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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 March 2000
That this House welcomes the initiative shown by the Consumers Association in establishing its new Internet website to make available new cars in the UK at mainland European prices; and looks to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders to respond positively by taking the lead in the reducing new car prices in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 March 2000
That this House is deeply concerned by Morocco's continuing armed occupation of Western Sahara; fears for the safety of Saharawi citizens following violent clashes in towns across Western Sahara in March; believes that the issuing of British military export licences, including CS gas grenades and rubber bullets, to Morocco contravenes Criterions 2 and 4 of the EU code of Conduct on Arms Exports; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to halt the issuing of all licences to Morocco until the Saharawi people have exercised their inalienable right to self-determination.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 March 2000
That this House is concerned by reports that it is Ministers' intention to rebrand pensioners and pensions in the UK with trendier titles of greater appeal to the young; and notes that such an exercise would have to involve consultation with representatives of senior citizens, many of whom believe at present that any such changes should reflect Britain's retired population being currently in receipt of less than the national minimum wage.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 March 2000
That this House congratulates the Rover Group trade unions for their organisation of the march and rally on Saturday 1st April in support of the Rover workers at Longbridge; believes that this will be an opportunity for the people of Birmingham and the West Midlands to express solidarity with the workers whose jobs and livelihoods are threatened and to campaign for a long-term future for the Rover Longbridge plant; welcomes the prompt action taken by the Government to set up the Special Task Force to stand by the local community and to build on the success of Birmingham City Council in attracting new investment into Birmingham and the wider region; and calls on BMW to open its books to the sponsors of any credible proposal to retain volume car production at Longbridge and on the Government to give all possible support to such a venture.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 March 2000
That this House notes the importance of the forthcoming NPT Review Conference for the future of international arms controls and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; views with concern that there are 36,000 nuclear weapons in operation world-wide; welcomes the Government's stated recognition that the NPT must remain the cornerstone of international efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons; and calls upon the Government to do everything within its power to ensure that the NPT Review Conference agrees that the nuclear weapons states must remove their nuclear forces from continuous alert, adopt a policy of 'no first use' of nuclear weapons, and begin a programme of nuclear weapons reduction.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 March 2000
That this House welcomes the formation of the United Nations Offshore Forum and congratulates the Government of the Cayman Islands, which will be host to the first meeting of the Forum on 30th-31st March; believes that this meeting is an important recognition of the Cayman Islands' success as a major international financial centre and its record in combating financial crime and establishing high-quality systems of financial regulation; further believes that United Kingdom Overseas Territories such as the Cayman Islands deserve full support and co-operation from the United Kingdom Government; and welcomes this initiative by the United Nations to establish accepted international standards in the cross border financial services industry throughout the world.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 March 2000
That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 2000 (S.I., 2000, No. 868), dated 23rd March 2000, a copy of which was laid before this House on 27th March, be annulled.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2000
That this House notes with alarm the new study in California on the effects of smoking by pregnant women; expresses concern that children, born to mothers who smoke, suffered decreased lung function which does lasting damage; notes that the Royal College of Physicians has reported that 17,000 under-fives are hospitalised every year because of respiratory illnesses due to parental smoking; further notes that 23 per cent. of women smoke all through pregnancy and a third smoke at some point in pregnancy; is saddened that 93 per cent. of men smokers do not give up smoking when their partners become pregnant; recognises that smoking is addictive and it is better to actively encourage smokers to give up rather than blame them; and congratulates the Government on its new anti-smoking campaign, but urges it to give extra support to pregnant women through smoking cessation services so that the Government can meet its target of reducing smoking during pregnancy from 23 per cent. to 15 per cent. by 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2000
That this House congratulates Chippenham Town Football Club on winning through to the final of the FA Carlsberg Vase; and wishes them well in the final at Wembley on 6th May.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2000
That this House notes with concern that the current scheme for calculating the standard rate of interest for mortgage payments through income support or job seeker's allowance is inflexible and causes increased indebtedness and the threat of repossession if mortgage shortfalls cannot be made-up by the borrower; notes that it costs on average ú55.80 per week in housing benefit payments to rehouse repossessed families compared to ú38.81 per week to meet full interest costs; therefore calls on the Government to review the way the standard rate is calculated to provide greater flexibility and sensitivity to changes in interest rates; and further calls on the Government to lay the necessary regulations to increase the standard rate given that the 0.25 percentage point change required to trigger a change in the rate occurred in January.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2000
That this House notes that back pain is the number one cause of disability in the UK costing the country over ú6 billion per annum and affecting the lives of two in five of the adult population; calls on the Government to ensure that guidance on back pain issued by the Clinical Standards Advisory Group in 1994 is followed; and further calls on the Government to issue guidance on appropriate care pathways for pain management that ensures timely diagnosis, and appropriate treatment that reduced the number of people suffering chronic back pain.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 March 2000
That this House welcomes the decision of the High Court to ask the Director of Public Prosecutions to re-examine the case for the prosecution of the employers of Simon Jones, killed on his first day at work at Shoreham Docks and expresses its dismay that, according to the court, the DPP wrongly and irrationally applied the law in this case; congratulates the Simon Jones Campaign and the family's legal team; and calls upon the Government to review the whole position of the law on corporate manslaughter and to institute a public inquiry into the continuing toll of avoidable workplace deaths in Britain.
