Phosphate Pollution From Detergents

EDM number 36 in 1990-91, proposed by Robin Squire on 07/11/1990.

That this House expresses its concern that, in addition to Rutland Water, some 501 rivers, lakes and waterways in England and Wales alone, with more in Scotland and Northern Ireland, have suffered algal blooms at levels which may be toxic, as a result of eutrophication caused by phosphates, some 30 per cent of which is attributable to phosphates in detergents; voices its further concern about the environmental problems of certain commonly-used household detergent compositions, particularly from the use of phosphates and phosphate substitutes, the inadequate biodegradability of other chemicals in detergents and the failure of most manufacturers to provide consumers with full information on the contents and environmental impact of household cleaners; notes that the Government's Environment White Paper did not accept the arguments of the Control of Detergents Pollution Bill, introduced in the last session, to control the use of phosphates, increase the level of biodegradability and introduce comprehensive labelling; further notes that numerous EC countries have imposed restrictions on phosphates in detergents; and urges all honourable Members to encourage the Government to act for consumer and environmental protection.

This motion has been signed by a total of 199 MPs, 6 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Robin Squire	07/11/1990	Hornchurch		Proposed
Simon Hughes	07/11/1990	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	07/11/1990	Gordon		Signed
David Clelland	07/11/1990	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Harry Cohen	07/11/1990	Leyton		Signed
Matthew Taylor	08/11/1990	Truro		Signed
Harry Barnes	08/11/1990	North East Derbyshire		Signed
John Evans	08/11/1990	St Helens North		Signed
Peter Hardy	08/11/1990	Wentworth		Signed
Jim Wallace	12/11/1990	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Ronnie Fearn	12/11/1990	Southport		Signed
Terry Davis	12/11/1990	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
David Knox	12/11/1990	Staffordshire Moorlands		Signed
James Wray	13/11/1990	Glasgow Provan		Signed
John Cummings	13/11/1990	Easington		Signed
Simon Coombs	13/11/1990	Swindon		Signed
Keith Bradley	13/11/1990	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Alan Meale	13/11/1990	Mansfield		Signed
Martyn Jones	13/11/1990	Clwyd South West		Signed
John Hunt	13/11/1990	Ravensbourne		Signed
Andrew Rowe	13/11/1990	Kent Mid		Signed
Anthony Meyer	13/11/1990	Clwyd North West		Signed
Win Griffiths	14/11/1990	Bridgend		Signed
Peter Griffiths	14/11/1990	Portsmouth North		Signed
Tommy Graham	14/11/1990	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Frank Field	14/11/1990	Birkenhead		Signed
Andrew Faulds	14/11/1990	Warley East		Signed
Alexander Eadie	14/11/1990	Midlothian		Signed
Ron Davies	14/11/1990	Caerphilly		Signed
David Atkinson	14/11/1990	Bournemouth East		Signed
Kevin Barron	14/11/1990	Rother Valley		Signed
Vivian Bendall	14/11/1990	Ilford North		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	14/11/1990	Durham, City of		Signed
Jack Thompson	14/11/1990	Wansbeck		Signed
Gerard Vaughan	14/11/1990	Reading East		Signed
Michael Welsh	14/11/1990	Doncaster North		Signed
John Wilkinson	14/11/1990	Ruislip - Northwood		Signed
Mark Wolfson	14/11/1990	Sevenoaks		Signed
Tom Cox	14/11/1990	Tooting		Signed
Robin Corbett	14/11/1990	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Max Madden	14/11/1990	Bradford West		Signed
Clare Short	14/11/1990	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
David Hinchliffe	14/11/1990	Wakefield		Signed
Kate Hoey	14/11/1990	Vauxhall		Signed
John Home Robertson	14/11/1990	East Lothian		Signed
Kim Howells	14/11/1990	Pontypridd		Signed
Roy Hughes	14/11/1990	Newport East		Signed
Greville Janner	14/11/1990	Leicester West		Signed
Toby Jessel	14/11/1990	Twickenham		Signed
James Callaghan	14/11/1990	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
