Mrs Sharon Hodgson

That this House recognises that the average UK household uses 21 batteries a year, which generates 20,000 to 30,000 tonnes of waste batteries of which fewer than 1,000 tonnes are recycled; believes greater steps should be taken by manufacturers, retailers and consumers to increas

15 Jan 2008

That this House notes that the number of people diagnosed with breast cancer has increased but that fewer people are dying of the disease; further notes the estimate from Breast Cancer Care that 172,000 women have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the last decade and have surv

14 Nov 2007

That this House notes National Dyslexia Awareness Week, 5th to 11th November, and supports Xtraordinary People's No to Failure initiative launched in association with the British Dyslexia Association, The Professional Association of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties an

8 Nov 2007

That this House congratulates Sunderland on being named as the fifth greenest city in Britain in the Forum for the Future's sustainable cities index, which measures how much of the world's resources each person uses in energy, food, land, housing and goods; further congratulates

7 Nov 2007

That this House congratulates Which?, the consumers' champion, on its 50th anniversary; notes that it has grown from a garage in east London on 7th October 1957 to become a household name and the second largest national consumer organisation in the world with over one million cus

8 Oct 2007

That this House strongly deplores the practice of doctors' surgeries setting up more expensive telephone numbers with an 0844 prefix, which are up to four pence a minute more expensive to call from a standard BT landline, through which patients have to book appointments, although

24 Jul 2007

That this House notes that ovarian cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, with low survival rates that have changed little in 20 years; welcomes the efforts of Ovarian Cancer Action to ensure that the voices of women with ovarian cancer are heard as the Cancer Reform S

9 Jul 2007

That this House believes that all efforts need to be made to reduce the consumption of energy used in road transport; warmly congratulates Smith Electric Vehicles of Washington, the main producer of milkfloats since the Second World War, on its innovative and fast-growing product

5 Jul 2007

That this House recognises that people are purchasing goods and services online in increasingly large numbers but that post-sales complaints are often not as easy to make electronically as the original purchases, which may unfairly reduce the volume of complaints and the chances

30 Apr 2007

That this House welcomes the success of Go North East in raising the number of people using bus routes on Tyne and Wear by up to 18 per cent., which would not have been possible without the imaginative rebranding of the buses; welcomes the new link between Washington and Heworth

25 Apr 2007