2nd September 2024
83 signatures
(Most recent: 12 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 72
Green Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Independent: 2
Alliance: 1
26th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 2nd September 2024
NHS staff car parking charges
Tabled by:
Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
That this House supports free car parking for all NHS staff; notes that driving to work is the only viable option for some NHS staff; further notes that some NHS Trusts have introduced complicated invoicing systems through which staff are billed for parking, which has contributed to low morale in …
19 signatures
(Most recent: 5 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 6
Independent: 6
Green Party: 4
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
Scottish National Party: 1
24th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 2nd September 2024
All England Lawn Tennis Club proposal to develop Wimbledon Park
Tabled by:
Paul Kohler (Liberal Democrat - Wimbledon)
That this House congratulates the All England Lawn Tennis Club on this year's successful Championships; acknowledges the Club's status as the host of the world’s premier tennis tournament; recognises their plans to build a 10 storey stadium, nine further outbuildings, 38 tennis courts and over 9km of roads on Capability …
17 signatures
(Most recent: 9 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 11
Labour: 3
Green Party: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
30th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 2nd September 2024
Voter identification
Tabled by:
Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat - Bicester and Woodstock)
That this House believes democracy is best served when eligible voters are encouraged to participate in elections; does not believe there was evidence of widespread voter fraud prior to 2022; notes with concern evidence that the requirement to provide voter identification in order to vote in the 2024 local and …
34 signatures
(Most recent: 12 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 21
Green Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Scottish National Party: 3
Independent: 2
29th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 2nd September 2024
Alcohol harm
Tabled by:
Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
That this House supports the call from the Alcohol Health Alliance and leading public health professionals, made on 17 July 2024, for urgent action to tackle the escalating crisis of alcohol harm; realises that such action will help achieve ambitions to reduce NHS waiting times, crime and inequalities, and to …
17 signatures
(Most recent: 9 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 8
Independent: 4
Green Party: 4
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
29th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 2nd September 2024
Treatment of female activists in Iran
Tabled by:
John McDonnell (Independent - Hayes and Harlington)
That this House is alarmed by the breaches of International Humanitarian Law by the Iranian government; notes that the Islamic Republic’s violent repression of women and the activists defending their rights has intensified across the country since the death of President Ebrahim Raisi on 19 May 2024; highlights that women …
15 signatures
(Most recent: 12 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Green Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Independent: 2
Labour: 2
Scottish National Party: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
29th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 2nd September 2024
Inclusion of district councils in devolution negotiations
Tabled by:
Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat - Cheltenham)
That this House recognises the crucial role played by district councils in delivering services to communities across the country; welcomes the Government’s commitment to further devolution talks; notes with concern initial comments from ministers that negotiations would take place with county councils only; but further welcomes subsequent suggestions that district …
20 signatures
(Most recent: 9 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 14
Green Party: 4
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Independent: 1
24th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 2nd September 2024
Zero carbon homes
Tabled by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
That this House believes that all new homes should be built to a zero carbon standard; urges the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to grant local councils and National Park authorities the powers to enforce the Future Home Standard for all new homes; calls for all …
22 signatures
(Most recent: 5 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 17
Green Party: 4
Independent: 1
24th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 2nd September 2024
Contribution of lidos
Tabled by:
Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat - Cheltenham)
That this House celebrates the contribution to our country’s health, wellbeing and heritage made by lidos; notes with concern the significant financial challenges being faced by the sector, principally due to energy costs but also as a result of ongoing maintenance to heritage assets and required capital investment; notes that …
16 signatures
(Most recent: 9 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 13
Labour: 2
Green Party: 1
23rd July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 2nd September 2024
UK arms exports to Israel
Tabled by:
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
That this House notes with deep concern possible breaches of International Humanitarian Law by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; expresses its concern that UK arms supplied to Israel may have been used to commit breaches of International Humanitarian Law; resolves to improve parliamentary scrutiny of the UK’s control of …
54 signatures
(Most recent: 12 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 44
Green Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Independent: 1
22nd July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 2nd September 2024
Radiotherapy
Tabled by:
Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
That this House recognises the value of radiotherapy as a key and lifesaving cancer treatment, necessary for around half of all cancer cures and as a highly effective, non-invasive treatment for patients; celebrates the invaluable contribution of the approximately 6,400-strong radiotherapy workforce who treat over 100,000 cancer patients in the …
46 signatures
(Most recent: 12 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 18
Liberal Democrat: 10
Independent: 5
Green Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Conservative: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Scottish National Party: 1
22nd July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 2nd September 2024
Treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan
Tabled by:
Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber)
That this House recalls that in August 2021 the Taliban took over Afghanistan and reversed over 20 years of progress on human rights in the country; is concerned particularly about the situation of women and girls who are subjected to a litany of atrocities which amount to gender apartheid, namely, …
