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Bill· Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)Bill 2903open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 June 2021
A Bill to place a duty on the Government to declare a climate emergency; to amend the Climate Change Act 2008 to bring forward the date by which the United Kingdom is required to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions; to place a duty on the Government to create and implement a strategy to achieve objectives related to climate change, including for the creation of environmentally-friendly jobs; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on proposals for increased taxation of large companies to generate revenue to be spent to further those objectives; and for connected purposes.
Question· Written questionUIN 27279open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans do they have to review the eligibility conditions of the Bereavement Support Payment.
Question· Written questionUIN 27278open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in granting Electronic Travel Authorisations whether pardoned crimes are considered equal to spent convictions.
Question· Written questionUIN 27277open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether criminal convictions are considered in the provision of Electronic Travel Authorisations (ETA) to applicants, and whether a conviction of seditious conspiracy would provide grounds for a decli
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 817open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2016
That this House notes the Economic and Social Research Institute's (ESRI) report, entitled The Potential Economic Impact of a Nuclear Incident - An Irish Case Study, published on 23 November 2016; further notes that the ESRI report was commissioned by the Irish Government's Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; recognises with concern the conclusions of the report, which found that a nuclear accident in Britain could cause up to 161 billion Euro in economic damage to Ireland; renews calls on the Government to urgently improve safety standards at the Sellafield nuclear site whilst accelerating the decommissioning of nuclear waste at the site; and further calls on the Government to suspend all new nuclear projects until such time as a sustainable solution for existing nuclear waste is established.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 797open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 December 2016
That this House notes the Government's commitment to developing a new industrial strategy and building an economy that works for everyone; further notes that coastal communities experience among the highest levels of deprivation in Britain and Northern Ireland; believes that revitalising coastal communities demands a new approach to making sustainable use of the marine environment by developing industries, such as small-scale sustainable fishing, renewable energy, aquaculture and tourism, in ways that put local people in control; commends the creativity and energy shown by community initiatives across the coast in regenerating their local economies; further believes that these initiatives need the support of government; welcomes the New Economics Foundation's Blue New Deal Action Plan which has been developed in consultation with hundreds of coastal stakeholders from across the country; and calls on the government to implement a Blue New Deal, including a dedicated Coastal Transformation Fund, to invest in coastal infrastructure and support community enterprise.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 903open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015
That this House is deeply concerned that sexual violence is a persistent and endemic part of the conflict in Darfur; is disturbed by the findings of the recent report by Waging Peace Rape in Darfur: A History of Predation on the use of rape as a weapon of war; is alarmed that perpetrators of sexual violence in Darfur mostly act with impunity due to the low levels of reporting and prosecution of these crimes; deplores that, in order to prosecute a rape in Sudan, a victim is required to bring four male witnesses who will confirm that the act was without consent; is perturbed that victims of sexual violence rarely receive the necessary physical or psychological medical support; calls on all armed actors operating in Darfur to respect international humanitarian law and ensure that preventative mechanisms are established to eradicate acts of sexual violence perpetrated by their forces; underscores the vital mandate of the joint United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) to provide protection to the civilian population of Darfur; notes that reported sexual abuses often occur immediately outside of UNAMID-controlled areas; further calls for an immediate improvement in UNAMID's capacity to patrol and provide protection to the civilians of Darfur outside of UNAMID-controlled areas; and encourages UNAMID to investigate the possibility of introducing community liaison assistants in UNAMID camps whom residents can consult about their protection needs.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 883open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
That this House notes the outcome of the Annual EU Fisheries negotiations in Brussels which were completed on 16 December 2015 for fish species quota allocations; welcomes the increase in fish quota allocations for Area V11 (Irish Sea) nephrops and Area V11A (Irish Sea) haddock; regrets the reductions for cod and hake fish species in Area V11A (Irish Sea); and urges the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and her ministerial team to continue working with the devolved administrations, the fish producer organisations and the EU to obtain a better quota deal for the whitefish sector in the Irish Sea.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 880open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
That this House condemns serious and systematic human rights violations resulting from natural resource extraction operations around the world, as highlighted recently in a conference organised by the Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme; recognises that mining, oil and gas extraction projects are often a source of considerable conflict, threatening indigenous and other communities living on the land; believes that women from affected communities are at particular risk from irresponsible mining practices, as they can face dispossession, displacement and sexual and gender-based violence; notes that the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in his recent report highlighted excessive use of force against defenders of rights relating to land, defence of the environment and corporate responsibility; further notes his observations of systematic collusion between state and non-state actors designed to block reports by defenders that expose corruption and human rights violations; and calls on the Government to make strong representations, including at EU and UN level, to strengthen and implement comprehensive and gender-sensitive protection mechanisms for human rights defenders in this context, and to work to ensure that affected communities and those defending them are able to participate fully in the drafting and implementation of Business and Human Rights Action Plans.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 877open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
That this House recalls that the Child Poverty Act 2010 was passed with cross-party support; recognises the critical role that the measures and targets in this Act had on monitoring child poverty; notes that the Government's proposal to replace the measurements enshrined in the Act to monitor life chances was opposed by approximately 99 per cent of respondents to the Measuring Child Poverty consultation published in November 2012; further notes that the life chances measurements will not include income indicators of child poverty; believes that these measures fail to measure and tackle child poverty in working households; and calls on the Government to reconsider the replacement of the original measurements and targets.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 423open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2004
That this House notes with great concern the large number of low income families in receipt of working tax credit who have been advised that they have been overpaid by the Inland Revenue; notes the financial strain that re-payment is causing these families, who are already under financial stress; and calls on the Minister responsible to take immediate action to resolve this serious situation.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 422open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2004
That this House calls on the Government to provide for St Patrick's Day, 17th March, to become an annual public holiday in Northern Ireland, in recognition of the feast day of Ireland's Patron Saint and the celebrations that are organised by local government authorities and community groups across the communities, and as a measure to assist reconciliation, as St Patrick is espoused by all Christian traditions.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 81open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 December 2000
That this House is appalled by the United Nations estimate that some 20 million people are living in slavery around the world under the bonded labour system; expresses its concern over the repeated failures of governments like Pakistan, India and Nepal to take adequate measures to eradicate the use of bonded labour in their countries; calls on the British and Irish Governments to work with their European Union partners to sponsor a resolution at the next United Nations Commission on Human Rights condemning this practice; and urges the International Labour Organisation to ensure at its Conference in June 2001 that independent and comprehensive surveys into the extent of bonded labour are carried out in countries where it persists.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1175open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2000
That this House is appalled by the United Nations estimate that some 20 million people are living in slavery around the world under the bonded labour system; expresses its concern over the repeated failures of governments such as those of Pakistan, India and Nepal to take adequate measures to eradicate the use of bonded labour in their countries; and calls on the Government to work with its EU partners to sponsor a resolution at the next UN Commission on Human Rights condemning this practice, to urge the International Labour Organisation to ensure at its conference in June 2001 that independent and comprehensive surveys into the extent of bonded labour are carried out in countries where it persists and that monitoring systems are set up to record the number of bonded labourers freed and the numbers of people convicted for enslaving people in this way.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 432open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 February 2000
That this House notes the report from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate released last week which clearly demonstrated that there had been a persistent falsification of safety records since 1996 at the mixed oxide plant at Sellafield; notes that there was a culture of mismanagement at the base; and, in view of the ongoing catalogue of uncontrolled discharges of radioactive waste into the Irish Sea and local environment and the contamination of soil samples in the vicinity of the plant in the last few years, calls upon the Government to immediately make a decision to decommission the total nuclear facility at Sellafield as a matter or urgency.