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This motion has been signed by a total of 199 MPs, 6 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Robin Squire07/11/1990HornchurchProposed
Simon Hughes07/11/1990Southwark and BermondseySigned
Malcolm Bruce07/11/1990GordonSigned
David Clelland07/11/1990Tyne BridgeSigned
Harry Cohen07/11/1990LeytonSigned
Peter Hardy08/11/1990WentworthSigned
John Evans08/11/1990St Helens NorthSigned
Harry Barnes08/11/1990North East DerbyshireSigned
Matthew Taylor08/11/1990TruroSigned
David Knox12/11/1990Staffordshire MoorlandsSigned
Terry Davis12/11/1990Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Ronnie Fearn12/11/1990SouthportSigned
Jim Wallace12/11/1990Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Anthony Meyer13/11/1990Clwyd North WestSigned
Andrew Rowe13/11/1990Kent MidSigned
John Hunt13/11/1990RavensbourneSigned
Martyn Jones13/11/1990Clwyd South WestSigned
Alan Meale13/11/1990MansfieldSigned
Keith Bradley13/11/1990Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Simon Coombs13/11/1990SwindonSigned
John Cummings13/11/1990EasingtonSigned
James Wray13/11/1990Glasgow ProvanSigned
Max Madden14/11/1990Bradford WestSigned
Clare Short14/11/1990Birmingham, LadywoodSigned
David Hinchliffe14/11/1990WakefieldSigned
Kate Hoey14/11/1990VauxhallSigned
John Home Robertson14/11/1990East LothianSigned
Kim Howells14/11/1990PontypriddSigned
Roy Hughes14/11/1990Newport EastSigned
Greville Janner14/11/1990Leicester WestSigned
Toby Jessel14/11/1990TwickenhamSigned
Ron Leighton14/11/1990Newham North EastSigned
Calum MacDonald14/11/1990Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
John Marek14/11/1990WrexhamSigned
Malcolm Moss14/11/1990North East CambridgeshireSigned
Richard Page14/11/1990South West HertfordshireSigned
Richard Caborn14/11/1990Sheffield CentralSigned
James Callaghan14/11/1990Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Robin Corbett14/11/1990Birmingham, ErdingtonSigned
Tom Cox14/11/1990TootingSigned
Ron Davies14/11/1990CaerphillySigned
Alexander Eadie14/11/1990MidlothianSigned
Andrew Faulds14/11/1990Warley EastSigned
Frank Field14/11/1990BirkenheadSigned
Tommy Graham14/11/1990Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Peter Griffiths14/11/1990Portsmouth NorthSigned
Win Griffiths14/11/1990BridgendSigned
David Atkinson14/11/1990Bournemouth EastSigned
Kevin Barron14/11/1990Rother ValleySigned
Vivian Bendall14/11/1990Ilford NorthSigned
Gerry Steinberg14/11/1990Durham, City ofSigned
Jack Thompson14/11/1990WansbeckSigned
Gerard Vaughan14/11/1990Reading EastSigned
Michael Welsh14/11/1990Doncaster NorthSigned
John Wilkinson14/11/1990Ruislip - NorthwoodSigned
Mark Wolfson14/11/1990SevenoaksSigned
Raymond Powell15/11/1990OgmoreSigned
Joyce Quin15/11/1990Gateshead EastSigned
Alex Salmond15/11/1990Banff & BuchanSigned
Brian Sedgemore15/11/1990Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
James Kilfedder15/11/1990North DownSigned
Paul Murphy15/11/1990TorfaenSigned
Bill O'Brien15/11/1990NormantonSigned
Edward O'Hara15/11/1990Knowsley SouthSigned
Alex Carlile15/11/1990MontgomerySigned
James Cran15/11/1990BeverleySigned
Frank Doran15/11/1990Aberdeen SouthSigned
Maria Fyfe15/11/1990Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
John Gilbert15/11/1990Dudley EastSigned
Llin Golding15/11/1990Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
John Battle15/11/1990Leeds WestSigned
Henry Bellingham15/11/1990North West NorfolkSigned
Gerry Bermingham15/11/1990St Helens SouthSigned
David Steel15/11/1990Tweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleSigned
Peter Temple-Morris15/11/1990LeominsterSigned
Robert Wareing15/11/1990Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Bowen Wells15/11/1990Hertford & StortfordSigned
Brian Wilson15/11/1990Cunninghame NorthSigned
Tony Worthington15/11/1990Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
Richard Shepherd16/11/1990Aldridge-BrownhillsSigned
Michael Shersby16/11/1990UxbridgeSigned
Richard Tracey16/11/1990SurbitonSigned
Alan Wynne Williams16/11/1990CarmarthenSigned
William Powell19/11/1990CorbySigned
Tim Rathbone19/11/1990LewesSigned
Peter Snape19/11/1990West Bromwich EastSigned
Doug Henderson19/11/1990Newcastle upon Tyne NorthSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones19/11/1990Ynys MSigned
John McWilliam19/11/1990BlaydonSigned
Alf Morris19/11/1990Manchester WythenshaweSigned
Patrick Cormack19/11/1990South StaffordshireSigned
Michael Foot19/11/1990Blaenau GwentSigned
Douglas French19/11/1990GloucesterSigned
Michael Alison19/11/1990SelbySigned
Joe Ashton19/11/1990BassetlawSigned
John Blackburn19/11/1990Dudley WestSigned
