Early Day Motions

ST MUNGO'S ACTION WEEK

That this House supports the aims of St Mungo's Action Week 2010 from 20 to 27 June, which focuses on the dedicated support that homeless people need to make the journey back to work; recognises that the homeless, socially excluded and long-term unemployed require integrated, personalised and specia

RAIL VALUE FOR MONEY

That this House notes that the Government has announced a review into the cost of the railways; further notes that the scoping study for the review states that since privatisation the overall cost of running the railway has increased and train operating costs in the UK are above pre-privatisation le

JARVIS AND RAIL ENGINEERING JOBS

That this House notes that on 31 March 2010 1,200 Jarvis rail workers were sacked after the company went into administration and Network Rail refused to back a rescue plan; is appalled that Jarvis workers have not received outstanding wages or redundancy pay; considers it a scandal that Network Rail

EFFECTS OF INCREASE IN VALUE ADDED TAX ON PEOPLE ON LOW INCOMES

That this House regrets the announcement made in the Budget that value added tax (VAT) will be raised to 20 per cent. in January of next year; agrees with the statement made by the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, the hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark that `VAT is the most reg

BP AND BHOPAL

That this House notes the US administration's insistence that BP set up an escrow fund of $20 billion to compensate the families of the 11 victims who died in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and to pay the full clean up costs as well as the indirect losses arising to US coastal businesses and livelih

GRAEME MCDOWELL AND THE US OPEN

That this House notes the outstanding achievement of Northern Ireland golfer Graeme McDowell in winning the United States Open, even among the intense competition offered by the world's elite players; and recognises the Portrush-based man's progress towards the top of the golfing world, proving that

WINTER FUEL PAYMENTS FOR SEVERELY DISABLED PEOPLE

That this House welcomes the campaign to extend winter fuel payments to severely disabled people; notes that disabled people are twice as likely to live in poverty as non-disabled people; further notes the relationship between low income and fuel poverty; recognises the many disabled people who are

CANCER CARE AND OUTCOMES

That this House encourages the Government to implement the recommendations made by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer (APPGC) in the report of its inquiry into cancer inequalities; welcomes the re-establishment of the APPGC; calls on members of both Houses to join the APPGC so it can mainta

VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS DAY

That this House congratulates the millions of people who gain vocational qualifications every year and celebrates their achievement on the third annual Vocational Qualifications Day on 23 June 2010; notes that, while there have been significant improvements in the way vocational qualifications are v

TRADE UNION LEGISLATION

That this House notes with deep concern proposals contained in the CBI report on the UK Labour Market published on 21 June 2010; further notes that the UK already has some of the toughest legal restrictions on the right to strike in the advanced world; believes that these restrictive proposals are u

BMA ANNUAL REPRESENTATIVE MEETING MOTIONS ON HOMEOPATHY

That this House expresses concern at motions 301, 301a, 301b, 301c, 301d, 301e and 301f at this year's British Medical Association's (BMA) Annual Representative Meeting, which calls for no further commissioning of, nor funding for, homeopathic remedies in the NHS; believes that the BMA has overstepp

EFFECT OF HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES ON BREAST CANCER CELLS

That this House welcomes the study published in the International Journal of Oncology, 2010 Feb; 36(2): 395-403 which revealed that homeopathic remedies have a beneficial effect on breast cancer cells; notes that researchers at the University of Texas conducted an in vitro study to determine whether

HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES IN THE TREATMENT OF MODERATE TO SEVERE DEPRESSION

That this House welcomes the double-blind study conducted at the outpatient clinic at Jundiai Medical School in São Paulo, Brazil, which consisted of patients with moderate to severe depression; notes that patients were randomly assigned to a double-blind treatment with individualised homeopathic Q-

HOMEOPATHY AND CHRONIC PRIMARY INSOMNIA

That this House welcomes the randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled study at Durban University of Technology, South Africa, which evaluated the efficacy of homeopathic simillimum in the treatment of chronic primary insomnia; notes that the measurement tools used were a sleep diary (SD) and a s

NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION'S SAVE OUR VILLAGES CAMPAIGN

That this House is deeply concerned about the desperate shortage of affordable housing in rural areas; recognises that without sufficient affordable housing many lower income earners and young people will be forced to leave the countryside, putting local businesses and services under further threat

CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY CAMPAIGN

That this House congratulates in National Epilepsy Week the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy (NCYPE) on its Champions for Childhood Epilepsy campaign to improve health and education services for young people with epilepsy; notes that 31 staff from 21 schools from the Tandridge Confeder

NORTH REVIEW AND THE DRINK DRIVE LIMIT

That this House recognises the number of people killed and seriously injured as a result of collisions involving drivers over the legal Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) limit; notes the publication of Sir Peter North's Review of Drink and Drug Driving; further notes that with a BAC limit of between 50mg/

LONDON UNDERGROUND TICKET OFFICES IN WATFORD CONSTITUENCY

That this House notes that Transport for London's proposals to shed up to 800 ticket office and gateline jobs on London Underground will adversely affect the opening times of ticket offices in Watford station; believes job cuts of this magnitude will damage the level of customer service afforded to

CITIZENS ADVICE

That this House notes that the national Citizens Advice has been asked by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to make an 11 per cent. cut in its 2010-11 budget; is concerned that cuts to advice databases and policy advice funded centrally will impact on the effectiveness of local citi

AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY

That this House believes that the Government's Afghanistan strategy is self-serving and unachievable; is convinced that a stable government cannot be built on the crumbling foundations of an election-rigging President, a mercenary drug-ridden army and a corrupt and depraved police force; rejects the

COST OF FOSTER CARE

That this House welcomes the Fostering Network's report, the Cost of Foster Care, on the cost of the foster care service; notes that the total number of children in foster care is rising year on year; supports the Fostering Network's Together for Change campaign to provide foster carers with improve

LORD TRIMBLE AND THE ISRAELI INQUIRY INTO THE RAID ON THE GAZA FLOTILLA

That this House notes that Lord Trimble has been appointed as a foreign observer of the Israeli internal inquiry into that country's raid on the Gaza flotilla on 31 May 2010; and further notes that it has now been announced that he is one of the founding members of a newly-formed Friends of Israel c

LOW CARBON TRANSITION

That this House welcomes the cross party commitment for a rapid transition to a low carbon and resource efficient economy; recognises that the challenges of climate change and resource depletion require urgent action; believes that explicit policies are required to stimulate UK jobs and wealth creat

NORTH TEES AND HARTLEPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS

That this House calls for an immediate review of the decision to cancel the planned new hospital to replace the North Tees and Hartlepool University hospitals; recognises the tremendous progress in closing the gap in health inequalities in the North East in recent years; and believes that the new ho

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF RAIL TRANSPORT

That this House recognises that Britain relies on rail transport; notes that every year 1.3 billion passenger journeys are made by rail and that rail freight carries 100 million tonnes of goods; further recognises that at peak times the busiest parts of the rail network are full, trains are overcrow