40 ingested motions from United Kingdom introduced in 2010. Year filters use the introduced date shown on each card. Walk years back as far as this source still publishes.
That this House supports ARRO's All for Education campaign to give ex-offenders a fair chance in access to educational courses and also access to the professions in the UK; calls for reform of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a reconsideration of the manner in which old, irrelevant or first time offences are disclosed under the Exemptions Order so that applicants to courses have access to both employment and the professions, particularly those in which a diverse range of persons with varied experiences can make a positive impact on society; and recognises the need to embrace the contribution of reformed offenders with rights to gain skills and experience and to join a work force where difference and diversity are valued in making a beneficial contribution to a competitive national economy.
That this House is extremely disappointed to hear of the recent BBC attacks on The Freedom Association and Norris McWhirter CBE; notes that on the Alan Davies show on BBC Radio 5, the Freedom Association was recently libelled as being `a very, very right-wing kind of sub-BNP, slightly posher version of the BNP', a statement which is completely untrue; further notes that the BBC 5 Live radio show went on to vilify the late Norris McWhirter CBE, likening him to one of Hitler's brown shirts, despite his record as a passionate campaigner for civil liberties and a defender of freedom, including his service in the Royal Navy in the Second World War; finally notes that Norris McWhirter CBE was a former star of the BBC TV show, Record Breakers, and gave a huge amount of public service over his life; and therefore calls on the BBC to apologise immediately for this damaging and unjustified attack.
That this House is shocked at the decision to close 93 magistrates' courts and 49 county courts; notes that this total of 142 courts amounts to nearly a third of all courts; believes that taking this decision will affect 746 court staff; further believes that the Government consultation on closures was flawed, as it used incorrect data on court utilisation rates, court travel times and back maintenance costs; further notes that the Government has disregarded the comments by Lord Justice Goldring, on behalf of the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, who maintained that a number of courts now threatened with closure should remain open; further believes that the minister has ignored the arguments from many hon. Members, magistrates, judges and the Public and Commercial Services union against court closures; and calls on the Government to reconsider the decision on the proposed closures which will have a devastating impact on the provision of local justice.
That this House is concerned about the continuing prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK, despite the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 that restated and amended the prohibition of such practices under UK law; understands that there have been no prosecutions in respect of offences relating to female genital mutilation in the last five years; notes the World Health Organisation's (WHO) view that the procedure has no health benefits, and can cause severe acute and chronic problems for physical and mental health; further notes that the WHO recognises four distinct types of FGM; recognises that the procedure is nearly always carried out on minors and thus constitutes a violation of the rights of children; further recognises that the practice violates the human rights of girls and women, including a person's rights to health, security and physical integrity, the right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and the right to life when the procedure results in death; acknowledges that the causes of FGM are complex and include a mix of cultural and social factors within families and communities; further acknowledges that no religious scripts prescribe the practice; and calls on the Government to ensure that protection is provided for young women at risk, whether they are UK nationals, permanent residents or newly arrived.
That this House notes that according to the Minister of Health, NHS organisations have a legal responsibility under the Data Protection Act to retain records safely and for a prescribed period; but that according to the Ministry of Justice, the Data Protection Act does not cover the processing and storage of data relating to deceased persons; that the Barts and London NHS Trust lost medical records of Dr Sugie Davie soon after her death on 22 December 2007 following stem cell treatment and blood transfusions; that the death was described as `baffling and unexpected'; and that despite extensive searches by the Trust since then the records have not come to light; deplores the repeated refusal of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to investigate the complaint of Paul Davie, constituent of the hon. Member for Ilford South; and calls for a review of the relevant legislation to cover the records of deceased persons.
That this House commends UK companies, large and small, that are creating an economy that is based on sustainability, believes that retaining a sustainable manufacturing base is important to reducing the UK's carbon emissions; further believes that clean technology and sustainable manufacturing and services will become increasingly important in the development of future economies around the world; is concerned by any outmoded perceptions of British manufacturing as being dirty, poor quality or a second-rate occupation; is further concerned by the number of British companies in the manufacturing sector that have ceased trading or have moved their operations overseas in the last three years; and welcomes campaigns created from within the sector to celebrate British green industries and demonstrate to the public, both at home and abroad, the excellence that exists in the UK.
