Early Day Motions

RACE RELATIONS

That this House accepts the fact that the United Kingdom is a multi-racial society; reasserts the right of all individuals to enjoy equal rights irrespective of their race, colour or creed; deplores the fact that racial discrimination continues to blight the lives of many British citizens, and many

BARCLAYS BANK, NEYLAND

That this House condemns the decision by Barclays Bank to close its branch in Neyland in Pembrokeshire, which will leave this community of around 4,000 people without a branch bank within the town; believes that Barclays have a responsibility to all their customers, and they should understand that f

SENSE AND DEAFBLIND UK

That this House warmly congratulates Sense and Deafblind UK on their lobby of Parliament on Thursday 24th June 1999 at which 100 deafblind people of all ages expressed their case for the right to the specialist one-to-one support they need to participate in society and access the world; notes that o

SANDRA GREGORY'S APPEAL TO THE KING OF THAILAND

That this House calls on the Government for an early completion of the review of Government policy towards supporting appeals by British citizens convicted of criminal offences under foreign jurisdictions in terms that would enable them to support the appeal to His Majesty, the King of Thailand, due

BRITISH NUCLEAR TEST VETERANS

That this House notes the 20th May 1953 Atomic Weapons Trials Report by the Defence Research Policy Committee which states 'the army must discover the detailed effects of various types of explosion on equipment, stores and men and with and without various types of protection'; further notes the deci

MOBILE HOMES AND COUNCIL TAX BANDINGS

That this House notes the position of mobile home owners in low-value properties who find their council tax banding covers a range of up to ú40,000; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to create a lower banding to reduce inequalities and anomalies.

PERMANENT DISASTER RELIEF CONTACT POINT

That this House congratulates the relief agencies on their efforts in response to the crisis in the Balkans, but regrets the delay in co-ordinating a response which left many people frustrated and angry that they were unable to offer personal contributions to the disaster relief effort; and calls up

LEASEHOLD REFORM

That this House expresses concern that despite the Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, many owners of leasehold residential property in many parts of London and elsewhere are still being denied the right to extend their leases or to enfranchise their property; is appalled that many flat dwellers

PEN NEEDLES ON PRESCRIPTION FOR DIABETICS

That this House welcomes the Government's proposal to put refillable insulin pen injection devices and pen needles on prescription and notes that this will benefit over 250,000 people who currently have to purchase their own needles; notes however the serious misgivings of the British Diabetic Assoc

ANNIVERSARY OF THE LUFTHANSA SKYCHEFS DISPUTE

That this House notes with concern that 20th November marks one year from the sacking of more than 270 Lufthansa Skychefs workers; notes that these staff workers were sacked by the Heathrow airline catering company for a lawful, official one-day strike; condemns the failure of the senior management

NEWS AT TEN

That this House urges the Independent Television Commission and the ITV companies to restore the News at Ten to its rightful place at 10.00 p.m.

HIGHER EDUCATION PAY AND CONDITIONS

That this House notes with concern the findings of the Independent Review of Higher Education Pay and Conditions (Bett Report), with regard to official levels of pay, inequality of pay for female members of staff, and the over-use of casualised terms and conditions of employment; and calls for the e

FUTURE OF BRITISH SEAFARERS

That this House deplores the action of Lord Stirling and P&O Ferries in continuing to unnecessarily replace British seafarers with other nationals; and believes that, as a result of the Government's much-welcomed initiative to ensure a level playing field for the United Kingdom's merchant navy, no c

NICOSIA WALL

That this House shares in the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall; notes however with regret that Nicosia approaches the millennium as the only city in Europe still divided; is encouraged by the proposed resumption of Cyprus proximity talks on 3rd December in New York;

PLAID CYMRU AND THE MINERS

That this House deplores the insensitive comments of the Leader of Plaid Cymru, the Right honourable Member for Caernarfon, which apparently belittled the struggle of miners and mining communities of South Wales; and notes that the remarks coming as they do at a time when Labour honourable Members w

VISIT OF INDIAN FARMERS AND WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

That this House welcomes the visit of a delegation of Indian farmers to Parliament, organised by Farmers' Link supported by ActionAid, the development charity, and funded by Iceland foods, the United Kingdom-based supermarket chain which supports organic farming in developing countries as part of th

CONDUCT OF THE HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR SCARBOROUGH AND WHITBY

That this House notes the comments of the honourable Member for Scarborough and Whitby on the current crisis facing the farming community, which appeared in the Whitby Gazette on 5th November; notes that the honourable Member has foregone the opportunity since then to withdraw those comments; theref

EVA MORRIS

That this House congratulates Eva Morris of Stone in the county of Staffordshire on attaining her 114th birthday and on becoming the oldest and most senior citizen of the United Kingdom; and notes that Eva Morris, who was born in November 1885, was therefore alive when, for example, Gladstone and Sa

QUARANTINE FOR RESCUE DOGS

That this House notes the appalling dilemma of relief organisations such as Rapid UK who wish to take rescue dogs to disaster areas but will have to put them in quarantine on their return; and urges that rescue dogs be exempt from quarantine rules in order that they may be used to save lives, with i

REGISTRATION OF DRIVING INSTRUCTORS

That this House is concerned that, although the Driving Standards Agency is responsible for operating a series of written and practical tests prior to drivers being able to qualify to operate as approved driving instructors, it nevertheless decided to remove as many as 254 driving instructors from i

SHIPBUILDING INTERVENTION FUND

That this House notes with concern the investigations carried out by the Shipbuilders Association in Europe, showing Korean shipyards on average to have taken orders at a 20 per cent. loss compared with normal commercial arrangements and that Korea is increasing its shipbuilding capacity while conti

ANTI-INTIMIDATION UNIT FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

That this House believes that paramilitary decommissioning by Republican and Loyalist groups must be completed by May 2000; believes, however, that there will still be a serious danger of continuing intimidation, including so-called punishment beatings, exiling and possible abuse of authority at loc

ORGANIC FOOD AND FARMING TARGETS BILL

That this House supports the Organic Food and Farming Targets Bill, which would require the drawing up of policies to ensure that, by 2010, at least 30 per cent. of United Kingdom farmland will be organic and that at least 20 per cent. of the food consumed in the United Kingdom will be organic; note

NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD - TRADE UNION RECOGNITION BALLOT

That this House welcomes the positive result of the ballot for trades union recognition within the National Lottery Charity Board; congratulates the MSF trades union, the Staff Consultative Forum and the NLCB for their hard work; and hopes that the procedures followed can become the benchmark for fu

NORWICH UNION PRIVATE MEDICAL INSURANCE

That this House notes with concern the Fair and Square private medical insurance scheme launched by the Norwich Union, which offers the insured cash payments of ú250 per day or night spent in hospital if the NHS rather than a private facility is used, or ú70 a day if a hospice is used; recognises th