Early Day Motions

BANTAMS AT WEMBLEY

That this House notes that Bradford City FC will be in the play-off final at Wembley on 18 May 2013, hoping to win promotion to the First Division; further notes that this is Bradford City's second Wembley appearance this season; further notes that this appearance at Wembley arises from an incredibl

HILLSBOROUGH, ANNE WILLIAMS AND JUSTICE

That this House notes that a new inquest is to be held into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans at Hillsborough Stadium on 15 April 1989; further notes with great sadness that Anne Williams, who campaigned tirelessly for justice for her 15 year old son Kevin and the other 95 victims, died of cancer a we

STATUTORY FIRE SERVICE DUTY TO RESPOND TO MAJOR FLOODING

That this House acknowledges 2012 as the second wettest on record in the UK, according to the Met Office; notes that in 2012 there was a 73 per cent increase in firefighters attending over 22,500 flood incidents across the UK, compared with 13,000 in 2011; further notes that the Department for Envir

NEW SCHOOLS NETWORK

That this House notes that the New Schools Network (NSN) received an initial grant from the Department for Education (DfE) of £500,000 in 2010, and that in November 2011 the Secretary of State for Education earmarked a further £1 million of taxpayers' money for the NSN to draw on, this on top of a f

NHS AND COMPASSIONATE CARE

That this House believes that newly-employed NHS managers should spend a year on wards working as healthcare assistants to develop their compassionate care before taking up positions behind desks.

VAT ON TABLOID NEWSPAPERS

That this House urges the Government to impose VAT on daily and Sunday tabloid newspapers which are principally in the entertainment industry rather than the news business; and believes that such a measure could bring in an estimated revenue of £3 billion a year to HM Treasury which could be used fo

EVICTIONS IN BENEFIT CAP AREAS

That this House is deeply concerned that claimants in areas participating in the trial of the Government's benefit cap are being sent eviction letters by landlords because they may not be able to pay the rent; notes that one of Britain's biggest social landlords, Genesis, has issued this warning to

ISRAELI ATTACKS ON BURIN

That this House condemns the repeated attacks by Israeli forces on the Bilal Al Najjar cultural and community centre in the village of Burin, outside Nablus on the occupied West Bank; notes that the centre has come under extreme levels of intimidation since its inception, with volunteers continually

SHAKER AAMER

That this House welcomes the news that Scotland Yard has opened investigations into three further allegations of mistreatment and torture of detainees at Bagram detention centre after 9/11; notes that one of those detainees is Shaker Aamer, now at Guantánamo, who has never been charged and was clear

USE BY HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES OF INTESTATE CASH

That this House is appalled that HRH The Prince of Wales has used money from people who died intestate in Cornwall to fund his own charities and to support bursaries at his old public school in Scotland; understands that because of a historical quirk Prince Charles, the Duke of Cornwall, becomes the

FIRST DEAF YACHTSMAN TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE GLOBE

That this House congratulates Gerry Hughes on becoming the world's first deaf yachtsman to sail single-handed around the world, passing all five Southern great capes after eight months; notes that this is a sailing challenge which only 300 people have completed, involving over 32,000 miles; wishes M

BERNARD ROWEN OF GREATER MANCHESTER ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT LIMITED

That this House expresses its utter condemnation of and disgust with Bernard Rowen of Greater Manchester Accessible Transport Limited for his repeated victimisation of a constituent of the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, whom he has dismissed twice without any valid justification; deplores

60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF DNA

That this House marks the 60th anniversary of the discovery of DNA; notes that the article entitled Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid was published by Francis Crick and James D. Watson in the scientific journal Nature in its 171st volume on 25 April 1953;

RIGHT OF ABODE FOR FORMER BRITISH-HONG KONG SERVICEMEN

That this House recognises the enormous contribution to Britain of the former Hong Kong armed forces from 1857 until 1997; believes that those remaining soldiers of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps and the Hong Kong Royal Naval Service who did not receive a UK passport following the handover of

NATIONAL WALKING MONTH 2013

That this House recognises that walking can improve physical and mental health, provides opportunities for families to spend time together, reconnects people to their local community and can save people money; notes the Living Streets National Walking Month campaign to inspire people to walk more; a

WALKING TO SCHOOL

That this House recognises that walking to school can improve the physical and mental health of children, provides an opportunity for parents and carers to spend quality time with their children and reduces carbon emissions and congestion; notes the success of the Living Streets Walk to School campa

VISIT OF WELSH RUGBY UNION SQUAD TO PARLIAMENT

That this House was pleased to receive the manager and coaching team of the all conquering Welsh Rugby Union squad, and congratulates them on their second successive Six Nations Championship title; but regrets that hon. Members from Wales were not notified of their visit so that each one should have

DISABLED STAFF WORKING FOR TESCO

That this House is concerned by reports from disabled Tesco workers in Harlow, that they may be forced into redundancy because their existing adjustments will not be transferred to the new site at Dagenham; notes reports that one warehouseman, who has been registered disabled and received an adjustm

HOUSE OF COMMONS SWITCHBOARD STAFF (No. 2)

That this House regrets the move of its switchboard staff to Southampton from 8 May 2013, with the resulting dislocation and redundancies and deterioration of the service to hon. Members; takes this opportunity to warmly thank the staff for their long loyalty and hard work; and urges all hon. and ri

BRITISH BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD WINNERS

That this House congratulates Katherine Lister (Greenhead College), Scarlett Harris (Godalming Sixth Form College), Matthew Johnston (The Judd School) and Anna Sozanska (St Leonards-Mayfield School) on their recent achievement in having been elected to represent the UK at the International Biology O

FA CUP FINAL

That this House regrets the decision to hold the FA Cup Final at 5.15 pm on 11 May 2013; notes that this decision will create real problems for the fans of Manchester City and Wigan who need to return home by train, with the last departure for Wigan leaving Euston at 8.31 pm and the last train for M

ARDS FOOTBALL CLUB

That this House congratulates Ards Football Club on its success on winning the Belfast Telegraph Championship One Title; and wishes it well for its return to Irish Premier League football next season after seven years in the Championship.

DECLINE IN BRITAIN'S MOTH POPULATION

That this House welcomes the publication of The State of Britain's Larger Moths 2013, produced by Butterfly Conservation and Rothamsted Research; notes that Britain's moth population has declined seriously in the last 40 years, with over 60 species becoming extinct since 1900; recognises that the fi

OBESITY AND TYPE 2 DIABETES

That this House welcomes research published in the Journal Cell Metabolism that has identified a key mechanism in the immune system involved in the development of obesity-linked type 2 diabetes; notes that it is hoped that the findings of the study, conducted by King's College London with funding f

PENSION AGE FOR WOMEN BORN IN 1954

That this House notes the case of Harlow resident Pauline Julian-Ross, who was born in 1954, has worked from just after her 15th birthday and has never been unemployed; further notes that women of precisely her age will have to wait longer for their pensions than those in many other age groups, incl