That this House notes with concern that the Government will not be opting in to the EU Directive on Human Trafficking; further notes that Operation Golf, a joint human trafficking investigation team between the Metropolitan Police and the Romanian National Police came to an end in December 2010; praises the outstanding work of the Operation that targeted one of the largest child trafficking rings in Europe; calls on the Government to consider human trafficking as an international crime that requires an international response founded on partnership working across EU countries; and urges the Government to encourage more joint EU investigations such as that of Operation Golf in order to protect those who fall victim to human trafficking and to prosecute those who commit this crime.
That this House regrets that the national debate on drugs is trivialised and bedevilled by postures of party political advantage; believes that all parties accept that most Government policies since 1971 have failed to halt increased use of controlled drugs and perversely led to increasing drug deaths and crime; and calls on all parties to build on their shared views in order to introduce a united practical agreement on fresh strategies based on the evidence of successes achieved by other countries.
That this House congratulates 37 year old Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar on becoming the first person ever to score 50 test match centuries; notes that this incredible achievement came on Sunday 19 December 2010 during the first test between India and South Africa at the aptly named Centurion cricket ground in South Africa; further notes that this was Sachin Tendulkar's 175th test match for India and the 107 runs he scored were his seventh test century of 2010; and agrees with Indian cricket coach Gary Kirsten, who said after Sachin Tendulkar's achievement that it was little wonder that he has been so successful over so many years because he treats every cricketing day with humility and respect and works as hard as he can on his game, that it is a great lesson for young cricketers and that he is a professor in batting.
That this House congratulates Royal Mail employees in their sterling efforts to keep mail deliveries going in Scotland despite the recent atrocious weather; contrasts this with the decision of several private delivery services to abandon all attempts to deliver in Scotland; believes that this demonstrates the difference between Royal Mail's social obligations under universal service and the attitude of private operators; and calls upon the Government to abandon plans to privatise Royal Mail or, at the very least, to state that no company which has shown itself unwilling to continue deliveries in these circumstances would be considered as a purchaser or partner of Royal Mail.
That this House believes the Government should ensure that it has the powers that take precedence over human rights to deport failed asylum seekers who are found guilty of a criminal offence.
That this House considers that large scale bonuses for bankers and/or the use of the device of converting these bonuses into sizeable salary increases will be viewed by the British people, whose taxes were used to bail out the banking system, as obscene and unacceptable; and therefore calls on the Government to introduce immediately a windfall tax on these bonuses and untoward salary increases.
That this House calls on the Government to introduce legislation to make it a legal requirement that the profile of the reigning monarch must feature on all UK postage stamps regardless of the future ownership of the Royal Mail, andmake it afurther requirement that the reigning monarch approves the design of all postage stamps.
That this House condemns the article in Lithunian magazine Veidas on 14 November 2010 entitled The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg - the biggest legal farce in history; welcomes the letter of 26 November 2010 from the Polish Ambassador to Lithuania Janusz Skolimowski condemning the article; affirms the Ambassador's position that the statements of P. Stankeras contained in the article, which undermined the fact of the extermination of Jews during World War II and raised doubts about the historic importance of the Nuremberg Trials, should be met with the highest condemnation; notes the Ambassador's statement that he found it particularly painful that such statements which denied the historical nature of the Holocaust were being formulated inthe part of Europe which was a witness to this tragedy and his further statement that the responsibility for the truthfulness of the historic legacy passed to subsequent generations demanded greater caution in undertaking discussions in the press; and endorses both Poland and Lithuania's work on the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research.
That this House notes the organised efforts of citizens to draw attention to tax avoidance behaviour by corporate bodies; believes that no person or corporate body advantaged by location in the UK should, by seeking loopholes or by convoluted means, endeavour to avoid paying their allotted tax share; and regrets that the Taxpayers' Alliance hascriticised such peaceful protests and has thus given succour to the view that concern over tax rates is sufficient moral justification to engage in tax avoidance, thereby potentially rendering the branding of the Taxpayers' Alliance a misnomer.
That this House notes with concern the Government's announcement that the Independent Living Fund will be permanently closed to new applicants and completely phased out by the end of this Parliament; further notes that this will affect around 21,000 current recipients as well as those who would have applied to the fund in the future; acknowledges the fantastic assistance that the Independent Living Fund has provided severely disabled people to live independently; and calls on the Government to reconsider its decision, which will affect thousands of severely disabled people and will in the long term lead to greater financial costs as more people are placed in long term care.
That this House commends Aberystwyth University's Department of International Politics for its project on Europeanising or Securitising the Outsiders? Assessing the EU's partnership-building approach with Eastern Europe led by Dr Elena Korosteleva, which has investigated the effectiveness of the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership Initiative in Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova; recognises the importance of building relations between the EU and non-member states; notes the study's findings that the EU had limited understanding of its partners' requirements and that the EU top-down approach circumscribed the input of outside partners, including those that were most enthusiastic towards the EU; and calls on the Government to consider the findings of the project in developing relations between the EU and partner states.
