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Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Gibraltar National Day
That this House joins the people of Gibraltar as they celebrate their National Day on 10 September 2010, commemorating the 1967 referendum in which more than 99 per cent. of Gibraltarians voted to reject annexationby Spain and remain a territory of the Crown; notes the rich, diverse and unique culture of the Gibraltarians, which encompasses numerous ethnicities including Maltese, Andalusian, Genoese, Portuguese and most predominantly British; recognises the shared heritage and historical links between the peoples of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar since 1704; and wishes the loyal people of the Rock a wonderful day of traditional red and white festivities, as all Gibraltarians display pride in both their homeland and in being British.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Academi Hywel Teifi, Swansea University
That this House congratulates Swansea University on establishing Academi Hywel Teifi in memory of the distinguished Welsh academic, the late Professor Hywel Teifi Edwards of Aberarth and Llangennech; recognises that the Academi's purposes are to promote learning and teaching through the medium of the Welsh language throughout the community and scholarship through the medium of the language; places on record its appreciation of the outstanding life and work of Professor Edwards as a teacher, scholar, broadcaster, politician and defender and promoter of the Welsh language and especially in supporting Welsh learners; recalls with pride that the winner of the Chair at this year's National Eisteddfod in Blaenau Gwent was Swansea University's Tudur Hallam whose verse was a celebration of Professor Edwards' devoted and enthusiastic commitment to Wales, its culture, its people and its future; and notes that the new Academi will build on the progress in recent years of the Welsh language being a source of pride for all communities in Wales, rather than a cause of division.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Dove World Outreach Center Church And Burning Of The Qur'an
That this House condemns the outrageous and disgraceful proposal by the Dove World Outreach Center Evangelical church in Gainsville, Florida to hold a burn the Koran day; believes the event to be one that will fill all right-thinking, tolerant people of all faiths and none with utter disgust; also believes that holding the event on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is highly disrespectful including to 9/11 victims and their families, which included Muslims as well as people of other faiths and none; is appalled by the Dove World Outreach Center's ignorance of the beliefs and values of Islam and bythis despicable attack on its faith andsacred text; calls on all true Christian churches to condemn this unacceptable and provocative act of religious hatred, remembering that both Christianity and Islam have the same Abrahamic roots; and further calls on the Government to express its condemnation of the event and support any actions taken by the American administration in reaction to the event and help to prevent a potential violent backlash for troops in Afghanistan.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Offshore Wind Infrastructure Competition
That this House recognises the importance of the Offshore Wind Infrastructure Competition for securing the private investment necessary to develop the UK's offshore wind sector into a globally competitive industry; notes the economic benefits that this investment will bring; and calls on the Government to ensure that the funding to support the rapid development of this industry in response to the twin problems of climate change and economic recovery is retained following the Comprehensive Spending Review.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Nhs Privatisation And Shared Business Services
That this House is aware that despite widespread opposition from the general public in Nottinghamshire, the NHS Nottinghamshire County, NHS Nottingham City and Bassetlaw Primary Care Trust have decided to award their Family Health Service support functions to a private company called Shared Business Services; notes that included in this company's strategy is the planned outsourcing of 100 NHS jobs to India and the offshoring of local patient data; and believes that such a decision is not in the interests of local health services as local administrative workers in the NHS play a vital and extremely important part in the service, enabling both attention to patient need and giving front-line staff the opportunity to spend their time instead on working effectively, efficiently and safely on patient needs.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Covert Surveillance By Local Councils
That this House is concerned by the moral hazard involved in covert surveillance by local councils; regrets that this was enabled and encouraged by the previous Labour Government's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; notes that freedom of information requests by the organisation BigBrotherWatch have revealed that in the last two years alone, local councils have carried out over 8,500 separate covert surveillance operations under this legislation, which is equal to over 11 new surveillance operations every day; further notes that the previous Labour Government encouraged this through deliberate policy, and thereby created a culture of surveillance, where an individual's right to privacy was significantly eroded; and therefore welcomes the new Government as it stands firm in restoring Britain's ancient freedoms and civil liberties.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Hugh Richards
