Ozone Depletion
EDM number 725 in 1991-92, proposed by Menzies Campbell on 20/02/1992.
That this House calls Her Majesty's Government's urgent attention to the reports from NASA and the United Nations Environment Programme showing, respectively, that ozone depletion is growing rapidly over the Northern Hemisphere and that, world-wide, incidence of non-melanoma skin cancer may increase by 26 per cent; notes that these reports are authoritative scientific studies; requests the Secretary of State for the Environment to press for an emergency meeting of the Montreal Protocol with the aim of banning the non-essential use of CFCs and halons within months not years; calls upon Her Majesty's Government to fund research into alternatives to CFCs for vital installations such as bloodbanks; and urges Her Majesty's Government to give practical financial help to British industry in speeding up the switch from use of CFCs.
This motion has been signed by a total of 19 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menzies Campbell | 20/02/1992 | Fife North East | Proposed | |
| Simon Hughes | 20/02/1992 | Southwark and Bermondsey | Seconded | |
| Archy Kirkwood | 20/02/1992 | Roxburgh & Berwickshire | Seconded | |
| David Steel | 20/02/1992 | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | Seconded | |
| Jim Wallace | 20/02/1992 | Orkney & Shetland | Seconded | |
| Ray Michie | 20/02/1992 | Argyll & Bute | Seconded | |
| Ronnie Fearn | 24/02/1992 | Southport | Signed | |
| Norman Godman | 25/02/1992 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | Signed | |
| Matthew Taylor | 25/02/1992 | Truro | Signed | |
| Jimmy Dunnachie | 25/02/1992 | Glasgow, Pollok | Signed | |
| Russell Johnston | 25/02/1992 | Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber | Signed | |
| Andrew Faulds | 26/02/1992 | Warley East | Signed | |
| David Alton | 26/02/1992 | Liverpool Mossley Hill | Signed | |
| Roy Beggs | 26/02/1992 | East Antrim | Signed | |
| Nicol Stephen | 26/02/1992 | Kincardine and Deeside | Signed | |
| Michael Carr | 27/02/1992 | Ribble Valley | Signed | |
| Tom Cox | 27/02/1992 | Tooting | Signed | |
| Tommy Graham | 27/02/1992 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Signed | |
| Eddie McGrady | 02/03/1992 | South Down | Signed |
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