13 signatures
(Most recent: 5 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Green Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Scottish National Party: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
22nd July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 2nd September 2024
10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide
Tabled by:
Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber)
That this House recalls that on 3 August 2014, Da'esh attacked Sinjar, unleashing atrocities against the Yazidis, an ethno-religious minority group in Iraq, amounting to the legal definition of genocide; notes that the House of Commons voted 278 to 0 in favour of declaring the crimes of Da'esh as genocide …
14 signatures
(Most recent: 5 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Green Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Scottish National Party: 3
Liberal Democrat: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
24th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM as a sponsor on Friday 26th July 2024
Tax on private jets
Tabled by:
Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour - Poole)
That this House is concerned that private jets release 10 times more carbon per passenger than commercial flights, pay no VAT or fuel duty and most passengers pay the same low rate of air passenger duty as ordinary commercial flyers; recognises that the UK has more private flights and more …
24 signatures
(Most recent: 12 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 8
Independent: 5
Green Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Liberal Democrat: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
25th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM as a sponsor on Thursday 25th July 2024
Recognition of the state of Palestine
Tabled by:
Shockat Adam (Independent - Leicester South)
That this House notes the UN General Assembly resolution of 9 May 2024 which recommended that the Security Council reconsider the matter of the recognition of the state of Palestine following the use of their veto by the United States on 18 April 2024; recognises the international community’s growing consensus, …
20 signatures
(Most recent: 12 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Independent: 7
Green Party: 4
Scottish National Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Liberal Democrat: 1
17th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 22nd July 2024
Third runway at Heathrow
Tabled by:
Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)
That this House recognises Heathrow's renewed focus on the third runway project; condemns the expansion due to its widely-recognised impact on local communities; highlights the existing impact of flying at Heathrow on south west and west London; further highlights that support for the expansion of the third runway contradicts stated …
10 signatures
(Most recent: 30 Jul 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 5
Green Party: 3
Independent: 2
22nd July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 22nd July 2024
Student protests in Bangladesh
Tabled by:
Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse)
That this House is alarmed about the human rights situation Bangladesh; is particularly appalled that a large number of students have been killed or brutally injured whilst protesting against the Government’s quota system; notes Bangladesh Supreme Court’s latest ruling on the quota system but remains concerned for the safety of …
30 signatures
(Most recent: 2 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 12
Independent: 9
Plaid Cymru: 4
Green Party: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
17th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 22nd July 2024
Consumer water bills
Tabled by:
Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)
That this House regrets the large increases that have been proposed to consumer water bills; notes that water companies continue to dump sewage into local waterways; believes, as a point of principle, that it is unfair for water companies to make consumers bear the brunt of the costs for improvements …
43 signatures
(Most recent: 2 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 30
Plaid Cymru: 4
Independent: 4
Green Party: 4
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
17th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 22nd July 2024
Thames Water price rises
Tabled by:
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
That this House expresses anger at Thames Water’s customers’ water bills increasing by an average 23% over the next five years; welcomes Ofwat’s decision to not allow Thames Water’s proposed price hike of £191 to go ahead wholescale; calls on Ofwat to go further and use its existing powers to …
19 signatures
(Most recent: 2 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 13
Green Party: 3
Independent: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
17th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 22nd July 2024
Peace in Israel and Gaza
Tabled by:
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
That this House expresses its devastation at the complete humanitarian disaster in Gaza with tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians killed, millions displaced and thousands of homes destroyed; urges Hamas to unconditionally and immediately release the hostages taken following the deplorable attacks on 7 October 2023; notes the unacceptable illegal …
71 signatures
(Most recent: 2 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 62
Independent: 4
Green Party: 3
Alliance: 1
Scottish National Party: 1
17th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 22nd July 2024
Cumbria coal mine court appeal
Tabled by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
That this House welcomes the Government’s decision to withdraw support for plans for a new coal mine at Whitehaven in Cumbria; recognises that commissioning the coal mine contradicts the UK’s commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions; calls for urgent investment to be made in Cumbria for alternative sources of high …
44 signatures
(Most recent: 2 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 37
Green Party: 4
Independent: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Labour: 1
17th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 22nd July 2024
State pension age and 1950s-born women
Tabled by:
Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
That this House notes with concern the losses borne by 1950s women as a result of maladministration by the Department for Work and Pensions; welcomes the findings of the independent inquiry of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman; further notes that on average over 100 1950s born women die daily, …
90 signatures
(Most recent: 5 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 65
Labour: 8
Plaid Cymru: 4
Independent: 4
Green Party: 4
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2
Scottish National Party: 2
Alliance: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Conservative: 1
17th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 22nd July 2024
Child poverty and the two-child benefit cap
Tabled by:
Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