That this House notes with deep regret the recent death of Hugh Richards, the Welsh environmental architect and campaigner for safe sustainable energy systems and against nuclear power; believes that perhaps his greatest campaign victory was to persuade the Welsh Assembly Government environment minister in August 2009 to support the Welsh Anti-nuclear Alliance's call for a public inquiry into proposed nuclear new build in Wales, on the basis that the case for new plants had not been legally justified; recognises his very important contribution to public knowledge on the nuclear waste repository footprint, spent fuel management and so-called high burn-up nuclear fuel for new reactor designs, drawing attention to the fact that such irradiated nuclear fuel is typically hotter and longer-lived than existing used nuclear fuel, by which research he painstakingly demonstrated that the nuclear industry's plans for long-term management of new build wastes are quite literally unsustainable; further notes his chilling assessment that the use of such nuclear fuel would make the plants more vulnerable to terrorists' attacks, because of the need for extended storage at reactor sites for up to 160 years, and that30 years after start-up of one of the reactor designs, the AP-1000, currently being proposed, the radioactive inventory will be approximately 22 times that released by the Chernobyl accident in 1986; and calls on the Government to heed carefully Hugh Richards' splendid and meticulous analytical legacy of the dangers of new nuclear energy development.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Equitable Life Compensation (No. 2)
That this House recalls the recommendations for fair compensation payments to Equitable Life policyholders as proposed by the Parliamentary Ombudsman and later promised by the Coalition Government for the recognised regulatory maladministration of its funds; and believes the contrary recent advice given by Sir John Chadwick on this matter to be an unsafe and unsound basis on which to proceed towards any honest settlement of these policyholders' losses.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Legal Aid
That this House supports an effective legal aid system, meeting the needs of the most vulnerable in society; recognises the need for provision of services by a wide range of legal providers across the entire country, rural and urban; considers that the tendering process to deliver social welfare and family services undertaken by the Legal Services Commission this year does not meet that objective as it reduces choice in a particularly challenging area in providing access to justice; and calls on the Government to reconsider this tendering process before it damages the family service legal provision irrevocably.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Loan Sharks
That this House believes that the Government should end legal loan sharking by capping the cost of credit for the whole sector, not just for credit and store cards and provide alternative affordable sources of credit through the Post Office network, local credit unions, community development financial institutions, co-operatives and mutuals; acknowledges that the UK's poorest borrowers pay the highest price for credit in Europe; further acknowledges that up to 16,000 of excess profit is made every hour from the sector and that thisisextracting wealth from the poorest communities; and is concerned that the Office of Fair Trading's recommendations, including industry codes of practice and financial education, won't work effectively to reduce prices for consumers.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Employment Terms For Hon. Members' Staff Under The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
That this House notes with grave concern the reduced employment terms and conditions for staff of hon. Members under the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) expenses scheme; recognises the real terms reduction in hon. Members' staffing budgets and urges IPSA to raise the staffing limit for hon. Membersin the forthcoming review; further notes that redundancy rights have been reduced to a statutory basis, removing discretion to reward loyalty; further notes that hon. Members are also prevented from rewarding good performance through bonus payments to staff; urges IPSA to work towards the creation of a human resources department; further urges IPSA to reconsider the decision no longer to deduct trade union subscriptions at payroll; calls on IPSA to amend the expenses scheme so that payments related to maternity leave and cover can be made from a separate budget and not treated as contingencies; further recognises that in practice many Parliamentary internships qualify for the national minimum wage and further urges IPSA to create an interns fund to pay them fairly; further recognises that public anger at the previous expenses scheme was not due to staff costs and therefore opposes any arbitrary publication of staff salary details; and further urges IPSA to work alongside the Unite Parliamentary Staff Branch and other staff associations to resolve these issues.
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Shortage Of Physics Teachers
That this House expresses its concern at the lack of specialist physics teachers and the consequent drastic drop in the number of entrants to physics A-level; recognises the threat this poses to UK physics and engineering and therefore to the UK economy; and calls for greater incentives to attract physics graduates into teaching in order to create access to high-quality physics teaching for every child.
Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Animal Experiments
That this House supports the pledge published in the programme for Government to work to reduce the use of animals in scientific reasearch; and calls on the Government to develop a strategy which identifies and implements targets for sustained reductions in the number of animals used annually in experiments in the UK in order to fulfil this pledge.
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Export Credits Guarantee Department
That this House believes that the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) should take account of factors beyond the purely financial when deciding on the merits of export credits; is concerned that some cases are now exempt from environmental, human rights and social impact assessment and that, in practice, the absolute ban on child and forced labour has been removed; expresses regret that many developing countries are still paying off large debts for projects that were of no benefit to recipients or which fostered corruption; recognises that the ECGD could stimulate the positive export of green and pro-poor technologies and services; and urges the Government to conduct a thorough review of the ECGD, audit all outstanding ECGD debts, support the adoption and enforcement of stronger impact standards and to prevent the ECGD supporting projects that do not add value to recipient countries or contribute to poverty reduction or social and human development.
