Ospar Radioactive Discharges Working Group

EDM number 50 in 1998-99, proposed by Joan Walley on 26/11/1998.

That this House congratulates the Government on signing the OSPAR resolution on radioactive discharges to the sea; notes that the resolution commits the United Kingdom to achieving 'substantial reductions or elimination' of radioactive discharges by the year 2000, and to achieving 'close to zero' concentrations of radioactivity in the environment by the year 2020; further notes that reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel is the largest source of radioactivity discharges into the north-east Atlantic; believes that it is technically feasible to significantly reduce these discharge levels by placing all spent nuclear fuel in dry, above ground stores instead of reprocessing, with the added advantage of not adding further to the plutonium stockpile; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to draft a plan of action for submission to the OSPAR Radioactive Discharges Working Group which proposes storing all spent nuclear fuel instead of reprocessing as the way to substantially reduce discharge levels to the marine environment by the year 2000.

This motion has been signed by a total of 117 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Joan Walley	26/11/1998	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Proposed
David Chaytor	26/11/1998	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	26/11/1998	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Teddy Taylor	26/11/1998	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	07/12/1998	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	07/12/1998	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	07/12/1998	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	07/12/1998	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Smith	07/12/1998	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Adrian Sanders	07/12/1998	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Pickthall	07/12/1998	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	08/12/1998	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	08/12/1998	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/1998	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	08/12/1998	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	08/12/1998	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	08/12/1998	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Valerie Davey	08/12/1998	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	08/12/1998	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laura Moffatt	08/12/1998	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	08/12/1998	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	09/12/1998	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	09/12/1998	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	09/12/1998	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ewing	09/12/1998	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Donald Gorrie	09/12/1998	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	09/12/1998	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Robert McCartney	09/12/1998	North Down	UKUP	Signed
Richard Livsey	09/12/1998	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Randall	09/12/1998	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	09/12/1998	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	09/12/1998	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/12/1998	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	09/12/1998	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Andy King	09/12/1998	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	10/12/1998	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	10/12/1998	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	10/12/1998	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	10/12/1998	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	10/12/1998	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	10/12/1998	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	14/12/1998	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	14/12/1998	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	14/12/1998	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	14/12/1998	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Lembit	14/12/1998	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	14/12/1998	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	14/12/1998	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/12/1998	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	15/12/1998	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Oaten	15/12/1998	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/1998	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	16/12/1998	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Phil Sawford	16/12/1998	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	17/12/1998	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Janet Dean	17/12/1998	Burton	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	17/12/1998	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Wray	11/01/1999	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	11/01/1999	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alan Whitehead	11/01/1999	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	11/01/1999	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Hall	11/01/1999	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	11/01/1999	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	11/01/1999	Gower	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	11/01/1999	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	11/01/1999	Dover	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	12/01/1999	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	13/01/1999	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ian Davidson	13/01/1999	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jenny Jones	14/01/1999	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	14/01/1999	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	14/01/1999	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	18/01/1999	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	18/01/1999	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	19/01/1999	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Jim Wallace	20/01/1999	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	20/01/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	20/01/1999	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	20/01/1999	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	20/01/1999	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	20/01/1999	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	20/01/1999	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Michael Foster	20/01/1999	Worcester	Labour	Signed
Brian White	21/01/1999	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Liz Blackman	21/01/1999	Erewash	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	21/01/1999	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	21/01/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony McWalter	21/01/1999	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alice Mahon	21/01/1999	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	25/01/1999	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	25/01/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	25/01/1999	Medway	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	25/01/1999	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	26/01/1999	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	26/01/1999	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	26/01/1999	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	27/01/1999	Preston	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	27/01/1999	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Alasdair Morgan	27/01/1999	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Scottish National Party	Signed
John McAllion	27/01/1999	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	27/01/1999	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Martin Salter	28/01/1999	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	28/01/1999	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	28/01/1999	Clwyd West	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	03/02/1999	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Joe Ashton	04/02/1999	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	08/02/1999	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
James Plaskitt	09/02/1999	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	15/02/1999	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	23/02/1999	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	05/03/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Roseanna Cunningham	22/03/1999	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Simon Hughes	15/04/1999	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Marshall	22/04/1999	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	12/05/1999	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	10/11/1999	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	Unknown			Withdrawn

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