Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 431open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2004
That this House is deeply concerned that a concerted campaign by vested interests is in operation to destroy the status of country lanes which are currently restricted in their use to categories such as walkers, horse riders and local farmers to open them for use by crowds of motor cyclists, car drivers and other disruptive powered vehicles; notes that 111 applications have been submitted in Derbyshire for such anti-social purposes between 16th October 2003 and 24th November 2004, including 20 applications in the constituency of North East Derbyshire, of which 10 are in the parish of Ashover alone; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to put forward measures to block such applications pending the consideration of legislation clarifying the status of designated country lanes.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 409open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2004
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 432open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2002
at end add 'and to assess the public funding that would be required to fill probable VAT loss.'.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 431open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2002
at end add 'and to raise the necessary public funding for this purpose.'.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 581open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2001
leave out 'across Scotland'.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1084open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2000
That this House finds it to be totally unacceptable that the French-based multi-national company Saint-Gobain should have acquired the shares of Biwater (Clay Cross) Ltd for the immediate purposes of closing the plant; is deeply concerned that this will lead to the loss of 700 jobs and the devastation of the local community; is aware that Saint-Gobain's objectives in moving to close the plant are (a) to destroy the pipe manufacturing capacity of a key rival, especially in international markets, (b) to capture Biwater's extensive and growing order book, essentially for transfer to overseas companies and (c) to transfer and asset strip the plant's machinery; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to prevent the closure by making full and effective use of powers available to him under the Fair Trading Act 1973, which includes the possibility of setting up an immediate inquiry into the take-over by the Competition Commission and halting all moves to close the plant while the Commission undertakes an in-depth investigation which it is believed will lead to the saving of the plant and the condemnation of Saint-Gobain's actions.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1057open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 July 2000
That this House supports the suggestion made by Rita Restorick, the mother of Stephen, who was the last British soldier to be murdered by the Provisional IRA, that a posthumous medal similar to the US Purple Heart be presented to the next of kin of troops killed in action, so that it can be worn with pride on Remembrance Day; and is pleased to note that this suggestion has already gained the support of the Royal British Legion, the Daily Telegraph and the Mirror.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1019open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 July 2000
That this House is fully aware of the important role small mines, such as the Moorside Mine at Eckington in Derbyshire, play in preserving mining skills, in providing an alternative form of coal production and in their contribution to local economies; is keen to protect the operations of small mines in circumstances where new contracts for the supply of coal are currently being negotiated and prices are being pushed to artificially low levels due to coal imports which are assisted by foreign subsidies and are affected by the strength of sterling; reminds generating companies in particular of the importance of providing contracts which maintain the operations of small mines as part of a healthy diversity in the supply of coal; calls upon the Government to ensure that small mines can quickly and readily tap into the state aid for the coal industry, recognising that small mines tend to be family businesses which cannot sustain their operations once they are pressed into a loss-making situation; and looks to the preservation of the last working coal mine in Derbyshire.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 995open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 July 2000
That this House is disturbed to discover that many people are incorrectly denied a good credit rating by credit reference agencies, building societies and banks on the grounds that they have been given a false address when, in fact, their postal codes have been incorrectly recorded sometimes following changes by the postal authorities to the codes; believes that this causes severe inconvenience, including the cost of checking their credit rating, and embarrassment to those affected and, in some cases, results in people being refused mortgages, bank and building society accounts or loans for important business opportunities; and calls upon all banks, building societies and credit reference agencies to ensure that their records are entirely accurate and up to date.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 984open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 July 2000
That this House notes the following loyalist attacks, January 17th, two shot in Newtownabbey, February 3rd, youth beaten with hammers, Lisburn, 5th, man (24) shot twice, 5th , man (20) beaten with pickaxes, Antrim, Belfast, 9th, man (25) beaten, Ballymena, 27th, man (33) shot three times, Portadown, 29th, man (31) beaten and shot, Coleraine, March, 2nd, man (33) shot and arms broken, Antrim, man (41) shot in ankle, Belfast, 4th, youth shot in knee, Belfast, 13th, man (47) shot in leg and body, Belfast, man (25) shot in leg, Belfast, 14th, man (26) shot in both legs, north Belfast, 20th, man (33) shot in leg, Belfast, 21st, man (21) shot in legs, Belfast, 22nd, man (24) beaten, Newtownabbey, 27th, man (29) beaten, Bangor, 28th, man (21) beaten Ballyclare, April 1st, man (34) shot five times, Antrim, man (24) shot in leg, east Antrim, 25th, man (37) shot, Downpatrick, 25th, man (28) shot in leg, Antrim, 26th, youth (15) beaten and shot, Belfast, youth beaten and shot twice, Belfast, May 7th, man (29) shot, Antrim, 8th, man (28) shot in leg, Antrim, man (21) shot in leg, 11th, man (54) shot four times, Belfast, 20th, man (39) beaten, Bangor, 20th, man (37) shot, Larne, woman (35) beaten, Dromore, 21st, man (33) shot in leg, Belfast, May 27th, man (28) beaten, Coleraine, May 28th, man (24) beaten Belfast, May 30th, man (38) shot twice, Ballynahinch, June 1st, youth, man (20) beaten and covered in paint and feathers, Belfast, 3rd, man (38) shot twice, Belfast.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 983open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 July 2000