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Apprenticeships And Skills Training
That this House believes that the Government is uniquely placed to use the leverage of its procurement programme to promote skills training and apprenticeship opportunities; further believes that a legal requirement should be placed upon contractors who secure public contracts to employ apprentices; and considers that the public procurement process provides a major opportunity for investment in skills training and future employment.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Sex And Relationship Education
That this House notes that, despite attempts by successive governments, the number of teenage pregnancies across the UK remains dramatically higher than in any other country in Europe; further notes that the number of sexually transmitted infections amongst young people continues to grow; believes that high quality sex and relationship education is vital in empowering young people to make responsible choices; and calls on the Government to make provision for such sex and relationship education for all children in all schools.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Wild Animals In Circuses
That this House notes that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs public consultation on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses shows that 94.5 per cent. of respondents support a ban as the best option to protect the welfare of circus animals; further notes that the new Government has been unclear on whether it will take action; believes that treating wild animals as circus tricks has no place in civilised society; underlines that violence against animals continues to occur routinely in circuses as revealed in an investigation into the Great British Circus in 2009; recognises that the only thing stopping this ban from coming into place is a decision by Ministers; and urges the Government to use its powers under section 12 of the Animal Welfare Act to make a regulation banning the use of all wild animals in circuses.
Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Free Prescriptions For People With Long-Term Conditions
That this House welcomes the publication of Professor Sir Ian Gilmore's review of prescription charges; supports Professor Gilmore's recommendation that free prescriptions should be introduced for people with long-term conditions, as defined by the review; believes that free prescriptions for people with long-term conditions would improve concordance with medication and prevent the symptoms and/or the condition worsening, thus reducing the impact of living with a long-term condition for the individual and making significant savings for the NHS in treating long-term conditions, as outlined in Professor Gilmore's report; and urges the Secretary of State for Health to outline as soon as possible how he intends to act on the recommendations of Professor Gilmore's report and to set out a clear timeline to reform the arbitrary and unjust prescription charges system for people with long-term conditions.
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Safety Of Medicines
That this House believes that the safety of medicines should be established by the most reliable methods available in order to reduce the large and increasing toll of serious adverse drug reactions; and calls on the Government to initiate a comparison of currently required animal tests with a set of human biology-based tests, as proposed in the Safety of Medicines (Evaluation) Bill 2009, to see which is the most effective means to predict the safety of medicines for patients.
Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Sir Keith Park Memorial Campaign
That this House recognises the leadership shown by Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park in leading to victory those who fought in the air during the Battle of Britain; congratulates the Sir Keith Park Memorial Campaign on its success in erecting a permanent bronze statue of Sir Keith in Waterloo Place on 15 September 2010, the 70th anniversary year of the Battle of Britain; believes that public acknowledgement of Park's leadership in the defence of Great Britain is long overdue; and furtherrecognises that this statue will provide a fitting reminder of the selfless action shown not just by British pilots who flew alongside the Royal Air Force under Park's command but also those from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Poland, Rhodesia, South Africa and the United States.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Millennium Development Goals
That this House recognises the important contribution and commitment the UK has made to the progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); welcomes the Government's commitment to spend 0.7 per cent. of gross national income on overseas aid and to enshrine this commitment in law; further recognises that development benefits often remain out of reach of those who are poorest, most marginalised and affected by conflict; acknowledges that many of the MDGs are off track, especially those relating to maternal, infant and child health; further acknowledges the importance of the G8, G20 and MDG Review in mobilising the international community to achieve the MDGs; and trusts that the Government will show strong international leadership in encouraging others in the international community to work towards an MDGs' rescue plan with clear political and financial commitments, and with every G8 country providing solid national commitments and timetables.
Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Sustainable Livestock Farming And Food Production
That this House notes that global livestock and animal feed production is currently the most significant worldwide cause of biodiversity loss, with the large-scale conversion of forests and other valuable habitats to produce animal feeds a cause of particular concern; further notes that the sector contributes 18 per cent. of global greenhouse gas emissions and also has impacts on small farms and communities in developing countries who are often forced off their land; congratulates the pioneering farmers in the UK who produce livestock and dairy products using sustainably-produced home-grown feed crops and wildlife-rich pasture, which reduces these damaging impacts and has employment, landscape and biodiversity benefits for the UK, but recognises that many British farmers find current policies and market structures a barrier; and so welcomes the Sustainable Livestock Bill which calls on the Government to produce a strategy that assesses the impacts the livestock sector has on the environment, sets out the policy changes needed to reduce them, ensures problems are not simply moved overseas, and supports a sustainable and thriving UK farming industry.
