30th July 2024
Mike Martin signed this EDM on Tuesday 3rd 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
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
17th July 2024
Mike Martin signed this EDM on Monday 29th 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
24th July 2024
Mike Martin signed this EDM on Monday 29th July 2024
Southern Water, Havant Thicket Reservoir
Tabled by:
Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat - Chichester)
That this House notes with concern that Southern Water proposes to introduce recycled waste water into the spring-fed drinking water supply at the Havant Thicket Reservoir; further notes that this method of reverse osmosis will be the first of its kind in the United Kingdom and is a system used …
17 signatures
(Most recent: 3 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 15
Independent: 1
Green Party: 1
23rd July 2024
Mike Martin signed this EDM on Wednesday 24th July 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
17th July 2024
Mike Martin signed this EDM on Thursday 18th 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
Mike Martin signed this EDM on Wednesday 17th 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
Mike Martin signed this EDM on Wednesday 17th 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