Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1150open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2000
That this House, recognising that law-abiding grantees of exceptional leave to remain who are issued with the Home Office Certificate of Identity as a purported travel document can not in fact travel to many countries whose authorities do not recognise the CID as valid, calls on the Home Secretary to take urgent steps to replace the CID with a document that will enable all such grantees to travel abroad for important life-events, for business and for pleasure.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1035open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 July 2000
That this House notes with concern the unilateral attempt by Four Seasons Health Care PLC, a subsidiary of Alchemy PLC, to cut the pay and working conditions of employees at elderly care homes in the Borough of Wandsworth, some of whom were transferred from the public sector when the homes were privatised by Wandsworth Council, by the expedient of terminating existing contracts of employment, coupled with an offer of re-employment on drastically reduced terms; notes further that in one of the homes, Park Lodge, 94 accidents have befallen elderly residents since January this year of which only two were reported to the local registration unit; and calls on the Government to outlaw unilateral reduction in employees' working conditions and to introduce stronger regulation of elderly care homes in the for-profit sector.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 920open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 July 2000
That this House, noting that at the UN Social Summit Plus 5 held in Geneva, June 2000, the 160 government delegations present agreed unanimously to ask for a detailed investigation of the practicalities of a 'Tobin' tax on currency speculation so as to both reduce currency speculation and provide a potential source of UN funding, congratulates the non-governmental organisations, War on Want and ATTAC for their work among others to bring this to the attention of the world; and further congratulates the Government for supporting, through the UN Summit, this investigation.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 720open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 May 2000
That this House welcomes the benefits of combined heat and power generation in making UK industry more competitive, reducing greenhouse emissions and providing secure, diverse and sustainable supplies of energy; welcomes the Government's target to achieve at least 10 GWe of CHP capacity by 2010, and the Secretary of State's confirmation in his recent statement on energy policy that the Government continues to support CHP and in particular 'will expect developers to be able to show that they have explored opportunities to use it'; welcomes the efforts of developers who are already exploring industry's needs and identifying opportunities to use CHP in exactly the way commended by the Government; and urges the Secretary of State to make early decisions on the CHP applications currently under consideration in his Department, in the interests of UK industrial competitiveness and combating climate change.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 261open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 January 2000
That this House, noting the publication of OECD guidelines on multinational investment on 13th January, and the commitment of the EU, Japan and the USA to restart the WTO Millennium Round, urges the governments of the world to learn from the Seattle debacle and ensure that all governments, not just those of developed countries but also those of developing countries, are fully involved in any new agreement; and therefore looks forward to the 10th meeting of UNCTAD in Bangkok in February 2000 as the key negotiating point to ensure there is a government-driven, not company-driven, policy on multinational corporation investment.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 258open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 January 2000
That this House, noting the resignation from this House on a point of principle by Mr Cynog Dafis, formerly the honourable Member for Ceredigion, pays tribute to his work in this House and abroad, particularly in the fields of world and UK sustainable development and as the founding chair of Globe UK.