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.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 March 2000
That this House notes the actions of Newcastle United Football Club in its forced relocation of 4,000 loyal and longstanding fans to accommodate extra corporate seating in the redeveloped stadium; recalls that the fans were sold these specific seats in 1994 for 10 years to create major revenue at a time when the club was in need of financial assistance; welcomes the judge's view that there was an alternative solution in the new upper tiers; and urges the Government to implement the recommendation of the Football Task Force.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 March 2000
That this House notes that Apple Computers are more intuitive and of a higher quality than ordinary personal computers; and requests that the PDVN opens discussion with Apple (Europe) to ensure that those honourable Members who use Apples in the House and at home be given access to the system.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 March 2000
at end add 'and the new National Football Stadium in the East Midlands to provide much easier access to the great majority of English football supporters and to combat the chronic metro-centricity which distorts national sporting priorities and media coverage thereof.'.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 March 2000
That this House believes the ú6 return charge imposed by GNER for carrying passengers' bicycles is excessive, unnecessary and inconsistent with the promotion of environmentally friendly transport; and calls upon the company to adopt a more positive and sympathetic approach to those who wish to combine rail and cycle travel.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 March 2000
That this House, recognising that decriminalising marijuana possession is on the agenda and likely to become, with the Police Foundation report, an issue which will precipitate emotive public debate urges Her Majesty's Government to take the question of the therapeutic use of marijuana for the treatment of medical conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Aids, arthritis and the relief of severe pain, out of this debate entirely so as to ensure that sufferers are not forced onto the streets to purchase illegal drugs or face an omnipresent threat of prosecution which puts the sick and dying on the frontline of the war against drugs, but that instead, recognising the opinion of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology that marijuana has therapeutic value as well as the overwhelming volume of evidence about its benefits which is now emerging, should follow the suggestions of the Lords' Select Committee, accelerate the research which will legitimise prescription of marijuana for treatment on a named patient basis, but in the meantime, to prevent the law being brought into disrepute and juries being faced with agonising choices about jailing MS victims suggests that the police be instructed not to prosecute victims of these diseases and conditions who grow or purchase marijuana for their own exclusive use with the written support of their doctor, so that with the issue of medical use taken out of the debate, the wider decisions on marijuana can be taken on a rational and considered basis.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 March 2000
That this House notes with extreme displeasure the decision by Barclays Bank to once more spring on small Wirral communities, such as Irby, a round of bank closures without consultation and without any regard for local customers, in particular the elderly and businesses; and calls upon Barclays to review its decision immediately.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 March 2000
That this House is concerned to note that more than 600, 000 people in the United Kingdom are infected with hepatitis C; notes that many of these were infected as a result of blood products treatment by the National Health Service; welcomes the success of Ribavirin and Recombinant Interferon Alpha trials in fighting hepatitis C; regrets that some health authorities, including Avon Health Authority, refuse to fund the use of these new treatments; is concerned that as a result of this treatment by postcode, many patients, such as Mrs Patricia Greed of Weston-super-Mare, do not receive necessary medical care; and calls on health authorities and the Department of Health to ensure that all hepatitis C sufferers, regardless of where they live, have equal access to treatment.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 March 2000
That this House congratulates the Baha'i faith, which now enjoys 6,000,000 followers in the world, on its 158th anniversary; and welcomes the launch of the All-Party Parliamentary Friends of the Baha'is on 21st March.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 March 2000
after 'tobacco', insert 'further notes that bootlegging is a serious law and order issue which should not be solved by capitulating to criminals and that the Government should not be deflected from well-founded tax and health policies, but should impose punitive measures against those involved in smuggling'.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 March 2000
That this House regrets that Barclays Bank is pursuing a programme of closure of banks in small towns and in rural areas; notes with dismay that Cricieth - the home town of David Lloyd George MP, one of Britain's greatest Chancellors - will be a Barclays-free area; believes that maintaining an adequate infrastructure of banking facilities is essential to serve the tourists and associated service industries, as well as the indigenous population, in a town such as Cricieth; and calls on Barclays Bank to withdrawn the closure threat against their branch in Cricieth.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 March 2000
