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Asbestos-Related Disease In The Power Industry

EDM number 439 in 1999-00, proposed by Michael Clapham on 28/02/2000.

That this House regrets to learn of the death of Sidney Dalton due to mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos whilst working at the former Blackburn Meadows Power Station; calls for a public inquiry into the high incidence of asbestos-related disease amongst former power industry workers; deplores the conduct of his employers Powergen plc in forcing former employees or their widows to take their cases for compensation to the High Court; and reminds the company that under the Electricity Act 1989 they were required to take over liabilities and not just the assets of the former Electricity Generating Board, and that accordingly they have a duty to compensate former works who have suffered asbestos-related disease.

This motion has been signed by a total of 90 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Michael Clapham28/02/2000Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourProposed
Dale Campbell-Savours28/02/2000WorkingtonLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice28/02/2000PendleLabourSigned
Jamie Cann28/02/2000IpswichLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd28/02/2000Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Michael Connarty28/02/2000Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Tom Cox28/02/2000TootingLabourSigned
John Cryer28/02/2000HornchurchLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham28/02/2000Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Ian Davidson28/02/2000Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Dobbin28/02/2000Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jeff Ennis28/02/2000Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Mike Gapes28/02/2000Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Neil Gerrard28/02/2000WalthamstowLabourSigned
Norman Godman28/02/2000Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Richard Allan28/02/2000Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin28/02/2000Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Joe Benton28/02/2000BootleLabourSigned
Ian Stewart28/02/2000EcclesLabourSigned
Gavin Strang28/02/2000Edinburgh East & MusselburghLabourSigned
Bill Tynan28/02/2000Hamilton SouthLabourSigned
Dave Watts28/02/2000St Helens NorthLabourSigned
David Winnick28/02/2000Walsall NorthLabourSigned
Denis Murphy28/02/2000WansbeckLabourSigned
Lawrie Quinn28/02/2000Scarborough & WhitbyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson28/02/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner28/02/2000BolsoverLabourSigned
Llew Smith28/02/2000Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Phyllis Starkey28/02/2000Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
David Hinchliffe28/02/2000WakefieldLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood28/02/2000ClydesdaleLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins28/02/2000Luton NorthLabourSigned
Joan Humble28/02/2000Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Brian Iddon28/02/2000Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Lynne Jones28/02/2000Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Bill Olner28/02/2000NuneatonLabourSigned
Bill Michie28/02/2000Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
John McWilliam28/02/2000BlaydonLabourSigned
Jim Marshall28/02/2000Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Alice Mahon28/02/2000HalifaxLabourSigned
Terry Lewis28/02/2000WorsleyLabourSigned
Andy King28/02/2000Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Peter Kilfoyle28/02/2000Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Ann Keen28/02/2000Brentford & IsleworthLabourSigned
Helen Jones28/02/2000Warrington NorthLabourSigned
Peter Pike29/02/2000BurnleyLabourSigned
Jimmy Wray29/02/2000Glasgow, BailliestonLabourSigned
David Taylor29/02/2000North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Harry Barnes29/02/2000North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Mike Hancock29/02/2000Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Gibson29/02/2000Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Caroline Flint29/02/2000Don ValleyLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn29/02/2000SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Clive Efford29/02/2000ElthamLabourSigned
John Cummings29/02/2000EasingtonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn29/02/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
Tony Clarke29/02/2000Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Russell Brown29/02/2000DumfriesLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd29/02/2000Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
David Lepper29/02/2000Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ernie Ross29/02/2000Dundee WestLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore29/02/2000HendonLabourSigned
Barry Jones01/03/2000Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Rudi Vis01/03/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Win Griffiths01/03/2000BridgendLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell01/03/2000Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden01/03/2000Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar01/03/2000Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Tony Worthington02/03/2000Clydebank & MilngavieLabourSigned
David Borrow02/03/2000South RibbleLabourSigned
Andrew George02/03/2000St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley02/03/2000Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn02/03/2000JarrowLabourSigned
Bill Etherington02/03/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara03/03/2000Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
David Drew03/03/2000StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Andrew Stunell03/03/2000Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Syd Rapson06/03/2000Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable07/03/2000TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen08/03/2000Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Paul Marsden08/03/2000Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourSigned
Kerry Pollard13/03/2000St AlbansLabourSigned
Ann Cryer13/03/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Jenny Jones16/03/2000Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Donald Gorrie17/03/2000Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby21/03/2000Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Tony Wright22/03/2000Cannock ChaseLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith24/03/2000Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
John McDonnell06/04/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Audrey WiseUnknownWithdrawn

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