That this House believes no child should grow up without adequate food, a warm home or security for their future; notes the Department for Work and Pensions' April 2024 statistics which state that 1.6 million children are affected by the two-child benefit cap; further notes that parents subject to the …
78 signatures
(Most recent: 2 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 60
Independent: 5
Plaid Cymru: 4
Green Party: 4
Labour: 3
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2
Alliance: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
17th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 22nd July 2024
Avoidable deaths
Tabled by:
Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
That this House is alarmed by Office for National Statistics data on avoidable mortality released on 18 June 2024 showing that the Avoidable Age-Standardised Mortality Rate (ASMR) for alcohol-related and drug-related deaths has continued to increase in England and Wales; notes that the ASMR for such deaths in England was …
18 signatures
(Most recent: 2 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 9
Plaid Cymru: 4
Green Party: 3
Independent: 2
17th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 22nd July 2024
Dental provision in the South West of England
Tabled by:
Anna Sabine (Liberal Democrat - Frome and East Somerset)
That this House notes with concern the lack of NHS dentist provision in South West England; is shocked to learn that parents are often being told to take their children to private dentists in order to get a basic check-up; is concerned that over 100,000 children aged between 6 and …
21 signatures
(Most recent: 30 Jul 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 17
Green Party: 2
Independent: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
18th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 22nd July 2024
Gaza
Tabled by:
Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)
That this House notes the appalling situation in Gaza, where Palestinian civilians are facing death by starvation; supports an immediate bilateral ceasefire, including the release of hostages held by armed groups in Gaza, and the release of Palestinian detainees held without charge in Israel; calls on the Government to demand …
29 signatures
(Most recent: 10 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 11
Independent: 4
Green Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Scottish National Party: 3
Liberal Democrat: 2
Alliance: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
18th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 22nd July 2024
Jagtar Singh Johal
Tabled by:
Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr)
That this House calls upon the Government to seek the immediate release of Jagtar Singh Johal, a British man who has been wrongfully detained in India since 2017 and faces a possible death sentence; notes that, in May 2022, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that, under international …
15 signatures
(Most recent: 30 Jul 2024)
Signatures by party:
Green Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Independent: 3
Scottish National Party: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
18th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Monday 22nd July 2024
United Nations Relief and Works Agency
Tabled by:
Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)
That this House calls on the Government to restore immediately full UK funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), but also to increase funding to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza; notes Israeli attempts to evict UNRWA from Jerusalem; and further calls on the Government to mount …
27 signatures
(Most recent: 12 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 9
Independent: 6
Plaid Cymru: 4
Scottish National Party: 3
Green Party: 3
Liberal Democrat: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Alliance: 1
18th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 22nd July 2024
Flooding in Bangladesh
Tabled by:
Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse)
That this House is alarmed that flooding in Bangladesh has taken lives, swept away homes and shut schools, displaced tens of thousands of people, and that the forecast for more heavy rain is expected to worsen the situation; notes that climate change is one of the greatest threat humans face …
16 signatures
(Most recent: 30 Jul 2024)
Signatures by party:
Independent: 4
Green Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Labour: 2
Liberal Democrat: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
19th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 22nd July 2024
Ending Outsourcing in Government departments and agencies
Tabled by:
John McDonnell (Independent - Hayes and Harlington)
That this House condemns the impact of outsourcing on the pay, terms and conditions of workers in government agencies and departments; notes with regret that outsourcing has created a two-tier workforce owing to inequalities created between those centrally-employed and those working for private contractors; further notes that many outsourced facilities …
13 signatures
(Most recent: 2 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 6
Independent: 4
Green Party: 3
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
17th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Thursday 18th July 2024
International Criminal Court, Gaza and the Rule of Law
Tabled by:
Richard Burgon (Independent - Leeds East)
That this House rejects attempts by the previous Government to undermine the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) right to seek an arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes, following the decision by the ICC Chief Prosecutor to issue applications for arrest warrants for a number of Israeli and …
42 signatures
(Most recent: 2 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 18
Independent: 11
Plaid Cymru: 4
Green Party: 4
Scottish National Party: 3
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2
Alliance: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
17th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM on Wednesday 17th July 2024
Ending the two-child benefit cap
Tabled by:
Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
That this House recognises the new data published by the Department for Work and Pensions on the two-child limit to benefit payments which shows that there are now 1.6 million children living in families impacted by this policy, or one in every nine children; further recognises that of those families …
38 signatures
(Most recent: 22 Jul 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 15
Independent: 11
Green Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2
Alliance: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Scottish National Party: 1
17th July 2024
Carla Denyer signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 17th July 2024
Public ownership of water
Tabled by:
Ellie Chowns (Green Party - North Herefordshire)
That this House condemns the mismanagement and underinvestment which led to untreated sewage being discharged into English waterways for more than 3.6 million hours in 2023; notes that water companies in England have incurred debts of more than £64 billion and paid out £78 billion in dividends since they were …
17 signatures
(Most recent: 24 Jul 2024)
Signatures by party:
Independent: 6
Plaid Cymru: 5
Green Party: 4
Labour: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1