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Inter-Parliamentary Renewable Energy Initiative

EDM number 701 in 1997-98, proposed by Frank Cook on 27/01/1998.

That this House congratulates the European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources, the Instituto Para La Diversificacion y el Ahorro de Energia, the Instituto Tecnologico do Canarias and the Instituto y de Energias Renovables on their initiative in convening the Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on the subject of Renewable Energy Resources in the European Union that was held in the Canarias from 16th to 18th January; commends the organisers and the participants who attended from the European and national parliaments on the positive and constructive nature of their final agreed declaration; welcomes this declaration as the first step in a long-term strategy to promote the widespread application of the best renewable energy technologies; and urges Her Majesty's Government to consider seriously the vigorous adoption of measures advocated in that document to ensure its widest distribution and application throughout the power generating industry, energy users, regional electricity corporations, the trade press and the public generally.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Frank Cook27/01/1998Stockton NorthLabourProposed
Tony Colman27/01/1998PutneyLabourSigned
Brian White27/01/1998North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Lynne Jones28/01/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone28/01/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
John Cryer28/01/1998HornchurchLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe28/01/1998LeighLabourSigned
Norman Godman28/01/1998Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Jim Wallace28/01/1998Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Smyth29/01/1998Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Kelvin Hopkins29/01/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alice Mahon29/01/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
David Drew29/01/1998StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
John Austin29/01/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn30/01/1998Islington NorthLabourSigned
Tom Cox30/01/1998TootingLabourSigned
Harry Barnes30/01/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell02/02/1998Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Ashok Kumar02/02/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
David Chaytor03/02/1998Bury NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock03/02/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer04/02/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson05/02/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell06/02/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Martin Caton06/02/1998GowerLabourSigned
Michael Moore09/02/1998Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Colvin09/02/1998RomseyConservativeSigned
Eric Illsley10/02/1998Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Bill Etherington10/02/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Lepper11/02/1998Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Kevin McNamara12/02/1998Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Barry Gardiner12/02/1998Brent NorthLabourSigned
Denis Murphy16/02/1998WansbeckLabourSigned
Martyn Jones27/02/1998Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Terry Davis11/03/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours18/03/1998WorkingtonLabourSigned
Nigel Jones23/03/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned

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