Early Day Motions

ROMANIAN CENTENNIAL

That this House congratulates Romania on its forthcoming centennial; conveys to the Romanian Government and people every good wish for its National Day on 1 December; recognises and appreciates the vital contribution Romanians make to life throughout the UK including the NHS, the City of London, hos

UDDINGSTON OLD PARISH CHURCH MONDAY CLUB

That this House congratulates Uddingston Old Parish Church Monday Club on securing a £7,657 National Lottery Awards for All Scotland grant from Big Lottery Fund; acknowledges the group's endeavors to deliver a series of weekly social events to members who are often socially isolated and experiencing

PATHFINDER DOGS, LANARKSHIRE

That this House congratulates Pathfinder Dogs on securing a £9,565 National Lottery Awards for All Scotland grant from Big Lottery Fund; acknowledges the group’s aims to support blind people in the Lanarkshire area; celebrates the group’s endeavours to equip blind people with the skills and confiden

LOCAL DEMOCRACY IN KURDISTAN

That this House expresses its grave concern that the Turkish Minister of the Interior has suspended from duty 103 village and 156 neighbourhood mukhtars, elected local community heads, without recourse to appropriate and required legal process; notes that those suspensions are justified on unproven

TACKLING DIGITAL EXCLUSION

That this House welcomes the campaign by the Good Things Foundation, a charity that tackles social exclusion through digital, to bridge the digital divide in the UK; notes how recent research published by the Good Things Foundation has shown that at the current rate of investment in digital support,

SELF CARE WEEK

That this House welcomes Self Care Week, 12 to 18 November 2018, which aims to raise awareness of the benefits of self care and encourage people to Choose Self Care for Life; congratulates the Self Care Forum for organising Self Care Week and its ongoing work to promote self care; recognises the imp

CHESS

That this House congratulates the England chess team on its recent success at the Chess Olympiad and welcomes the staging of the World Chess Championship in London, beginning in November 2018; recognises the social and intellectual benefits, for all children across the social spectrum, of learning c

ISLE OF HARRIS DISTILLERY WINS THE 2018 SCOTTISH GIN AWARDS

That this House congratulates the Isle of Harris Distillery on winning Scottish distillery of the year at the 2018 Scottish Gin Awards with its fantastic Harris Gin; commends the work of the staff and those associated at the distillery; recognises its success in achieving its mission of a social dis

HUMAN RIGHTS IN XINJIANG

That this House expresses concern at reports from human rights groups that the Chinese Government have interned over a million Uyghurs in re-education camps across the Xinjiang region; notes that reports from the camps allege that detainees are being kept in squalid conditions and are forced to reno

VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS

That this House notes the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the European Parliament's Donnelly Report, which introduced the toughest car crash standards in the world and has saved more than 78,000 lives across the EU since its enforcement; commends the Report's expertly crafted technical spe

YEMEN PEACE TALKS

That this House welcomes the call made by US Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Luke Pompeo for a ceasefire in Yemen's civil war and the commitment to peace talks within 30 days; supports the idea of an immediate ceasefire in the conflict; notes that after three years of conflict

MONEY TALK WEEK

That this House welcomes Talk Money Week, the annual opportunity to encourage the public, business, charities and educators to Talk Money and prompt the UK's biggest conversation about financial capability; notes that Talk Money Week seeks to remove the stigma around money by having open conversatio

150TH ANNIVERSARY OF METHODIST COLLEGE, BELFAST

That this House congratulates Methodist College Belfast on celebrating 150 years of providing education, support and excellence to many thousands of young people in Northern Ireland; and recognises the significant contribution of Methody alumni to all aspects of life in Northern Ireland and across t

LEWIS HAMILTON F1 WORLD CHAMPION

That this House offers sincere congratulations to Lewis Hamilton on becoming Formula One World Champion for a fifth time, thus making him the most successful British racing driver of all time with a total of 71 Grand Prix victories and the world record for all-time career points; and believes that L

WILDLIFE PROTECTION IN NEPAL

That this House recognises the tremendous success of the Government of Nepal in countering poaching, with no loss of rhinos to poaching and only one human-wildlife conflict over the last four years with a doubling in the number of tigers since 2009; further recognises that this coincides with a peri

ROAD SAFETY WEEK 2018

That this House welcomes National Road Safety Week 2018 running from 19 to 25 November 2018 co-ordinated by Brake, the road safety charity; further welcomes the fact that thousands of community groups, schools, emergency services, hospitals, voluntary sector organisations and leading companies will

FAMINE AND CHOLERA IN YEMEN

That this House notes the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, which has deepened since the outbreak of civil war in March 2015; further notes that since the beginning of the conflict over 50,000 civilians have died, over 13 million people are at risk of starvation and 20 million people are in

TRAVEL BAN ON STEPHEN YAXLEY-LENNON

That this House notes that an invitation has been issued to Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, to speak at events in Washington DC on 14 November 2018; further notes that these invitations have been issued by anti-Muslim think tanks the Middle East Forum and the David Horowitz Free

MERSEYSIDE FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE

That this House notes with alarm that in the period 2010-11 to 2019-20, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service will experience a 50 per cent real terms reduction in Government grant; further notes that this will lead to a reduction in the Authority's revenue budget from £73.6 million to £59.9 million, a

PFI AND PPP CONTRACTS

That this House welcomes the commitment given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that no further private finance initiatives (PFI) and public private partnerships (PPP) contracts will be entered into by the current Government; records that PFI and PPP was devised by the Treasury as an accounting mec

TEAM EUROPE WIN DISABLED RYDER CUP

That this House congratulates Team Europe's golfers with disabilities who have just returned from Florida, USA having defeated the US Team in the Disabled Ryder Cup event running from 15 to 17 October 2018; agrees that this was a wonderful opportunity to promote golf for people with disabilities; an

20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIVIA AWARD FOR PROFESSIONALISM AND SERVICE TO JUSTICE

That this House gives its support to the Livia Award for Professionalism and Service to Justice; notes that the award is made annually to the Metropolitan Traffic Police Officer in the Roads and Transport Policing Command independently judged to have been most meritorious in its investigation of fat

BREASTFEEDING RATE IN SCOTLAND INCREASES

That this House welcomes the increase in the number of babies being breastfed at six to eight weeks in Scotland from 36 per cent in 2001-02 to 42 per cent in 2017; notes that this is the highest rate since records began; appreciates the recent investment of an additional £2 million for breastfeeding

ROSYTH EATS

That this House congratulates Edible and Tasty Spaces (EATS) Rosyth on its success at a raft of recent awards ceremonies; notes that EATS Rosyth won the Best Community Group Award at the Kingdom FM Local Hero Awards 2018 and the Community Champion Award at the Dunfermline Press Awards; further notes

QUEEN MARGARET HOSPICE GARDEN, DUNFERMLINE

That this House congratulates the Queen Margaret Hospice Garden Group on its successful campaign to raise funds to create a garden at the Queen Margaret Hospice in Dunfermline; notes that a total of £50,000 has been raised so far through a combination of individual donations and grants, with £11,000