Early Day Motions

URBAN WHITE PAPER AND LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING

That this House welcomes the TUC response to the public consultation 'Quality and Choice: A Decent Home for All'; and urges the Government to take account of its recommendations, especially those on affordable social housing and a strengthened role for local authority housing, in the context of the

AUTISM AWARENESS

That this House backs the call of Ivan Corea to declare 2002 as Autism Awareness Year, aimed at raising the profile and the plight of autistic children across the UK; and urges local education authorities and NHS trusts to do more for autistic children, including autists from minority ethnic communi

SELF-REGULATION FOR THE SOCIETY OF CHIROPODISTS AND PODIATRISTS AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

That this House notes that the Government intends to regulate 12 health professions, including chiropodists/podiatrists, physiotherapists, occuptional therapists, radiographers, dietitians, speech and language therapists, medical laboratory scientific officers, prosthetists and orthotists, orthoptis

WALK AGAINST AGEISM

That this House congratulates Roger Warren Evans, who walked from Swansea to London, a distance of 220 miles from his home, in 18 days and arrived on time at his workplace on his 65th birthday on 11th December 2000; praises this feat; and recognises that this walk against ageism proves that people i

POWERGEN AND NATIONAL ENERGY ACTION FUEL POVERTY HANDBOOK

That this House welcomes the launch of the Powergen/National Energy Action Fuel Poverty Handbook for honourable and Right honourable Members and their caseworkers; commends Powergen and NEA for producing such a clear and practical guide to the help available to constituents suffering from fuel pover

NATIONAL RAIL ENQUIRY SERVICE (No. 2)

That this House notes that the staff of the National Rail Enquiries Service based in offices in Plymouth, Cardiff, Newcastle, Derby, Dundee and Southampton currently answer one of the busiest phone numbers in the country and collect, collate and redistribute revised, re-revised and re-re-revised sch

IMPRISONED MPs IN BURMA

That this House notes with concern the continuing failure of the military regime in Burma to allow the 485 Members-elect of the Parliament of Burma to represent in Parliament those who voted for them in the 1990 democratic elections; is alarmed that up to 200 of those MPs are either in prison, under

FUTURE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCILS

That this House notes that the National Health Service Plan proposes the abolition of the community health councils and the redistribution of their functions between the Patient Advocacy and Liaison Service, patients' forums, advisory citizens' panels, local council all-party scrutiny committees and

COMMENTS BY HONOURABLE MEMBERS ON PUBLIC MORALITY

That this House believes that it is unwise of any honourable Member who supported a government which presided over mass unemployment, burgeoning child and pensioner poverty, shocking homelessness, rotten housing, soaring crime, cuts in development aid and the destruction of whole communities based o

RECOVERY OF HOUSING BENEFIT FROM LANDLORDS

That this House welcomes the Government's intention to replace the current system of internal reviews of housing benefit decisions by individual local authorities with a new, more robust, independent appeal mechanism; notes that local authorities will retain the right to reclaim benefit overpayments

ANIMAL WELFARE AT LIVESTOCK MARKETS

That this House is concerned by the latest report and graphic film evidence published by Animal Aid on the treatment of animals at some livestock markets; notes that despite the Government's 1998 Strategy requiring better enforcement at markets, animals at some markets around the country are still a

COST OF MORNING AFTER PILL

That this House believes that the cost of the emergency oral contraceptive known as the morning after pill is too high at the likely price of ú20 and that this may deter those who would most benefit from it.

REGIONAL ASSEMBLIES

That this House commends the Government for devolving power to places people identify with; further congratulates those regions in the North East, North West, Cornwall and the South West which have set up constitutional conventions and the regions of Yorkshire and West Midlands for setting up campai

NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENCE

leave out from 'measures' to end, and add 'but regrets that such instruments are still not sufficient to effectively curb proliferation and the risks it entails for international security; notes that deployment of US National Missile Defence could entail the risk of violating the ABM Treaty; conside

URBAN POST OFFICES

That this House calls on the Government to support the vital role that urban sub-post offices play in city life; notes that in Portsmouth South 15 out of 22 of them derive more than 40 per cent. of their income from Benefits Agency work, without which they will be under serious threat of closure; be

SITUATION IN THE MOLUCCAS

That this House notes with deep concern that the Christians in the Moluccas are facing increasing threats to their lives and freedom; further notes that the Jihad militant movement, Laskar Jihad, has declared their plan to resolve the 'Christian problem' in the next few weeks, stating that 'there wi

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF UNHCR

That this House notes that the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on 14th December 1950; congratulates UNHCR on its vital work over the last half century; and reaffirms its support for the United Nations and the UNHCR in the next century.

FISHERIES COUNCIL

That this House believes that the debate on the position to be taken by the Fisheries Minister at the meeting of the Fisheries Council in December is of vital importance to the fishing industry; notes that for this reason it has always been the practice to hold the debate on the floor of the House;

BONDED LABOUR

That this House is appalled by the United Nations estimate that some 20 million people are living in slavery around the world under the bonded labour system; expresses its concern over the repeated failures of governments like Pakistan, India and Nepal to take adequate measures to eradicate the use

MOVEMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AID

That this House notes with concern that the Communication Workers Union Humanitarian Aid Charity recently sent a convoy of eight vehicles to deliver food, clothes, medicines etc to poor children in Moldova, a country recently declared the poorest in Europe; further notes that the convoy of eight veh

AUTISM AWARENESS

That this House backs the call of Ivan Corea of the King's Fund to declare 2002 as Autism Awareness Year, aimed at raising the profile and the plight of autistic children across the United Kingdom; and urges local education authorities and National Health Service trusts to do more for Autistic child

PRIVATE RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

That this House welcomes the reform of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 to meet more adequately the modern needs of the labour market; fully supports new regulation to promote flexibility, the prevention of payment abuses and greater transparency of terms of business on an industry wide basis; share

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY

That this House expresses serious concern about the lack of speech and language therapy provision across the United Kingdom; notes that problems in recruiting and retaining trained speech and language therapists are leading to waiting times for appointments reaching many months and in some areas yea

FAMAGUSTA CYPRUS

That this House pays tribute to Mr Andreas C H Pouyouros, the Mayor of Famagusta and to the Deputy Mayor, Mrs Sophie Phitides and all members of the Famagusta Municipality for their ongoing and dedicated campaigns to seek the return of the town of Famagusta to its citizens and the Republic of Cyprus

MORNING AFTER PILL

That this House congratulates the Government on making the morning-after pill available for sale without prescription in chemists to all women over the age of 16 years; and recognises that this will prevent many abortions and unplanned teenage pregnancies.