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Pollution On Beaches

EDM number 495 in 1999-00, proposed by Paul Marsden on 08/03/2000.

That this House welcomes the Marine Conservation Society's annual report, Beachwatch 99; congratulates the 1,500 volunteers who took part in beach surveys that covered 171 beaches, covering 92.8 km of coastline in the United Kingdom and Channel Islands; notes that 1,913 pieces of litter were found per kilometre, weighing 11.6 tonnes, including in total 11,000 crisp and sweet packets, 9,000 cigarette ends and an assortment of other objects; recognises that the total litter found was almost double the level found in 1993 although the level over the previous year was slightly down; is greatly alarmed that tens of thousands of birds, fish and other marine life are killed by litter every year; urges the Government to encourage people, especially tourists, to take rubbish home and properly dispose of it; and calls upon the Government to give more support to local authorities to keep beaches clean and enforce anti-litter laws.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Marsden08/03/2000Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourProposed
Michael Foster08/03/2000WorcesterLabourSigned
David Lepper09/03/2000Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Michael Clapham09/03/2000Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn09/03/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths09/03/2000Reading EastLabourSigned
John Austin09/03/2000Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn09/03/2000JarrowLabourSigned
Win Griffiths10/03/2000BridgendLabourSigned
Hilton Dawson10/03/2000Lancaster & WyreLabourSigned
Lynne Jones10/03/2000Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alan Simpson13/03/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson13/03/2000Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden13/03/2000Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer13/03/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn13/03/2000SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Godman14/03/2000Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Bill Etherington14/03/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton14/03/2000GowerLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell14/03/2000Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Jon Owen Jones14/03/2000Cardiff CentralLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ivan Henderson14/03/2000HarwichLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours14/03/2000WorkingtonLabourSigned
Bill Michie15/03/2000Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Tony McWalter15/03/2000Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alice Mahon15/03/2000HalifaxLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd15/03/2000Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Eric Illsley15/03/2000Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner15/03/2000BolsoverLabourSigned
Allan Rogers15/03/2000RhonddaLabourSigned
Phil Sawford16/03/2000KetteringLabourSigned
Dafydd Wigley16/03/2000CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Donald Gorrie17/03/2000Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George20/03/2000St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis20/03/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Roy Beggs21/03/2000East AntrimUUPSigned
Keith Darvill22/03/2000UpminsterLabourSigned
Peter Brand28/03/2000Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey06/04/2000North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell06/04/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned

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