That this House notes that the deadline for the Government to submit this year's claim for agrimonetary compensation is the end of April; recognises that agriculture is going through a very difficult period, not least because of the high value of sterling against the euro; sees agrimonetary compensation as a directly relevant way of ameliorating this problem; notes that all EU states, with the exception of the UK, have over recent years claimed the EU-funded share of agrimonetary compensation; and calls on the Government to submit a full claim before the end of April.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 March 2000
That this House takes note of the Fourth Report of the Environmental Audit Committee Session 1999-2000, on the Pre-Budget Report 1999: pesticides, aggregates and the Climate Change Levy HC 76, as relevant to debate on the Budget 2000; and regrets that the Chancellor of the Exchequer refused to allow reference to this report to appear on the Order Paper for the information of all honourable Members.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 March 2000
That this House deplores the decision of Lloyds Bank TSB to close its branch in the Southsea area of Portsmouth South, and to do so with notification of, but not consultation with, the local community or its representatives; and notes that this closure will cause considerable inconvenience to local people, especially those who have no access to private transport and restricted access to public transport.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 March 2000
That this House congratulates the Council Leader, members and staff of the London Borough of Newham for their spectacular successes in the Local Government Chronicle Annual Awards; notes Newham was voted Council of the Year, together with the award of Housing Team of the Year, Public Relations Team of the Year and Finance Team of the Year; further notes the borough was also highly commended in the Legal, Managerial and Information Technology categories at the awards ceremony in London on 14th March; believes these awards are a fitting acknowledgement of the advances made in the delivery of quality services in one of the most deprived local authority areas in the country; calls upon Newham Council to continue with the good work; and asks the Government to acknowledge with further resources and policy initiatives the regeneration being achieved in one of Labour's oldest, traditional heartlands.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2000
leave out from 'House' to 'notes' in line 2.'.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2000
That this House congratulates Barry Thompson, Store Manager, Helen Pattison, PR Manager and all members of staff at the Asda's store, Peterlee, in the constituency of the honourable Member for Easington, for their community involvement in promoting The Big Read, The Big Sum, Millennium Making a Difference Day and other activities with children and senior citizens; congratulates all in the store in reaching the final of the Golden Bear Award; and wishes the staff every success with the Michael Row Appeal, a further example of good community relations, along with the initiatives of promoting breast cancer awareness, fund raising for McMillan nurses and developing relationships with community groups.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2000
That this House notes that Cardiff Council leader, Russell Goodway, receives ú58,000 per annum and is Britain's highest paid council leader; deplores the news that eight Labour councillors are to be suspended from the Labour group for refusing to vote in favour of the huge increase in Russell Goodway's salary; further notes that Cardiff council tax payers will be receiving a 10.2 per cent increase in their council tax; believes that Conservative councillors, along with the eight Labour rebels and other opposition councillors, were right in calling for Russell Goodway's salary radically to be scaled back; and calls on the Prime Minister to intervene to protect the council tax payers of Cardiff against the greed of its Labour leader.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2000
That this House notes with concern the fact that both Rugby League Silk Cut Challenge Cup semi-finals played on the 25th and 26th March are to be staged in Yorkshire, leaving the North West without a semi-final for the flagship event in the Rugby League calendar; believes that in the case of the Warrington Wolves versus Bradford Bulls match, to be held at Leeds Rugby League Football ground, this clearly puts Warrington supporters at a disadvantage being forced to travel beyond Bradford to Leeds; and calls on the Rugby Football League to ensure that venues are found which are convenient to both sets of supporters, and that the North West is not left without a Challenge Cup semi-final.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2000
That this House recognises that the EU is India's biggest trade partner; notes that political dialogue has lagged behind trade talks; welcomes the opportunity for political talks to reach beyond economic concerns to address human rights issues at the first ever EU-India summit in Lisbon on 28th June; and calls upon the Government to raise the concerns about increasing religious persecution in India through the Common Foreign and Security Policy Forum, in order that these issues are raised at the summit.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2000
