Mr Alistair Carmichael

That this House welcomes recent consumer research undertaken by the Mirror Group newspaper reader panel on front of pack guideline daily amounts (GDA) nutrition labelling that showed 90 per cent. of those polled were aware of the labels, 63 per cent. of those polled had used the

8 May 2008

That this House notes that the British Airways website says of Terminal 5: `At London Heathrow Terminal 5 we've created a natural, logical journey that's so calm, you'll flow through. It should only take ten minutes to get from check-in to departures. Transferring and arriving ar

31 Mar 2008

That this House notes with concern the conviction of Troy Anthony Davis on a charge of murdering the police officer Mark MacPhail in Georgia in 1989; notes that Mr Davis is facing the death penalty in Georgia and that there are substantial concerns and questions being raised by c

19 Mar 2008

That this House expresses deep concern about the continuing poor industrial relations in the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA); notes that starting salaries within the MCA are as little as £12,000, creating significant disparities between pay for MCA workers and others doing c

13 Mar 2008

That this House notes with concern Clause 27 (Jurisdiction to try offences committed in the UK) in the Counter Terrorism Bill, which would allow terrorism offences committed in Scotland to be tried in any court in the United Kingdom; recognises that the constitutional independenc

26 Feb 2008

That this House notes that the shipping industry supports some 239,000 jobs and contributes around £11 billion a year to the UK's gross domestic product; is concerned by the current shortage of skilled seafarers faced by the international shipping industry; recognises that this s

18 Feb 2008

That this House condemns the arrest and sentencing to death in Afghanistan of Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, a journalism student accused of blasphemy after downloading and distributing to students and teachers a report on women's rights; notes with dismay that the Member of Parliament w

31 Jan 2008

That this House welcomes the recent report from Human Rights Watch on the clampdown by the Iranian government on independent activism; condemns the Iranian government's practice of holding certain women's rights activists, union and labour activists, teachers, journalists, schola

31 Jan 2008

That this House welcomes the United Nations General Assembly resolution vote on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty passed on 18th December 2007; further welcomes the support on this matter from 104 countries; notes that the UN remains an essential forum for highlighting

25 Jan 2008

That this House notes that Amnesty International continues to record instances of child offenders being executed worldwide; observes that Amnesty International recorded that a total of 18 child offenders have been executed in Iran since 2004, more than any other state during that

25 Jan 2008