That this House recognises that social enterprises have the proven expertise and dynamism to find business opportunities amid poverty, provide life changing experiences for individuals and communities and deliver quality public services; further recognises that with public spending now contracting, the Government must consider how private investment can be leveraged into funding social enterprise to replace public sector investment; believes that taxation relief for investors in social enterprises is a key means of attracting new inward investment into the UK's social enterprise movement and should therefore not be any less generous than that for other organisations; and calls on the Government to tackle low levels of investor and investee awareness of the existing reliefs, remove restrictions to Community Investment Tax Relief, amend Enterprise Investment Scheme Relief to include companies limited by guarantee and undertake a detailed examination of how progress could be made to ensure that social enterprises can grow and achieve their full potential in the same manner as small private equity-backed companies.
That this House condemns the email sent to music colleges by X Factor researchers offering work at industry agreed rates to `camera friendly' female violinists; notes that this offer was based on the condition that applicants were not to be Musicians' Union members; believes that this not only discriminates against trade union members, it also discriminates on the grounds of sex; believes that a successful show like the X Factor should be setting a good example and paying its musicians a decent wage; and condemns discrimination of any kind.
That this House notes that diagnoses of genital warts in young people have continued to rise, with 66 per cent. of all new genital warts diagnoses in women being in those under 25; supports the call by FPA, Brook, Terrence Higgins Trust, the Royal Society for Public Health, Medical Foundation for AIDS and Sexual Health and the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV for the introduction of a quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine which protects against cervical cancer and against genital warts and will contribute to improving public health; urges the Government to reduce the current inequalities which exist to ensure that it is not only those who have the knowledge and financial resources who are able to assess the quadrivalent HPV vaccine and benefit from the protection it offers; and further urges the Government to take the opportunity to prevent both cervical cancer and genital warts.
That this House acknowledges the 100 year anniversary of the Pretoria Pit Disaster, the third largest coal mining disaster in British history, which saw the loss of 344 men and boys on 21 December 1910; offers condolence to the many families who still remember their relatives and their coal mining heritage with pride; and congratulates the people of Westhoughton and Atherton for their hard work over a number of years to ensure that the centenary is commemorated with the unveiling of a specially commissioned statue of a miner at work, the launch of a heritage trail and that the tragedy is remembered in the form of books written by the families and music produced by the Wingate Brass Band.
That this House welcomes the Government's enactment of the previous administration's decision to establish a working party to consider, and potentially agree, the legal position on the issue of applying the national minimum wage to non-UK flagged ships trading between UK ports; notes that seafarers are only entitled to the protection of the national minimum wage in UK internal and not territorial waters; further notes the continued employment of foreign national seafarers on rates of pay below the national minimum wage on ships in UK territorial waters; and therefore urges the Government to ensure that all seafarers working on ships trading between United Kingdom ports and in the UK offshore sector are entitled to the national minimum wage.
That this House notes that severe weather has in many cases been closing schools across the country for two weeks or more; further notes that this represents five per cent. of a child's education each year; further notes that this is in addition to days missed for ill health and other authorised activities; and urges the Government to put in place alternative arrangements to ensure our children are taught for a complete academic year.
That this Housewelcomes the conviction of Mark Weston, found guilty of the murder of Vikki Thompson in 1995; notes the second trial came about only as a result of the change in 2005 in thelaw on double jeopardy since Weston was previously tried in 1996 for the murder and found not guilty; further notes the satisfaction of Ms Thompson's family, who describe her as the perfect wife and mother; and believes that nomatter how long it may take those who take human life must be brought to justice.
That this House recognises that the new London 2012 Olympic Stadium will be the best athletics stadium in the world; believes the future of the Olympic Stadium after 2012 must include an international athletics track; notes that other than the Olympic Stadium there are no athletics stadia in England with the permanent facilities and capacity required to host the 2017 World Athletics Championship; further notes that hosting a world athletics championship would have a positive economic impact of 102.6 million; therefore supports UK Athletics' bid to turn the Olympic Stadium into a 60,000-capacity arena for athletics, football, concerts and community; and welcomes support for that bid from Olympians Kelly Holmes, Daley Thompson, Alan Wells, Steve Cram, Steve Backley, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Lynn Davies, Brendan Foster, Katherine Merry, David Moorcroft, Alan Pascoe, Wendy Sly andIan Stewart and the Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson.
