Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 332open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2003
That this House congratulates EDF Energy, whose retail arms include SWEB, SEEBOARD and London Energy on launching a new final salary pension scheme at a time when many companies are abandoning final salary schemes; and notes that EDF Energy through working directly with their trade unions have announced that for the foreseeable future they will not be moving their call centres outside the UK or outsourcing the activity.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 97open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2000
That this House notes the number of secondary school students who walk to school has declined from 61 per cent. in 1975 to 53 per cent. today; further notes that the morning school run causes 20 per cent. of rush hour traffic; believes that there are greener and healthier ways of travelling to school than driving; welcomes the Government's 'THINK!' campaign to promote road safety and its commitment to cutting child deaths and serious injuries by 50 per cent.; and encourages all secondary schools to join the 1,000 who are already taking part in the RAC's Grass Routes challenge which seeks to encourage pupils to develop their own safer, greener and healthier school travel plans.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 96open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2000
That this House regrets the harmful effect on children of the break-up of family relationships; suggests that, before the break-up of a family takes place, parents should be encouraged to enter into a contract regarding care of their children; believes that a parent intending to leave his or her children should be obliged to apply in writing for leave to do so, outlining their intentions regarding visiting and financial support; and urges parents to recognise the right of children to continuity of care in their lives.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 95open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2000
That this House is concerned for the haemophilia community, which has suffered the tragedy of both HIV and hepatitis infections through contaminated blood products used by the NHS in the past, and now faces the uncertain risk that variant CJD may be transmitted via blood; and therefore welcomes the fact that since 1998 all children in the UK have been treated with genetically engineered recombinant product to avoid these risks; and calls on the Government urgently to respond to the Haemophilia Society's plea that this safer alternative is provided also to adults in England, as is already happening for adults with haemophilia in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and in so doing to end the inequality of treatment by post code.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1075open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2000
That this House notes that the number of secondary school students who walk to school has declined from 61 per cent. in 1975 to 53 per cent. today; further notes that the morning school run causes 20 per cent. of rush hour traffic; believes that there are greener and healthier ways of travelling to school than driving; welcomes the Government's 'THINK!' campaign to promote road safety and its commitment to cutting child deaths and serious injuries by 50 per cent.; and encourages all secondary schools to join the 1000 who are already taking part in the RAC's Grass Routes Challenge which seeks to encourage pupils to development their own safer, greener and healthier school travel plans.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 907open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 June 2000
That this House applauds the loving care provided by the 5.7 million carers looking after their ill, disabled or elderly relatives throughout the United Kingdom; notes that this care has been valued at ú34 billion each year; welcomes Her Majesty's Government's pledge to review invalid care allowance, the main carers' benefit; and asks that Her Majesty's Government makes more money available for respite care and training.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 833open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 June 2000
That this House regrets the harmful effect on children of the break-up of family relationships; suggests that, before the break-up of a family takes place, parents should be encouraged to enter into a contract regarding care of their children; believes that a parent intending to leave his or her children should be obliged to apply in writing for leave to do so, outlining their intentions regarding visiting and financial support; and urges parents to recognise the right of children to continuity of care in their lives.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 767open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 May 2000
That this House urges that any person convicted of cruelty to animals should in future be automatically banned for life from keeping an animal or working with animals; deplores the lenient sentences handed down to the two people convicted in the Chipperfield Circus Case in April 1999, when one was fined for 12 counts of cruelty to a chimpanzee and one was fined for cruelty to an elephant; and calls on the Government to amend the Protection of Animals Act 1911, the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1988 and the dangerous animals and wildlife acts accordingly.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 766open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 May 2000
That this House condemns the company Focus Do-It-All for selling live animals in their do-it-yourself stores through their in-store Petworld outlets; regrets the concept of trading in live animals; believes that the purchase of an animal requires a pre-conceived idea and planning more appropriately carried out at an animal re-homing centre with dedicated and informed staff; regrets the fact that there are already thousands of unwanted animals requiring re-homing as a result of whim-buying encouraged by such stores; and urges the Government to legislate to prevent the opening of such stores.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 625open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 April 2000
That this House congratulates Soroptimist International for producing their detailed report on rape; notes that the report from the working party detailed 28 recommendations for action that would lead to women who were raped feeling more confidence in the judicial system; and calls on the Government to respond positively to the report's recommendations.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 593open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 April 2000
That this House notes that Standard Chartered Bank is one of the UK's leading international banks employing over 27,000 in 580 offices in over 50 countries with annual profits last year in excess of ú500 million; understands that in 1997 Standard Chartered Bank dismissed 365 employees in Zimbabwe following a strike by members of the Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union in protest against the unilateral imposition of a new performance-related bonus scheme; acknowledges that the International Labour Organisation determined that the employees should be reinstated with full benefits; acknowledges that Zimbabwe does not recognise the ILO Convention on Freedom of Association and that therefore the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe could not instruct Standard Chartered Bank to re-instate the dismissed staff, now numbering 242; welcomes the fact that the Zimbabwean National Employment Council, and thereafter the Labour Relations Tribunal, ruled in favour of the dismissed staff; deplores the fact that, rather than honouring the spirit of these rulings, Standard Chartered Bank has appealed, once again, to the Zimbabwean Supreme Court; urges Standard Chartered Bank to exercise community responsibility and, rather than hide behind Zimbabwe's failure to ratify the ILO Convention on Freedom of Association, finally and immediately to resolve this dispute through renewing negotiation with the relevant trade union; and calls on the Government to discuss at the next available opportunity the need for Zimbabwe to recognise the ILO Convention on Freedom of Association.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 558open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 March 2000
That this House believes that the salt intake of people in the United Kingdom is too high, leading to raised blood pressure which in turn is responsible for increasing the number of strokes and heart attacks, the two commonest causes of death in the United Kingdom; is aware that three-quarters of people's salt intake currently comes from salt contained in processed food; acknowledges that some major food retailers like Sainsbury's, Asda, Co-op and Marks and Spencer and food manufacturers like Heinz and Kellogg's have announced reductions in the salt content of some of their own-brand foods of between 10 per cent and 25 per cent; and calls on the Government proactively to encourage the rest of the food industry, including manufacturers, retailers, restaurateurs and caterers, to reduce the salt content of their food by a similar amount.