23rd March 2015
Nick Harvey signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 24th March 2015
INVITATION TO FRANCES CROOK TO VISIT HM PRISON OAKWOOD
Tabled by:
Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat - Cambridge)
That this House notes that G4S issued an invitation to Frances Crook, the Chief Executive of the Howard League, to visit HM Prison Oakwood; further notes that the Director of Custodial Services at the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), Ian Blakeman, decided that the visit would not be appropriate at …
19 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 5
Conservative: 1
Green Party: 1
20th March 2015
Nick Harvey signed this EDM on Tuesday 24th March 2015
ALAN TURING SQUARE
Tabled by:
John Leech (Liberal Democrat - Manchester, Withington)
That this House welcomes the campaign to rename Leningrad Square in Wythenshawe after Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) computer and Enigma code breaker, Alan Turing; notes that Manchester is currently twinned with St Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, the birthplace of Russia's appalling anti-gay laws which ban homosexual propaganda; further …
17 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 5
Independent: 1
Green Party: 1
19th March 2015
Nick Harvey signed this EDM on Tuesday 24th March 2015
DISPOSAL OF WET WIPES AND OTHER MATERIALS
Tabled by:
Joan Ruddock (Labour - Lewisham, Deptford)
That this House is appalled to learn that the number of wet wipes found as part of the Marine Conservation Society's Beach Clean increased by 50 per cent in a year; understands that wet wipes do not break down like toilet tissue due to their tougher, sometimes plastic, fibres; further …
36 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 9
Independent: 2
Green Party: 1
Conservative: 1
The Independent Group for Change: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
18th March 2015
Nick Harvey signed this EDM on Tuesday 24th March 2015
HORMONE PREGNANCY TEST DRUGS (NO. 2)
Tabled by:
Graeme Morrice (Labour - Livingston)
That this House notes that children were born with serious deformities due to hormone pregnancy test drugs taken by expectant mothers between 1953 and 1975; further notes with concern that many of those affected cannot retrieve their medical records from this period; further notes evidence from 1964 which shows that …
25 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 7
Independent: 1
Green Party: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
18th March 2015
Nick Harvey signed this EDM on Tuesday 24th March 2015
MEASURING THE COST OF LIVING
Tabled by:
Frank Doran (Labour - Aberdeen North)
That this House believes that the Retail Price Index (RPI) remains the most accurate measure of the rise in the cost of living faced by UK workers; notes that over many decades the majority of pay bargaining in the UK has traditionally taken the RPI as its main reference point …
47 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 20
Independent: 2
The Independent Group for Change: 1
Green Party: 1
18th March 2015
Nick Harvey signed this EDM on Tuesday 24th March 2015
FORGOTTEN 14s
Tabled by:
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (Democratic Unionist Party - None)
That this House recognises that those people working in Northern Ireland at ages 14 and 15 between 1947 and 1957 continue to be the subject of a discrepancy in that they have worked longer in comparison to their Great Britain counterparts when the working age changed to 15 in 1947; …
21 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 6
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Conservative: 1
Green Party: 1
17th March 2015
Nick Harvey signed this EDM on Tuesday 24th March 2015
INDIA'S DAUGHTER AND ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Tabled by:
Jeremy Corbyn (Independent - Islington North)
That this House notes the very powerful effect of Leslee Udwin's documentary, India's Daughter, inspired by the Indian peoples' response to the gang rape of a 23 year old medical student, Jyoti Singh, as demonstrated by the resulting month-long protests of men and women from all walks of life; further …
60 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 17
Independent: 4
Conservative: 3
The Independent Group for Change: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
Plaid Cymru: 1
Green Party: 1
17th March 2015
Nick Harvey signed this EDM on Tuesday 24th March 2015
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION FUTURE FUNDING CAMPAIGN
Tabled by:
Clive Betts (Labour - Sheffield South East)
That this House welcomes the Local Government Association's Future Funding campaign and supports its aim of securing sustainable long-term funding for local authorities; acknowledges that councils have made £20 billion worth of savings since 2010, and applauds their resilience and ability to innovate; recognises that millions of people rely on …
30 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 11
Conservative: 2
Independent: 1
16th March 2015
6 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 1
5th March 2015
Nick Harvey signed this EDM as a sponsor on Thursday 5th March 2015
PARTIAL UPRATING FOR FROZEN PENSIONS
Tabled by:
Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat - North Devon)
That this House notes with concern the situation faced by 550,000 British pensioners living overseas, primarily in Commonwealth countries, who are currently deprived of annual state pension uprating adjustments by the Government's frozen pension policy; believes that there is a positive incremental solution of partial uprating, involving introducing annual uprating …
52 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 11
Conservative: 8
Independent: 3
Green Party: 1
The Independent Group for Change: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Plaid Cymru: 1
Scottish National Party: 1