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Multilateral Agreement On Investment

EDM number 833 in 1997-98, proposed by David Chaytor on 25/02/1998.

That this House welcomes the Government's negotiating stance on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and would support an agreement which would give a fair balance of rights and responsibilities for multinational companies, but notes the potentially serious implications of the draft MAI tests for British business because of the large number of exemptions tabled by competitor countries; further notes that the draft texts could (a) significantly extend the rights of transnational corporations without a parallel extension of their responsibilities, (b) extend the Maastricht Treaty provisions on economic integration and other non-European Union countries, (c) jeopardise existing international agreements on labour and environmental standards, particularly those designed to create sustainable development following the 1992 Earth Summit and (d) create particular pressures for those non-OECD countries which currently experience very low levels of foreign direct investment; and, therefore, calls on the Government to encourage the widest possible public debate on the MAI and to resolve to sign any draft treaty only if it takes all due account of such concerns and includes specific safeguards against any lowering of labour and environmental standards.

This motion has been signed by a total of 60 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Chaytor25/02/1998Bury NorthLabourProposed
Nick Palmer25/02/1998BroxtoweLabourSigned
Joan Walley25/02/1998Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Hilton Dawson25/02/1998Lancaster & WyreLabourSigned
Brian Iddon26/02/1998Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone26/02/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/02/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Valerie Davey26/02/1998Bristol WestLabourSigned
Julia Drown26/02/1998South SwindonLabourSigned
Bill Michie27/02/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
John Austin27/02/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Alice Mahon02/03/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe02/03/1998LeighLabourSigned
Norman Godman02/03/1998Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore03/03/1998HendonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard03/03/1998WalthamstowLabourSigned
Ernie Ross04/03/1998Dundee WestLabourSigned
Eric Illsley05/03/1998Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
John Cryer05/03/1998HornchurchLabourSigned
Ian Gibson05/03/1998Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara06/03/1998Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd09/03/1998Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Roger Godsiff09/03/1998Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Brian White09/03/1998North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
John McDonnell10/03/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham10/03/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
David Drew10/03/1998StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Austin Mitchell11/03/1998Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Terry Davis11/03/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Andrew George12/03/1998St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones12/03/1998Ynys MPlaid CymruSigned
Jim Cousins13/03/1998Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden17/03/1998Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours18/03/1998WorkingtonLabourSigned
Paul Burstow19/03/1998Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Joe Benton20/03/1998BootleLabourSigned
Syd Rapson23/03/1998Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Alan Whitehead23/03/1998Southampton, TestLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg24/03/1998Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Tony Clarke02/04/1998Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson06/04/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Martin Salter07/04/1998Reading WestLabourSigned
Marsha Singh07/04/1998Bradford WestLabourSigned
Andy King07/04/1998Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Frank Cook28/04/1998Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar28/04/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Alasdair Morgan29/04/1998Galloway & Upper NithsdaleScottish National PartySigned
Jenny Jones30/04/1998Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
David Lepper08/05/1998Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Paul Keetch11/05/1998HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Sawford12/05/1998KetteringLabourSigned
Ian Stewart14/05/1998EcclesLabourSigned
Ian Davidson18/05/1998Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Edward O'Hara11/06/1998Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Clive Efford18/06/1998ElthamLabourSigned
Richard Livsey23/06/1998Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Christine Butler23/06/1998Castle PointLabourSigned
Nick Harvey26/10/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Donald Gorrie26/10/1998Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
George Galloway27/10/1998Glasgow, KelvinLabourSigned

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