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Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1143open

NATO'S ARMS CONTROL OPTIONS

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 November 2000

That this House looks forward to the publication on 14 to 15th December at the NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting of the Alliance's new options paper on arms control and disarmament; and expects that amongst the options will be a plan for the implementation of all the decisions made by the members of the Alliance in the Non-Proliferation Treaty review and subsequently reaffirmed by NATO and at the United Nations.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1144open

NATO AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 November 2000

That this House believes that the principle of allied strategy (paragraph 46 of the 1999 Strategic Concept) which asserts that nuclear weapons make a unique contribution to deterrence and 'remain essential to preserve peace', is incompatible with the decision by NATO member states at the May 2000 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to support an 'unequivocal' commitment to nuclear disarmament; and that therefore NATO strategy should be changed to remove any equivocation.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 806open

OXBRIDGE MA DEGREES

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 July 2000

at end add "and further notes that St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dundee Universities confer such masters degrees immediately whereas BAs at Oxford and Cambridge have to wait three and a half years before being able to flaunt their 'free of effort' promotion and asserts that this situation is just as unacceptable as the other.".

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1009open

FIRE SAFETY IN RETAIL OUTLETS

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 July 2000

That this House congratulates the B and Q chain of retail outlets for initiating in 1995 a ú25 million programme of fitting sprinkler protection to their new and existing outlets; notes that this programme, which is 87 per cent. complete at this time, covers 6.6 million square feet and will use 80,700 sprinkler heads and over 280 km of pipework of various diametres; registers approval of this provision of protection and confidence for in-store teams and customers and inhibition of arson and terrorist attack; and advocates the early adoption of similar programmes with equal vigour by all large retail operators.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1010open

SELF-REGULATION OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 July 2000

That this House, bearing in mind the circumstances demonstrated by the recent cases of Dr Shipman and Messrs Ledward and Neale, registers grave concern at the failure and/or tardiness of the medical profession to police properly its membership; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to institute as a matter of urgency an independent body to receive and assess complaints related to all those professionals who exercise at whatever level the power of life and death over those individuals committed to their care.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 917open

CASE OF MATTHEW THORNTON

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 July 2000

That this House notes with dismay that Matthew Thornton of Billingham resisted a fixed fine penalty for not wearing a seat belt in a motor vehicle; that having been found not guilty he was awarded costs to be paid from central funds; that Teesside Magistrates Court would only take receipt of the invoice from Tilly Bailey & Irvine if it had been settled already; that Mr Thornton could not settle without borrowing the amount necessary; that the cost of borrowing would have exceeded the ú20 fixed penalty; that the court taxation officer's duties would have required him to challenge the amount of time and travel costs claimed by the legal firm and possibly discount it in part leaving Mr Thornton to bear the differential; that this would have resulted in further unwarranted cost to Mr Thornton; and consequently calls upon the Government to examine as a matter of real urgency the circumstances where a citizen can be seriously penalised for being innocent and proving it.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 784open

PENSION ADJUSTMENTS

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 May 2000

That this House, recognising that many of the nation's senior citizens experience serious difficulty in understanding fully the intricacies of the welfare benefit payment procedures, noting that many pensioners lose out in failing to make claims as required for benefits to which they may become entitled by virtue of increasing age, noting too that with the inevitable introduction of amendments to benefit conditions and the onset of advancing years, increasing numbers of the nation's elderly become even more confused in regard to these claims, therefore calls on the Government, when pensioners qualify initially for their national insurance pensions, to offer a service helping them to claim all other help available; and urges Her Majesty's Government to put to full use the advantages offered by today's information technology to institute a system of automatic triggering of the pensioner premium, the enhanced pensioner premium and the higher pensioner premium to individuals and couples so entitled as soon as they reach the qualifying age thus removing the prospect of them suffering loss by failing to register a claim.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 656open

"I'LL BE DES" CAMPAIGN

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 April 2000

That this House commends highly the licensed trade, the footballing community and The Portman Group for the manner in which they have engaged jointly in working to reduce the toll of death and injury caused by driving in drink; commends further their combined efforts to promote the practice of designating a non-drinking driver through their national, I'll be Des, campaign; applauds particularly the 78 professional football clubs that have signed up to support the scheme to date, together with the many hundreds of pubs and clubs throughout the United Kingdom which have also engaged in support; and finally urges all other sporting clubs, both professional and amateur and licensees to join in forming a popular movement that can bring only good to society generally and its sporting associations particularly.