Early Day Motions

TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE LEVESON INQUIRY

That this House insists that the terms of reference of the Leveson Inquiry must be extended to the whole media, including sound, visual and social media, and to include blagging and other unethical or illegal practices and should not be confined to phone hacking.

OFFSHORING AND DATA SECURITY

That this House is concerned by Hewlett Packard's (HP) application to offshore up to 200 jobs, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Lytham and Sheffield, working on the Adams 2 contract with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), to Bangalore and that HP workers based in India will be inshored to the UK f

ST BARNABAS PRIMARY SCHOOL, MANCHESTER AND EDUCATION FOR ALL

That this House congratulates the children of St Barnabas Primary School in Manchester, who are campaigning for the 67 million children worldwide who do not go to school; notes that these British children recognise that it is not fair that some children do learn to read and write whilst others are d

SPACE SCIENCE CONTRIBUTION TO THE BRITISH ECONOMY

That this House notes that space science and exploration, an area of world leadership in the UK's science base, has delivered significant long-term economic benefits, in addition to delivering inspirational scientific results; further notes that whilst these economic benefits have not been widely re

DRIVING WHEN TIRED

That this House notes that driving after little sleep, or failing to take regular breaks duringlong drives, is lethal, with one in five fatal crashes on motorways and other monotonous roads caused by tired drivers; expresses concern that crashes caused by tired drivers tend to be at high speed, incr

CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD SURCHARGES

That this House welcomes the super-complaint made by Which? to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on 30 March 2011, raising concerns about surcharges levied by businesses on transactions by credit or debit card; notes the level of consumer dissatisfaction caused by surcharging, particularly when purch

LANCASTER FARMS PRISON OFFICERS

That this House notes the good work of the prison officers at Lancaster Farms Young Offender Institute, many of whom are constituents of the hon. Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale; further notes their anger management vocational and educationalprogrammes are ensuring young offenders are better equi

LA COLOSA GOLD MINE, COLOMBIA

That this House expresses its concern about the devastating environmental impacts that the proposed La Colosa opencast goldmine in Colombia will have on a region of considerable biodiversity and importance for food production; further expresses concern about potential violations of human rights that

REGISTRATION OF AUTISM

That this House notes that there is no cure for autism; calls on the Government to introduce a scheme to enable parents to register their children as autistic to prevent them from having to fill in forms each year which confirm their children have this lifelong developmental disability; and believes

ARCH CRU INVESTMENT FUND

That this House is concerned about the plight of the 20,000 investors who suffered as a result of the suspension of the Arch Cru Investment Fund; recognises that the recently announced 53 million compensation package equates to just 15 per cent. of the Fund's approximate value; is furtherconcerned t

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN NORTH KOREA

That this House notes the continuing reports of violations of human rights in North Korea, including public executions, infanticide, severe and systematic torture, slave labour, dire living conditions and below subsistence-level food rations in the prison camps, religious persecution, sexual violenc

BOMBINGS IN MUMBAI

That this House expresses its shock andrevulsion at the terrorist attacks on the Zaveri Bazaar, Dadar and the Opera House in Mumbai; is deeply saddened by the loss of life and suffering of so many victims and their families in a city which has already suffered so terribly; sends its deepest support

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN PUBLIC LIFE

That this House welcomes the decision of the Equality and Human Rights Commission to intervene in supportof four cases involving discrimination against Christians that are presently with the European Court of Human Rights; notes that this is a long overdue recognition of the need to defend religious

YUNUS BAKHSH

That this House congratulates Mr Yunus Bakhsh on securing reinstatement after his unfair dismissal by the Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Trust; notes that Mr Bakhsh was a long-serving nurse and trade union representative whose unfair dismissal was found to bea result of trade union victimisation a

VISIT TO ISRAEL

That this House would welcome a decision by Her Majesty the Queento visit the state of Israel, given Israel's long ties with the UK and in particular Prime Minister Balfour, who originally declared Israel as a homeland for the Jewish people.

TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS' FESTIVAL

That this House looks forward to the TUC Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival on 15 to 17 July 2011; is shocked to learn that Maureen Lum, a grandmother and trade unionist from Australia, has been deported because her long-planned holiday in the UK included an hour's singing with the amateur Tasmanian Grass

SITUATION IN YEMEN

That this House is gravely worried about the current situation in Yemen, a country where seven million people struggle to find enough to eat each day; notes that outbreaks of fighting in areas of South Yemen have resulted in the displacement of up to 40,000 people around Zinjibar and that 32,000 peo

COMPETITIVE TENDERING OF PROBATION WORK

That this House notes that the Ministry of Justice intend to put all probation work out to competitive tender; believes that prior privatisations in the probation sector have been unsuccessful; further notes that the privatisation of bail beds to the private company ClearSprings was revoked in 2010

SOUTH YORKSHIRE NEWSPAPERS

That this House notes that journalists at South Yorkshire Newspapers, part of Johnston Press, have voted for strike action over threatened editorial redundancies; further notes that the journalists voted in favour in a ballot that saw a 100 per cent. support on a 90 per cent. turnout; believes that

NUCLEAR POWER AND CARBON EMISSIONS

That this House notes the recent note by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (Post) in respect of the level of carbon emissions from nuclear power (Post Note 383); further notes that the report found that levels of emissionsfrom nuclear power were approximately three times lower per k

STOP THE DROP CAMPAIGN

That this House supports the Stop the Drop campaign, run by the Campaign to Protect Rural England and its President Bill Bryson, to clean up litter and fly-tipping in the countryside; is concerned that, according to the Local Environment Quality Survey for England, litter levels in many areas remain

CARBON MONOXIDE AWARENESS WHEN TRAVELLING ABROAD

That this House notes the gradual decline in deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in the UK; recognises that there must be no reduction in efforts to reduce fatalities, injuries and long-term illness caused by exposure to carbon monoxide;reminds holidaymakers travelling to Europe and beyond, that t

JOHN CLARE TRUST AND OUT OF SCHOOL LEARNING

That this House notes that 13 July is John Clare's birthday; congratulates the John Clare Trust on the launch of Every Child's Right to the English Countryside campaign; further notes that a survey by Natural England highlights the fact that the likelihood of a child in the UK visiting any green spa

HATIP DICLE AND FELLOW MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

That this House notes the success of the 36 independent candidates of the Labour, Democracy and Freedom block supported by the Kurdish population in the Turkish general election on 12 June 2011; deplores the fact that Hatip Dicle, whose candidature was approved by the country's Supreme Election Boar

LIFE OF FLORIBERT CHEBEYA

That this House commemorates the life of Floribert Chebeya, a Congolese human rights defender tortured to death in Congo on 2 June 2010; endorses the call of the UN, EU, US and others for an impartial, credible and transparent judicial investigation conforming to international standards; recognises