That this House calls for urgent action to be taken to halt the serious problem of bootlegging of alcohol and tobacco, which is putting many independent retailers out of business, with average losses of around 16 per cent. a year; notes that bootlegging has serious health and social costs which arise from minors having unregulated access to alcohol and tobacco; and calls on all members of the European Union to take urgent steps to halt this illegal and harmful trade.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2000
That this House is deeply concerned at the impact of landmines on innocent civilians in Pakistan, where many such weapons are laid indiscriminately as a result of conflict in the region; notes with dismay a recent attempt by Pakistan ordnance factories to sell anti-personnel mines in the United Kingdom; believes that it is of the greatest importance for all states in the region to acceded to the Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel mines; and urges Her Majesty's Government to enter into discussions with Pakistan to encourage accession to the Convention without further delay; and to consider what aid might be made available to assist with demining and assistance for landmine victims.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2000
That this House regrets the Government's decision to award the ú200 million Diamond Synchrotron project to Oxfordshire and not to the existing synchrotron facility at Daresbury in Cheshire; notes that the long-term cost to the North West economy will be ú550 million; notes that it will damage the science base of the North West risking the loss of over 200 high-skilled jobs, likely to go overseas; further notes that the Science and Technology Select Committee found no scientific case to favour Oxfordshire over Cheshire as a site for the new investment; and believes that this decision taken personally by the Prime Minister, shows that he has not given sufficient weight to the importance of regional policy or to the need to promote science and encourage investment in the North West.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2000
after 'provision' insert 'supports the principle of a national minimum level of per capita funding for each local education authority;'.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2000
at end add 'but recognises that the majority of consultants, including surgeons, work in excess of their contracted NHS hours,and also recognises that by far the most significant determining factor in long NHS waiting time is the level of human and financial resources made available by the Government.'.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2000
after 'country', insert 'including Newick'.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2000
That this House congratulates the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for its recent Manufacturing Excellence: Competitiveness in Manufacturing debate, which found that the way for the UK engineering firms to compete with their international counterparts is to share knowledge and best practice within the sector;recognises the significant contribution made by mechanical engineers to the quality of people's lives and to the economy; looks forward to seeing the best in innovative ideas from UK manufacturers recognised in the Institution's MX2000 Awards; and welcomes the publication of the Government's policy document, Manufacturing in the Knowledge Driven Economy, which recognises the vital role which manufacturing plays in the economic well being of UK plc.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2000
That this House deplores the decision of Lloyds Bank TSB to close its branch in Wireliscombe, and to do so with notification but not consultation with the local community or its representatives; and notes that this closure will cause considerable inconvenience to local people, especially those who have no access to private transport and restricted access to the public transport.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2000
That this House supports the universal abolition of the death penalty; welcomes the support given by Her Majesty's Government to a strongly-worded resolution on the question of the death penalty at the 1999 UN Commission on Human Rights; believes that a similar resolution should be tabled this year urging all states to abolish the death penalty and fully comply with international law pending abolition; recognises the importance of the Commission as the key UN body on human rights; and calls on the Government to support a strongly-worded resolution, oppose any attempts to weaken the resolution and actively lobby other governments at this year's Commission to do the same.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2000
That this House welcomes the lobby of Parliament by the Football Supporters Association on Thursday 2nd March when representatives from over 50 football supporters clubs nationwide met honourable Members to demand that Parliament should impose a regulator on the industry, as proposed in the fans' evidence to the Task Force inquiry, with powers to examine and protect the interests of those committed fans who are forced to pay high admission prices because no other body in the game will act on behalf of the lower division clubs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2000