Richard Caborn	14/11/1990	Sheffield Central		Signed
Richard Page	14/11/1990	South West Hertfordshire		Signed
Malcolm Moss	14/11/1990	North East Cambridgeshire		Signed
John Marek	14/11/1990	Wrexham		Signed
Calum MacDonald	14/11/1990	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Ron Leighton	14/11/1990	Newham North East		Signed
Llin Golding	15/11/1990	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
John Battle	15/11/1990	Leeds West		Signed
Henry Bellingham	15/11/1990	North West Norfolk		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	15/11/1990	St Helens South		Signed
David Steel	15/11/1990	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		Signed
Peter Temple-Morris	15/11/1990	Leominster		Signed
Robert Wareing	15/11/1990	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Bowen Wells	15/11/1990	Hertford & Stortford		Signed
Brian Wilson	15/11/1990	Cunninghame North		Signed
Tony Worthington	15/11/1990	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
John Gilbert	15/11/1990	Dudley East		Signed
Maria Fyfe	15/11/1990	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Frank Doran	15/11/1990	Aberdeen South		Signed
Raymond Powell	15/11/1990	Ogmore		Signed
Joyce Quin	15/11/1990	Gateshead East		Signed
Alex Salmond	15/11/1990	Banff & Buchan		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	15/11/1990	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
James Kilfedder	15/11/1990	North Down		Signed
Paul Murphy	15/11/1990	Torfaen		Signed
Bill O'Brien	15/11/1990	Normanton		Signed
Edward O'Hara	15/11/1990	Knowsley South		Signed
Alex Carlile	15/11/1990	Montgomery		Signed
James Cran	15/11/1990	Beverley		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	16/11/1990	Carmarthen		Signed
Richard Tracey	16/11/1990	Surbiton		Signed
Michael Shersby	16/11/1990	Uxbridge		Signed
Richard Shepherd	16/11/1990	Aldridge-Brownhills		Signed
Douglas French	19/11/1990	Gloucester		Signed
Michael Alison	19/11/1990	Selby		Signed
Joe Ashton	19/11/1990	Bassetlaw		Signed
John Blackburn	19/11/1990	Dudley West		Signed
Richard Body	19/11/1990	Holland with Boston		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	19/11/1990	Caernarfon		Signed
William McCrea	19/11/1990	Mid Ulster		Signed
Michael Foot	19/11/1990	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
Patrick Cormack	19/11/1990	South Staffordshire		Signed
William Powell	19/11/1990	Corby		Signed
Tim Rathbone	19/11/1990	Lewes		Signed
Peter Snape	19/11/1990	West Bromwich East		Signed
Doug Henderson	19/11/1990	Newcastle upon Tyne North		Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	19/11/1990	Ynys M		Signed
John McWilliam	19/11/1990	Blaydon		Signed
Alf Morris	19/11/1990	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
David Young	20/11/1990	Bolton South East		Signed
Mike Watson	20/11/1990	Glasgow Central		Signed
Bruce Grocott	20/11/1990	Wrekin, The		Signed
Janet Fookes	20/11/1990	Plymouth Drake		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	20/11/1990	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	20/11/1990	Workington		Signed
John McAllion	20/11/1990	Dundee East		Signed
Paul Marland	20/11/1990	Gloucestershire West		Signed
Andrew Smith	20/11/1990	Oxford East		Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	20/11/1990	Coventry North West		Signed
Martin Redmond	20/11/1990	Don Valley		Signed
Keith Vaz	21/11/1990	Leicester East		Signed
Andrew Bowden	21/11/1990	Brighton, Kemptown		Signed
Hilary Armstrong	21/11/1990	North West Durham		Signed
Derek Fatchett	21/11/1990	Leeds Central		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	21/11/1990	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Den Dover	21/11/1990	Chorley		Signed
David Tredinnick	22/11/1990	Bosworth		Signed
William McKelvey	22/11/1990	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Eric Martlew	22/11/1990	Carlisle		Signed
Sylvia Heal	22/11/1990	Staffordshire Mid		Signed
Clive Soley	22/11/1990	Hammersmith		Signed
Martin Smyth	22/11/1990	Belfast South		Signed