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Care For The Elderly
That this House celebrates the increasing diversity and vitality of Britain's over 65s; notes that more has to be done to acknowledge and protect the care needs of older people as demographic changes increase the proportion of the population who are elderly; recognises the need to protect and increase social care funding while consulting on long-term care; and believes that the views of older people themselves should be considered when identifying spending priorities.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Housing Benefit And Poor Households
That this House is concerned that almost one million of the poorest people in Britian, among them 170,000 pensioners, will lose an average of 12 a week next year, a drop of up to 17 per cent. of their disposable income, as a result of cuts in housing benefit; notes that the greatest impact will be felt by the unemployed, who will have to find an extra 11 a week to pay their rent; further notes that more than 40,000 households will lose more than 1,000 a year; endorses the comment of Helen Williams, Assistant Director at the National Housing Federation, that `there is a very real risk that these cuts will push hundreds of thousands of people into poverty, debt and even on to the streets if they end up being evicted'; and calls on the Government not to proceed with policies which will force those on low incomes to leave their homes and existing communities.
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Department For Work And Pensions Staff Cuts
That this House congratulates staff in the Department for Work and Pensions on their success in getting people back into work in this difficult economic period; notes the significant savings that Jobcentre Plus and other Department for Work and Pensions staff have enabled by finding people work and minimising the welfare budget; is concerned that the position of 13,500 staff on fixed-term appointments whose contracts are coming to an end has not been clarified; further notes that this number includes 2,500 fixed-term appointees in the Department undertaking crucial work responding to the economic downturn, who could be made redundant in November 2010; is alarmed that, with job losses set to rise and a freeze on recruitment, the redundancies of these staff would lead to an untenable workload for other staff in the Department; and calls on the Government to extend or make permanent the contracts of such workers and enter into urgent negotiations with the recognised trade unions on this matter.
Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Civil Service Compensation Scheme
That this House recognises the crucial work undertaken by civil and public servants every day across all government departments; notes that without their dedication and hard work the Government would not be able to function; congratulates the Public and Commercial Services Union on its latest legal victory in its dispute to defend the Civil Service Compensation Scheme which would have seen tens of thousands of its members worse off; and encourages the new Government to enter urgent negotiations with the union to seek a negotiated settlement.
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Moving On Campaign On Stroke Physiotherapy
That this House welcomes The Stroke Association and The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy's Moving On report which highlights the vital importance of ongoing physiotherapy to stroke survivors once they leave hospital; notes that many people who survive a stroke are left with a range of physical impairments, including paralysis, problems with movement, spasticity and pain; recognises that effective community-based physiotherapy services can help manage or overcome such effects, help survivors be more independent and less reliant on carers and the NHS and can help make long-term efficiency savings in stroke care; is concerned that a recent survey by The Stroke Association found that two per cent. of stroke survivors who felt they needed community-based physiotherapy did not receive any on the NHS and that 25 per cent.who did had to wait longer than one month for their first session; welcomes the Moving On report's new vision for a community-based physiotherapy service which provides NHS-funded care for all those who need it, ends fragmented transitions of care, meets personal need and recognises and values the vital role of carers; and calls on the Government and health and social care providers to work together to improve community-based stroke physiotherapy services for all who need them.
Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Financial Transaction Levy
That this House supports the Robin Hood tax campaign which calls for the introduction of a financial transactions tax; notes that by taking an average of 0.05 per cent. from speculative banking transactions, hundreds of billions of pounds could be raised every year to tackle poverty and climate change, at home and abroad; believes that banks, which had a large role in causing the economic crisis, should do more than just pay back the bailouts or insure against future crises; further believes that a Robin Hood tax would be an effective and popular response, with a recent poll finding that 80 per cent. of respondents supported the introduction of a Robin Hood tax; commends the work of all those organisations backing this campaign who have mobilised their supporters to increase the pressure for such change; further believes that this tax is an idea that has come of age; and urges the Government to do all possible to ensure that the Robin Hood tax becomes a reality.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000
Hm Revenue And Customs
That this House calls on the Government urgently to halt its programme of job cuts and office closures in Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC); is concerned that the Department is already failing to deliver an adequate service, having to write off over 11 billion worth of debt and over 40 million calls going unanswered in one year; believes that an adequate local HMRC presence is the best way to tackle the growing tax debt and problems in public service delivery; notes that HMRC officials have warned that any cuts resulting from the Comprehensive Spending Review 2010 will result in lower tax collection; further notes that the gap between taxes liable and the amount of revenue collected each year is not properly recorded; is alarmed that estimates of the tax gap vary between 25 billion and 123 billion; and calls on the Government to properly resource and staff HMRC to ensure that reducing the tax gap is prioritised over cuts to public spending as a means for reducing the national debt.
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000
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