Richard Body19/11/1990Holland with BostonSigned
Dafydd Wigley19/11/1990CaernarfonSigned
William McCrea19/11/1990Mid UlsterSigned
Martin Redmond20/11/1990Don ValleySigned
Geoffrey Robinson20/11/1990Coventry North WestSigned
Andrew Smith20/11/1990Oxford EastSigned
Paul Marland20/11/1990Gloucestershire WestSigned
John McAllion20/11/1990Dundee EastSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours20/11/1990WorkingtonSigned
Kenneth Eastham20/11/1990Manchester, BlackleySigned
Janet Fookes20/11/1990Plymouth DrakeSigned
Bruce Grocott20/11/1990Wrekin, TheSigned
Mike Watson20/11/1990Glasgow CentralSigned
David Young20/11/1990Bolton South EastSigned
Den Dover21/11/1990ChorleySigned
Jimmy Dunnachie21/11/1990Glasgow, PollokSigned
Derek Fatchett21/11/1990Leeds CentralSigned
Hilary Armstrong21/11/1990North West DurhamSigned
Andrew Bowden21/11/1990Brighton, KemptownSigned
Keith Vaz21/11/1990Leicester EastSigned
Martin Smyth22/11/1990Belfast SouthSigned
Clive Soley22/11/1990HammersmithSigned
Sylvia Heal22/11/1990Staffordshire MidSigned
Eric Martlew22/11/1990CarlisleSigned
William McKelvey22/11/1990Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
David Tredinnick22/11/1990BosworthSigned
David Mitchell26/11/1990North West HampshireSigned
Peter Fry26/11/1990WellingboroughSigned
David Blunkett26/11/1990Sheffield, BrightsideSigned
Gavin Strang26/11/1990Edinburgh EastSigned
Mo Mowlam27/11/1990RedcarSigned
Denzil Davies27/11/1990LlanelliSigned
Keith Raffan28/11/1990DelynSigned
Tony Lloyd28/11/1990StretfordSigned
Winston Churchill28/11/1990DavyhulmeSigned
Joan Lestor29/11/1990EcclesSigned
Ray Michie29/11/1990Argyll & ButeSigned
Dafydd Elis Thomas03/12/1990Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Michael Martin04/12/1990Glasgow, SpringburnSigned
Michael Mates04/12/1990East HampshireSigned
Ronald Brown05/12/1990Edinburgh LeithSigned
George Galloway05/12/1990Glasgow HillheadSigned
Doug Hoyle11/12/1990Warrington NorthSigned
Malcolm Thornton11/12/1990CrosbySigned
Chris Smith13/12/1990Islington South & FinsburySigned
Alan Beith14/01/1991Berwick-upon-TweedSigned
Richard Livsey21/01/1991Brecon and RadnorSigned
Audrey Wise22/04/1991PrestonSigned
Allan Rogers03/06/1991RhonddaSigned
Jeff Rooker03/06/1991Birmingham, Perry BarrSigned
Terry Rooney03/06/1991Bradford NorthSigned
Austin Mitchell03/06/1991Great GrimsbySigned
Alistair Darling03/06/1991Edinburgh CentralSigned
Nigel Spearing04/06/1991Newham SouthSigned
John Maxton04/06/1991Glasgow, CathcartSigned
Elliot Morley04/06/1991Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Ronnie Campbell04/06/1991Blyth ValleySigned
Tam Dalyell04/06/1991LinlithgowSigned
Harry Ewing04/06/1991Falkirk EastSigned
Graham Allen04/06/1991Nottingham NorthSigned
Ian McCartney05/06/1991MakerfieldSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody05/06/1991Crewe & NantwichSigned
Nigel Griffiths06/06/1991Edinburgh SouthSigned
Giles Radice06/06/1991North DurhamSigned
Geoffrey Lofthouse06/06/1991Pontefract & CastlefordSigned
Tom Clarke06/06/1991Monklands WestSigned
Jeremy Corbyn07/06/1991Islington NorthSigned
Joe Benton07/06/1991BootleSigned
Ted Rowlands10/06/1991Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneySigned
Harriet Harman10/06/1991PeckhamSigned
Paul Boateng10/06/1991Brent SouthSigned
Ernie Ross11/06/1991Dundee WestSigned
Sam Galbraith11/06/1991Strathkelvin & BearsdenSigned
Henry McLeish12/06/1991Central FifeSigned
Donald Anderson25/06/1991Swansea EastSigned
Roland Boyes26/06/1991Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Chris Mullin27/06/1991Sunderland SouthSigned
Jimmy Hood04/07/1991ClydesdaleSigned
Eric Illsley09/07/1991Barnsley CentralSigned
Russell Johnston09/07/1991Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Timothy Devlin09/07/1991Stockton SouthSigned
David Evennett09/07/1991Erith and CrayfordSigned
Jonathan Aitken10/07/1991South ThanetSigned
Michael Lord11/07/1991Suffolk CentralSigned
Charles Kennedy15/07/1991Ross and Cromarty and SkyeSigned
James Lester15/07/1991BroxtoweSigned
Huw Edwards15/07/1991MonmouthSigned
Menzies Campbell16/07/1991Fife North EastSigned
Michael Carr16/07/1991Ribble ValleySigned
David Alton17/07/1991Liverpool Mossley HillSigned
Patrick Thompson23/07/1991Norwich NorthSigned
Robert Hicks17/10/1991South East CornwallSigned
Peter Hain17/10/1991NeathSigned
Michael Clark21/10/1991RochfordSigned
Marcus Fox21/10/1991ShipleySigned
Harry Greenway21/10/1991Ealing NorthSigned
John Hannam21/10/1991ExeterSigned
Michael ColvinUnknownWithdrawn
Frank CookUnknownWithdrawn
Ken LivingstoneUnknownWithdrawn
Dawn PrimaroloUnknownWithdrawn
John GarrettUnknownWithdrawn
John P SmithUnknownWithdrawn

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