Gavin Strang	26/11/1990	Edinburgh East		Signed
David Blunkett	26/11/1990	Sheffield, Brightside		Signed
Peter Fry	26/11/1990	Wellingborough		Signed
David Mitchell	26/11/1990	North West Hampshire		Signed
Mo Mowlam	27/11/1990	Redcar		Signed
Denzil Davies	27/11/1990	Llanelli		Signed
Winston Churchill	28/11/1990	Davyhulme		Signed
Tony Lloyd	28/11/1990	Stretford		Signed
Keith Raffan	28/11/1990	Delyn		Signed
Ray Michie	29/11/1990	Argyll & Bute		Signed
Joan Lestor	29/11/1990	Eccles		Signed
Dafydd Elis Thomas	03/12/1990	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Michael Martin	04/12/1990	Glasgow, Springburn		Signed
Michael Mates	04/12/1990	East Hampshire		Signed
George Galloway	05/12/1990	Glasgow Hillhead		Signed
Ronald Brown	05/12/1990	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Doug Hoyle	11/12/1990	Warrington North		Signed
Malcolm Thornton	11/12/1990	Crosby		Signed
Chris Smith	13/12/1990	Islington South & Finsbury		Signed
Alan Beith	14/01/1991	Berwick-upon-Tweed		Signed
Richard Livsey	21/01/1991	Brecon and Radnor		Signed
Audrey Wise	22/04/1991	Preston		Signed
Alistair Darling	03/06/1991	Edinburgh Central		Signed
Austin Mitchell	03/06/1991	Great Grimsby		Signed
Terry Rooney	03/06/1991	Bradford North		Signed
Jeff Rooker	03/06/1991	Birmingham, Perry Barr		Signed
Allan Rogers	03/06/1991	Rhondda		Signed
Elliot Morley	04/06/1991	Glanford and Scunthorpe		Signed
Graham Allen	04/06/1991	Nottingham North		Signed
Harry Ewing	04/06/1991	Falkirk East		Signed
Tam Dalyell	04/06/1991	Linlithgow		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	04/06/1991	Blyth Valley		Signed
John Maxton	04/06/1991	Glasgow, Cathcart		Signed
Nigel Spearing	04/06/1991	Newham South		Signed
Ian McCartney	05/06/1991	Makerfield		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	05/06/1991	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
Tom Clarke	06/06/1991	Monklands West		Signed
Geoffrey Lofthouse	06/06/1991	Pontefract & Castleford		Signed
Giles Radice	06/06/1991	North Durham		Signed
Nigel Griffiths	06/06/1991	Edinburgh South		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	07/06/1991	Islington North		Signed
Joe Benton	07/06/1991	Bootle		Signed
Paul Boateng	10/06/1991	Brent South		Signed
Harriet Harman	10/06/1991	Peckham		Signed
Ted Rowlands	10/06/1991	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney		Signed
Ernie Ross	11/06/1991	Dundee West		Signed
Sam Galbraith	11/06/1991	Strathkelvin & Bearsden		Signed
Henry McLeish	12/06/1991	Central Fife		Signed
Donald Anderson	25/06/1991	Swansea East		Signed
Roland Boyes	26/06/1991	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Chris Mullin	27/06/1991	Sunderland South		Signed
Jimmy Hood	04/07/1991	Clydesdale		Signed
Russell Johnston	09/07/1991	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber		Signed
David Evennett	09/07/1991	Erith and Crayford		Signed
Timothy Devlin	09/07/1991	Stockton South		Signed
Eric Illsley	09/07/1991	Barnsley Central		Signed
Jonathan Aitken	10/07/1991	South Thanet		Signed
Michael Lord	11/07/1991	Suffolk Central		Signed
James Lester	15/07/1991	Broxtowe		Signed
Huw Edwards	15/07/1991	Monmouth		Signed
Charles Kennedy	15/07/1991	Ross and Cromarty and Skye		Signed
Menzies Campbell	16/07/1991	Fife North East		Signed
Michael Carr	16/07/1991	Ribble Valley		Signed
David Alton	17/07/1991	Liverpool Mossley Hill		Signed
Patrick Thompson	23/07/1991	Norwich North		Signed
Peter Hain	17/10/1991	Neath		Signed
Robert Hicks	17/10/1991	South East Cornwall		Signed
Michael Clark	21/10/1991	Rochford		Signed
John Hannam	21/10/1991	Exeter		Signed
Harry Greenway	21/10/1991	Ealing North		Signed
Marcus Fox	21/10/1991	Shipley		Signed
Michael Colvin	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ken Livingstone	Unknown			Withdrawn
Dawn Primarolo	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Garrett	Unknown			Withdrawn
John P Smith	Unknown			Withdrawn
Frank Cook	Unknown			Withdrawn

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