Early Day Motions

FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION AND ENGLAND FOOTBALL TEAM

That this House calls for the Football Association (FA) board to resign now; recognises that England has some brilliant players, but notes that Sven-Göran Eriksson, Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello have all produced nothing but failure; notes that all have been given hugely expensive contracts with

TELEVISION REPLAYS AND FOOTBALL MATCHES

That this House notes that the failure of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) to introduce the use of modern technologies, including television replays as the best set of eyes available to help inform decisions of officials on the football pitch, denies referees of the best p

MINIMUM PRICE FOR ALCOHOL AND THE CONFEDERATION OF BRITISH INDUSTRY

That this House believes that the Confederation of British Industry in Scotland is wrong to dismiss proposals for minimum alcohol pricing.

PRICE OF STEEL IN THE UK

That this House is aware that in 2006 the price of finished steel in the UK market stood at around £350 per tonne, a price which then escalated over the following two and a half years to around £900 per tonne to UK customers; notes that at the onset of the current financial crisis, at a time when th

NETWORK RAIL BONUS PAYMENTS

That this House views with deep concern the decision of the Network Rail Board to pay senior management a total of 2.4 million in bonuses for 2009-10; notes that Network Rail is heavily reliant on taxpayer funding; further notes that the decision was reported in a week when everyone was asked by the

TELEVISION MONEY AND THE ENGLISH PREMIER FOOTBALL LEAGUE

That this House recognises that the vast sums of television money poured into the English Premier League, including £2.7 billion during the current three-year contract, equivalent to 1.66 per cent. of the country's current financial deficit, have enriched beyond belief a small number of Premier foot

ENGLISH FOOTBALL AND THE WORLD CUP FINALS

That this House expresses its great disappointment at England's pathetic exit from the World Cup finals; believes that they let this country and their supporters down; further believes that an urgent inquiry should be held into the state of the national game; and firmly believes that many Premier Le

CHILD TAX CREDITS

That this House believes the increase of 150 in the per child element of child tax credit does not adequately compensate low-income families for the abolition of the Sure Start Maternity Grant, the Health in Pregnancy Grant and the removal of the additional baby element of child tax credit; further

BMA ANNUAL REPRESENTATIVE MEETING MOTIONS ON HOMEOPATHY

leave out from `expresses' to end and insert `support for the right of the BMA to express its views about the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of any putative health treatment and the appropriateness of the NHS commissioning such treatments; notes that the motions of the 2010 BMA Annual Representativ

EFFECT OF HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES ON BREAST CANCER CELLS

leave out from `403' to end and insert `as an example of the failure of adequate scientific peer review because the paper provides no statistical analysis to support any conclusion, indicates that the experimental control, 87 per cent. alcohol solution, was itself toxic to the cell cultures, does no

HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES IN THE TREATMENT OF MODERATE TO SEVERE DEPRESSION

leave out from `House' to end and insert `notes the study published in August 2009 in the journal e-Cam by UC Adler et al, conducted in São Paulo on 91 patients with depression, which claimed that individualised homeopathic treatments were not inferior to fluoxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake i

HOMEOPATHY AND CHRONIC PRIMARY INSOMNIA

leave out from `House' to end and insert `notes the study conducted at Durban University of Technology, South Africa, by Naude et al, published in Homeopathy (2010) 99 63-68, which claimed that homeopathic treatment of primary insomnia was significantly more effective compared with placebo; further

SEAFARERS AND THE RACE RELATIONS ACT 1976

That this House welcomes the Government's publication of the independent external review of evidence submitted to the consultation on regulations to end discriminatory pay on UK ships; further welcomes the recommendation of the review that the practice of nationality-based pay differentials for seaf

VOLUME OF PERSONAL MUSIC PLAYERS

That this House is alarmed at research by the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) that 66 per cent. of users of personal music players are listening to music at louder than 85 decibels, which according to the World Health Organisation can cause permanent hearing damage over time; is deep

SEA SUNDAY, 11 JULY 2010

That this House recalls Britain's proud maritime heritage and notes that 90 per cent. of world trade travels by sea, 95 per cent. of United Kingdom imports and exports travel by sea and 146,000 merchant ships arrive in British ports annually, contributing to the nearly £40 billion annual turnover of

MOBILE TERMINATION RATES

That this House recognises that mobile termination rates charged between telephone operators are some of the highest in Europe; notes that this cost is passed directly to consumers; welcomes Ofcom's report into mobile termination rates; further welcomes moves to reduce the rates to 0.5 pence per min

MOTHERS OF THE PLAZA DE MAYO

That this House welcomes the banner displayed by Argentine's national World Cup team led by Diego Maradona calling for the Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded to the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo; remembers the 33,000 people who disappeared during the Dirty War in Argentina between 1976 and 1983; notes t

JOHN ISNER AND NICOLAS MAHUT

That this House applauds, salutes and recognises the two players who have given the world the most titanic game in tennis history, which started on Court 18 at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships on 22 June and only finished 11 hours and five minutes playing time later after a full day's play on 23 Jun

INTIMIDATION ON SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

That this House notes the increasing use of social networking sites such as Facebook; notes that while they normally provide a very useful service, on occasions they have been used as a vehicle for intimidation, such as recently when the hon. Member for East Londonderry was subjected to a hate campa

NUTRITION AND THE HEALTH CLAIMS REGULATION

That this House notes that the UK natural health products industry currently faces a grave threat both to its businesses and consumer choices from the unforeseen impact of implementation of the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation, which governs the application of nutrition and health claims of al

LONDON UNDERGROUND TICKET OFFICES IN EALING, SOUTHALL CONSTITUENCY

at end insert `, and Hatton Cross, Heathrow T123 and Heathrow T4 stations in Hayes and Harlington constituency.'.

WORLD TRADE UNION RIGHTS

That this House welcomes the publication of the International Trade Union Confederation's (ITUC) annual survey of trade union rights, which documents a dramatic increase in the number of trade unionists murdered last year; notes that there were 101 killings, an increase of 30 per cent. over the prev

GOVERNMENT POLICY ON EXTENDED FREE SCHOOL MEAL ELIGIBILITY

That this House shares the concern of several education unions, the Child Poverty Action Group, health groups and prominent academics about the Government's decision not to proceed with the extension of free school meal eligibility to an estimated half a million primary school children from low inco

DETENTION OF CHILDREN IN TURKEY

That this House deplores the Turkish government's policy of detaining children under counter-terrorism laws; notes that around 4,000 Kurdish children are held in prison charged with such offences; expresses its concern that some children and youths face inappropriate sentences for offences such as a

SHEFFIELD FORGEMASTERS LOAN

That this House expresses great concern at the decision by the Government to withdraw the £80 million loan to Sheffield Forgemasters, which would have complemented a similar amount of private investment in order to purchase and install a forging press capable of manufacturing parts for the nuclear p