That this House notes that the Premier League and Nationwide League are commencing negotiations for a renewed television deal with all television companies which is likely to bring in more than one billion pounds over five years and that this deal will mean an over 20 per cent. increase in income; notes that the Premier League currently has over 100 players who earn more than one million pounds a year each; notes that the last television increases went straight into players' wages while admission prices continued to soar; notes the devasting effect this wage inflation had on smaller clubs in lower leagues; and calls for the introduction of a regulator for the industry so that this increase in television money is used to reduce admission prices and provide help for smaller clubs in genuine need.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2000
That this House notes that a recent decision of an employment tribunal suggested that employee representatives should be consulted in collective redundancy situations only after the management has made a firm decision as to who should be made redundant; notes that this is contrary to Article 2 of the Collective Redundancies Directive which states 'Where an employer is contemplating collective redundancies, he shall begin consultation with the workers' representative in good time with a view to reaching agreement'; notes that the trade union MSF has complained to the European Commission about the implementation in the UK of the Collective Redundancies Directive; and therefore asks Her Majesty's Government to set up discussions between the relevant parties on how best to ensure that the full meaning and original intent of the Collective Redundancies Directive is implemented and upheld.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2000
That this House is extremely concerned by the contents of the three reports by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate on management practices and safety at Sellafield; notes that the NII states that safety at Sellafield is only just tolerable; also notes that, following the falsification of data relating to MOX fuel supplied to Japan, the Japanese Government has blocked any further imports of MOX fuel from Britain; further notes that the German Government's policy on phasing out nuclear power will result in no new reprocessing contracts with Britain; recognises the uncertainty facing the long-term future of BNFL; and therefore calls on the Government to clarify the situation by stating unequivocally that the future of BNFL lies in becoming a world leader in nuclear clean-up, decommissioning, waste management and plutonium immobilisation technologies, and that the current contracts for reprocessing spent fuel should be renegotiated into contracts for dry storage.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 2000
after 'vessels' insert 'and the compulsory carriage of survival suits for all crew members on all fishing vessels.'.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 2000
That this House believes that liquid petroleum gas has environmental advantages as a road fuel over the conventional fuels of petrol and diesel because of its overall emission profile; notes that LPG has environmental advantages over kerosene and gas oil as a commercial fuel for similar reasons; further believes that as a result of the Climate Change Levy LPG should not be made relatively more expensive than kerosene and gas oil in line with Lord Marshall's view that existing differentials should be maintained; and considers that, should LPG be disadvantaged by the application of the Levy, the resulting increased use of kerosene and gas oil would produce the perverse result of significantly increasing emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 2000
That this House welcomes the lobby of Parliament by the Football Supporters Association on Thursday 2nd March when representatives from over 50 football supporters clubs nationwide met honourable Members to demand that Parliament should impose a regulator on the industry as proposed in the fans evidence to the Task Force inquiry, with powers to examine and protect the interests of those committed fans who are forced to pay high admission prices because no other body in the game will act on behalf of the lower division clubs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 2000
That this House notes that the Premier League and Nationwide League are commencing negotiations for a renewed television deal with all television companies which is likely to bring in more than one billion pounds over the five years; further notes that this deal will mean over 20 per cent. increase in income; further notes that the Premier League currently has over 100 players who earn more than one million pounds a year each; further notes that the last television increases went straight into players' wages while admission prices continued to soar; further notes the devastating effect this wage inflation had on smaller clubs in lower leagues; and calls on this House to introduce a regulator for the industry so that this increase in television money is used to reduce admission prices and provide help for smaller clubs in genuine need.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 2000
That this House notes that M.D. Foods have reported a 91 per cent. rise in pre-tax profits for the year to September 1999; understands that this was in part achieved by reduced procurement costs at a time when falling prices are driving many hard working decent people out of dairy farming altogether; and calls upon M.D. Foods and all milk buyers to support British farmers by paying a fair price for a quality British product.