That this House notes the following beatings and shootings by the IRA this year 7th February, man (23) beaten with hammers in Downpatrick, 25th February, two workmen beaten with iron bars in South Armagh, 10th March, man (30) shot in north Belfast, 11th March, youth (16) beaten in north Belfast, 13th March, man (26) beaten in Creggan, Derry, man (20) shot in ankle, west Belfast, man (24) shot five times in arms and legs in south Armagh, 14th March, man (20) shot in both ankles, west Belfast, 2nd April, man (22) shot in both legs, north Belfast, 3rd April, youth (19) shot in both legs, west Belfast, man (26) shot in both ankles, west Belfast, 4th April, man (45) beaten and stabbed in north Belfast, 7th April, youth (18) beaten in west Belfast, man (26) shot in both feet, north Belfast, 9th April, youth (19) shot in both legs, west Belfast, man shot in leg in west Belfast, 11th April, man (23) shot in Toomebridge, Co Antrim, 16th April, youth (17) shot in both feet, west Belfast, 24th April, youth (17) beaten and slashed by same gang and 26th April, man (20) beaten, north Belfast, man (30) beaten and lacerated, Downpatrick.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 982open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 July 2000
That this House notes with deep concern that there has been an increase in the number and brutality of so-called punishment beatings carried out by both sets of paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland and that, according to the RUC press office, loyalists carried out 36 shootings and 35 beatings and republicans 25 beatings and 21 shootings since the start of the year; commends Jim Cusack, the Security Correspondent of the Irish Times for detailing some of these incidents in a report in the Irish Times on 23rd June; and calls upon all organisations with a concern for abuses of human rights to focus their efforts on halting this unacceptable activity, before someone dies as a result of such attacks.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 957open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 July 2000
at end add ', whilst investigating why beta interferon is so expensive and what profits are made out of its sales.'.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 832open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 June 2000
That this House notes the allegation in Henry McDonald's recent book, Trimble, that a Unionist politician from the anti-agreement camp, who had had links to Billy Wright's mid-Ulster Ulster Volunteer Force, visited the Portadown home of Mark Fulton, then the Chief of Staff of the breakaway Loyalist Volunteer Force, in the autumn of 1998 to seek to persuade that organisation not to decommission any of its weapons as decommissioning might help the cause of the Right honourable Member for Upper Bann; is deeply disturbed to discover the serious allegation that the politician in question was the former Member for Mid Ulster, William McCrea; condemns him for this terrible act of political and moral opportunism; and urges his party, for which he is a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Northern Ireland, to disavow his action and thus demonstrate that it is, as a party, totally committed to democratic and constitutional politics.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 646open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 April 2000
after 'World,' insert 'believes that within the United Kingdom this initiative will be especially welcomed in Northern Ireland;'.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 452open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 February 2000
That this House believes that telecommunications masts should be placed away from homes, schools, workplaces and other areas where people settle or congregate; and further believes that mobile phone companies should share masts to avoid the nonsense of a rash of planning applications from different organisations in the same area.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 369open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2000
leave out from 'recognises' to 'and' in line 4 and insert 'that the British and Irish Governments have introduced legislation and other measures to avoid the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons being seen as any sort of surrender and humiliation but that there will probably always be a minority of those who support paramilitary organisations who will never accept any form of decommissioning; further recognises that such measures on decommissioning and new political structures have been supported by the overwhelming majority of the peoples of Ireland in referenda and decommissioning is the settled will of the Irish people and the British people, as evidenced in the referenda and in many opinion polls since; notes that there has been substantial progress on other parts of the Good Friday Agreement, including the phased early release of paramilitary prisoners as well as significant ideological change by the Republican leadership in terms of accepting the consent principle and the Mitchell principles concerning peaceful methods; believes that further demilitarisation measures by the British and Irish Governments could be expedited in a peaceful security environment without conceding any false equivalence between arms held by democratically mandated authorities and those of paramilitary organisations'.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 312open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 January 2000
That this House notes that international currency speculation currently stands at about $1.5 trillion a day and that the vast majority of this is unrelated to trade in real goods and services; further notes that such enormous speculative flows substantially undermine the powers of national governments and regional blocs; believes that a small levy on such speculation, known as the Tobin Tax after the name of the Nobel Laureate who originated the concept, could both help to dampen down the scale and scope of speculation and raise substantial revenues, raising as much as $250 billion each year for good causes such as development and environmental protection; recognises that such levy would have to be universal or as near to that as possible and contain safeguards to minimise and eliminate tax evasion; notes that the Tobin Tax has the backing of the Canadian Parliament, the Finnish Government and campaign groups such as War on Want; and urges the Government to discuss the concept with its partners in international organisations such as the World Trade Organisation, the IMF, G8 and the European Union with a view to drawing up an internationally co-ordinated and feasible tax regime for currency speculation.