That this House recognises the economic and social importance of the work of the citizens advice bureaux, including the Gateshead Advice Centre, whose legally-aided advice and representation on welfare benefits, debt, community care, housing, family and employment are vital for many constituents; further recognises that in 2009 the Gateshead service advised 14,000 people on 34,000 issues, obtained 14 million of financial benefit for clients, contributed over 10 million through its debt work and secured 9 million worth of benefits; believes that without legal aid the Centre could only reach a fraction of the community and not take on full casework; is concerned that this will drive people towards unscrupulous private organisations that claim they can help people but which often fleece them; and endorses the Centre's view that proposals to cut legal aid represent a sharp break from the long-standing bipartisan consensus that effective access to justice is essential to underpin the rule of law.
That this House acknowledges the most recent European Parliament resolution on the situation in the Western Sahara, which calls on the European Commission to monitor the human rights situation in Western Sahara and regularly to send missions to that territory.
That this House notes with concern the impact which scallop dredging is having on the marine environment; further notes that this practice has only started in recent decades and effectively scrapes the seabed to retrieve scallops but in the process damages other species and marine life; further notes the charted decline of the number of marine species living in the seas and is troubled that excessive scallop dredging is contributing further to this worrying trend; and calls on the Government and devolved administrations to take steps to regulate scallop dredging as a matter of urgency to protect the marine eco system and ensure that the United Kingdom can continue to support a diverse range of marine wildlife off its coasts.
That this House notes with concern the recent increases in fuel prices; further notes that this increase has made it hard for haulage companies across the country; demands that oil producers end the OPEC cartel that pushes up prices and restricts the free market; further demands that the Government looks urgently at fuel tax cuts to help all drivers and essential user rebates specifically to help businesses such as hauliers; and believes that fuel price reductions will help the economy and give much needed respite to the hard-pressed haulage industry.
That this House welcomes the publication of the renewed Compact, between the Government and the voluntary sector; notes that it outlines the principles of good partnership working between government and civil society organisations; further notes that the accompanying accountability mechanisms will strengthen the effectiveness of both the Compact and partnership working at national and local level; and welcomes the principles it contains as organisations in every part of the country seek to minimise the impact of decisions made under present financial pressures.
That this House notes with concern that the UK is one of the unhealthiest nations in Europe according to the OECD Health at a Glance report; further notes that the UK, with an average of 24.5 per cent. adult obesity, has the highest level of obesity in the EU; recognises that there is a high prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in those overweight or obese and that 2.8 million adults in the UK suffer from diabetes;urges the Government to recognise the importance of a healthy and active lifestyle to prevent the condition; and calls on the Government to provide more information about obesity and its related illnesses such as diabetes.
That this House notes with grave concern that every year Israel prosecutes an average of 700 Palestinian children from the occupied West Bank in military courts; further notes that children as young as 12 are brought to these courts in shackles and cuffs and denied a fair trial, that most of these children are charged on the basis of confessions under interrogation, that 32 per cent. of all confessions are written in Hebrew, a language they do not understand; further notes that frequently they only meet their lawyers for the first time in court, that there are widespread and persistent allegations of torture and abuse against Palestinian children; further notes that Israel, whilst considering children to be anyone under the age of 18 in its own system, treats Palestinians as adults from the age of 16 in contravention of the International Convention of the Rights of the Child; further notes that whilst Israeli settler children in the same area have to see a judge within 24 hours, Palestinians may not see a judge for eight days; believes that this represents a dual legal system based on race and a grave and serious breach of international law; further notes that according to the Israeli human rights group, B'tselem, in Jerusalem, Palestinian children under 12 have been arrested including a five-year old; and calls on the Government to demand immediate action from the Israeli government to bring its behaviour in line with international law.
That this House acknowledges the Government's aimof tackling alcohol harm; notes with concern its intention to work closely with global alcohol businesses in developing UK alcohol policy; calls on those businesses to demonstrate they deserve the trust placed in them by refraining from price-led mass media advertising; and further calls on them to include health warnings, unit information, pregnancy warnings and daily guidelines on their products, to refrain from selling alcohol at checkouts, on ends of aisles and at front of store and to prominently display health warningsand unit guidelines in both on and off licence premises.
That this House notes that a number of constituencies and council wards have large but transient student populations; further notes that these students are entitled to register to vote at either their term-time address or their permanent address; believes that this short-term population can often outvote the permanently settled communities; further believes that it is unfair for a community to be outvoted in this way and resolves that students with both permanent and term-time addresses should be required to vote at their permanent address.
