs; acknowledges that working men's, political, ex-service and other clubs have around five million individual members who benefit from the many social and recreational activities provided by these

INSOLVENCY (S.I., 2001, NO.3352)

That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Railway Administration Order Rules 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 3352), dated 6th October 2001, a copy of which was laid before this House on 8th October, be annulled.

BRITISH NATIONAL PARTY TRAINING CAMP IN WALES

That this House is outraged that the British National Party held a training camp for children and young people in the Snowdonia National Park recently, the so-called Camp Excalibur; is disturbed at pictures taken at that training camp of participants undertaking paramilitary-type training, wearing m

THE HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR GUILDFORD AND THE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT POSITION ON HOUSE BUILDING

leave out from 'House' to end and insert 'notes that Surrey LGA and Guildford BC have consistently opposed extra housing on top of that identified in the SERPLAN proposal for homes in the South East; calls on the Government to review the proposal which would mean an extra 13,000 houses in Surrey wit

SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

That this House notes that October saw the celebration of the seventh anniversary of World Mental Health Day; and welcomes the Mind Out for Mental Health Campaign, co-ordinated by the Department for Health, which seeks to confront the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health and encourage

WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM

after 'stadium', insert 'for England.'.

WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM

after 'stadium', insert 'for England.'.

WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM

after 'country', insert 'of England.'.

KILLING OF NEWSMEN IN EAST TIMOR

That this House looks forward to the outcome of the United Nations investigation into the deaths at Balibo, East Timor, on 16th October 1975 of two television news teams, one composed of Britons Malcolm Rennie and Brian Peters; welcomes the Australian Government's candour in releasing papers that sh

DIGITAL HEARING AIDS IN THE NHS

That this House notes the commitment in the 2001 Conservative Party manifesto to provide digital hearing aids to everyone who would benefit from them over a three year period; shares the concern of the RNID that fewer than five per cent of people in need of hearing aids have access to NHS digital he

THE HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR GUILDFORD AND THE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT POSITION ON HOUSE BUILDING

That this House notes that the honourable Member for Guildford stated her opposition to the Government's plan for house building in Surrey in the Westminster Hall debate on 30th October; contrasts this with the stance taken by several Liberal Democrat councillors on Serplan who voted in favour of th

DESIGN COUNCIL

That this House congratulates the Design Council on its excellent campaign to promote design through the Design in Business Week which helps UK business to increase their competitiveness by the use of innovative design in the UK and overseas; applauds the growing success of this initiative and its a

ORDER OF UKRAINE

That this House congratulates Lord Howe of Aberavon and Sir Sigmund Sternberg, the President of the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain and co-founder of the Three Faith Forum, on being presented with the Order of Ukraine for public service, by the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Anatoliy Zlenko on 24th O

PUTNEY POST OFFICE

That this House, noting that Putney Crown Post Office was recently sold to a private company in advance of so-called public consultation, condemns privatisation of the Post Office by stealth; demands that public consultation should be carried out before the event in any future sales of Crown post of

RESIDENTIAL AND NURSING CARE

That this House welcomes the campaign launched by the Norfolk Independent Care Homes organisation which is aimed at highlighting the growing crisis in residential and nursing care; notes the significant loss of beds in nursing homes and residential care homes as a result of owners concluding that wi

POLITICAL PRISON CAMPS IN NORTH KOREA

That this House notes that North Korean regime continues to run political prison camps where prisoners are subjected to brutal and inhumane treatment, including torture and execution; notes also that Christians in the camps are particularly harshly treated due to their belief in God and their refusa

SALE AND MISUSE OF FIREWORKS

That this House notes the increasing nuisance caused by reckless and dangerous misuse of fireworks, and that the sale of fireworks is taking place for many weeks before 5th November; further notes that the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot will occur in 2005; and believes that before that date

PRE-LEGISLATIVE SCRUTINY ON-LINE

That this House believes that it should have the option of pre-legislative scrutiny of most bills for several weeks before committal to standing committee and that the House should consider whether such scrutiny should be on-line to involve the widest possible public involvement.

ABANDONED CARS

That this House welcomes the announcement of the Government's consultation on its proposals to tackle the problem of abandoned cars; urges local authorities, police forces, honourable Members and other interested parties to submit proposals to the consultation before the deadline of 30th January 200

THE VIGIL HUT

That this House expresses regret that the National Museums of Scotland has declined to exhibit the Vigil Hut which was formerly situated outside the former Royal High School building; notes that the hut was continuously occupied for more than four years by a vigil in support of the campaign for a Sc

LEWES FC

That this House congratulates Lewes FC on reaching the final qualifying round of the FA Cup for the first time ever; and wishes the team every success in its first round tie against Stoke City FC.

BIRMINGHAM'S COUNCIL HOUSING (No. 2)

That this House notes that due to chronic under-investment caused by the refusal of successive governments to permit Birmingham City Council to raise sufficient finance to invest even from its own resources in its housing stock, the backlog of repairs and renovations has risen from ú750 million in 1