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EDM number 332 in 1999-00, proposed by Peter L Pike on 31/01/2000.

That this House deplores the refusal of North West Water, a privatised water utility company, acting on behalf of the public as the prosecuting authority, to reveal why it dropped pollution charges relating to a pollution incident in the River Calder in 1995 by the chemical company NIPA Laboratories at their Oswaldtwistle site when the case came before Blackburn Magistrates' Court on Friday 28th January; demands an explanation, as a matter of urgency, of allegations made that an agreement was made between the two companies' lawyers before the arranged court hearing which involved a six figure payment by NIPA to North West Water as 'costs' and, on the understanding that details of the settlement would not be made public; notes that the same company on Monday 31 January appeared in Burnley Crown Court for a serious air pollution incident and was fined ú20,000 and ordered to pay ú54,000 costs; and asks the Environment Agency to carry out a full investigation into the company's actions.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Peter Pike31/01/2000BurnleyLabourProposed
Gordon Prentice01/02/2000PendleLabourSigned
Lynne Jones01/02/2000Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alan Simpson02/02/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle02/02/2000ChorleyLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd02/02/2000Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Alice Mahon02/02/2000HalifaxLabourSigned
John McDonnell02/02/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Tom Brake02/02/2000Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham02/02/2000Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Eric Clarke02/02/2000MidlothianLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn02/02/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
Harry Barnes02/02/2000North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Bill Michie03/02/2000Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Harold Best03/02/2000Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Bill Etherington03/02/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
John Cummings03/02/2000EasingtonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins03/02/2000Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lawrie Quinn03/02/2000Scarborough & WhitbyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing04/02/2000Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Joan Humble07/02/2000Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe07/02/2000LeighLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden09/02/2000Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara09/02/2000Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer09/02/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Chris Ruane10/02/2000Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Rudi Vis10/02/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell11/02/2000Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin08/03/2000Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours13/03/2000WorkingtonLabourSigned
Audrey WiseUnknownWithdrawn

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