That this House notes with grave concern the vote of the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly to remove a reference to sexual orientation from a resolution on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; believes that this constitutes the removal of the recognition of a particular vulnerability of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the world where 76 countries criminalise homosexuality and five consider it a capital crime; and calls on the Government to condemn this decision and work with other governments to overturn this vote.
That this House is alarmed at the 25 per cent. cut to the Forestry Commission announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review; opposes plans to sell off parts of the Public Forest Estate in England which could result in 30 million trees being cut down and job losses in England and Scotland; notes that the Forestry Commission in England manages 258,000 hectares of public forest, employing 856 people; further notes that the Commission manages the highest number of sites of special scientific interest, with 99 per cent. of these in favourable or recovering condition; regards forests as a priceless carbon storage resource and essential to the Government's efforts to achieve climate change mitigation targets; is concerned that education courses and public health programmes would be inhibited by the sale of public forests; acknowledges that public rights of way are lost under private ownership of former Forestry Commission land; further notes that at 9 per cent. the level of forestation in England is one of the lowest in Europe and that 69 per cent. of forest is already privately-owned; further notes that hits on the Forestry Commission Trades Union's website increased by 560 per cent. to 80,000 per month after this cut was announced; and calls on the Government to bring forward proposals to amend the Public Bodies Bill [Lords] to remove this threat to forests.
That this House welcomes the publication of The Year of Rheumatoid Arthritis: One Year On, by the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society and the British Society for Rheumatology which assessesthe progress made over the last year in improving the quality and standard of care for people with rheumatoid arthritis; welcomes the four recommendations which seek to improve and optimise best practice and to ensure consistency in service provision and patient care and notes the report's findings to improve care for people with rheumatoid arthritis; recognises people with rheumatoid arthritis who lack sufficient information and support to help them manage their condition can experience hopelessness, despair and depression; and calls on the Government to recognise the importance of early referral and greater awareness amongst general practitioners, safeguard the involvement of patients in the redesign of services and retain the specialist skills of the multi-disciplinary team and specialist nurses in particular.
That this House condemns the excessive remuneration packages that have been paid to senior Enterprise Inns personnel when many Enterprise pubs are closing, some temporarily, some permanently and each one representing the failure of a small business often with devastating results for tenants; believes that these increased earnings are excessive and insensitive especially given that Enterprise Inns have reported a five per cent. decline in net income per pub since the last financial year; notes that these payments come in the same year that saw Enterprise fined just 300,000 for the death of a tenant as a result of the negligent health and safety standards of Enterprise Inns; further believes that a 51 per cent. rise in earnings for Enterprise Inns Chief Executive from 811,000 to 1,223,000 including a performance-related bonus of 558,000, is unjustified considering the company's profits are down by over 200 million from the previous financial year and that it has estimated debts of around 3.5 billion, which means large amounts of money taken from community pubs to service this debt which is a threat to the survival of many pubs; sees this as another example of Enterprise Inns management putting their own greed before the needs of their tenants and the pubs they own; further believes that the concentration of thousands of pubs in the hands of distant and hugely indebted property companies is a threat to the future of pubs; and calls upon the Government to adhere to the timetable for reform including retaining the option of a referral to the Competition Commission in June 2011.
That this House believes that irresponsible dog ownership causes significant problems for the safety and welfare of both humans and animals; believes that to promote responsible dog ownership all dog owners should ensure their dogs are microchipped; notes that current legislation is proving inadequate to ensure sufficient protection for people and animals; believes there is a need to ensure there are sufficient resources at a local level potentially self-funded and a Bill that consolidates the legislation so that it has a genuine preventative effect, as well as tougher sanctions to address the problem; and calls on the Government to act forthwith and bring forward suitable proposals to achieve this.
That this House recognises that the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) is an historic defender of the rights and welfare of the most vulnerable people in the community; is concerned at plans threatening 177 jobs after it was announced that jobs would relocate from London to Birmingham withno relocation expenses for staff; believes that this represents a threat of compulsory redundancy for OPG staff with many years of experience; is alarmed that the costs of this ill-advised transformation programme are likely to be picked up by vulnerable people including those with mental health problems; and urges the Government to intervene to stop these plans and listen to proposals put forward by the Public and Commercial Services Union to move the OPG into the same building as the Court of Protection and cut the cost of the newly-proposed Chief Executive's office.