Bill· Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)Bill 972open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2012
A Bill to establish a Small Business Administration with the remit of acting as an ombudsman and advocate within government for small businesses, promoting a regulatory environment appropriate for small businesses, providing advice to those wishing to set up small businesses, improving access to finance for small businesses, developing and monitoring small business-friendly procurement policies and working with small firms to assist their export potential; and for connected purposes
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 622open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2007
That this House congratulates the Farmers' Guardian, Country Living Magazine and Waitrose on their successful campaign, Fair Trade for British Farming, and for the efforts of the campaign to promote a fair and sustainable price for the high quality food produced by British farmers; notes that most British consumers wrongly believe that the principles of fair trade are applied to British agriculture; acknowledges that over the last 10 years British farmers' income has fallen whilst that of major retailers has increased; recognises the important contribution British farming makes to the food supply, protecting the countryside, rural employment and combating climate change; further notes the recent Office of Fair Trading probe that uncovered price fixing by supermarkets; and calls on the Government to ensure that the Supermarket Code has real teeth and that a supermarket ombudsman is introduced.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 620open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2007
That this House notes the popular support the X Factor contestant Rhydian Roberts has in Wales and across the UK; is concerned to hear reports that members of the public were unable to get through on the telephone voting system to vote for Rhydian; notes the growing Rhydian was Robbed campaign; wishes both Rhydian and Leon Jackson every success in their future careers; is aware that Ofcom have launched an investigation after receiving over 1,000 complaints from viewers; and calls on television companies producing talent shows to ensure that every vote counts.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1299open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2005
That this House expresses its deep concern about the findings of the European Ramazzini Foundation for Research on Cancer, showing a repeated incidence of malignant tumours in rodents through aspartame ingestion at usage levels lower than the acceptable daily intake for humans, set by American and European health regulators; notes that when licensed for use in the UK, the EU and the international community, a number of scientists responsible for assessing its safety have been shown to have direct or indirect links with the sweetener industry; further notes that when aspartame was approved in the UK in 1984 by the Committee on Toxicity, four of its members including its chairman, Professor Turner, had ties with the sweetener industry and one member in particular, Francis Roe, claimed to have commercial links to so many industries that his impartiality was guaranteed; recognises that the World Health Organisation's joint expert scientific committee also numbers several of its experts working as paid consultants to the sweetener industry; acknowledges that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) counts four of its 19 members with direct or indirect links to the sweetener industry; expresses deep concern that with the impending review of the Ramazzini study, a conflict of interest might stand in the way of the EFSA committee reaching a fair and impartial judgment about the safety of aspartame; and calls on members of the European Aspartame Review Panel who possess links to the sweetener industry to step aside whilst the review of the Ramazzini study takes place.