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European Seed Purity Standards

EDM number 788 in 1999-00, proposed by Joan Ruddock on 25/05/2000.

That this House firmly rejects the proposal of the European Seeds Association that a threshold of 1 per cent. of GM seeds in conventional seed stocks be adopted by the EC as a legal basis for the sale of conventional seeds; and calls on Government ministers to oppose any such measures.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Joan Ruddock25/05/2000Lewisham, DeptfordLabourProposed
Rudi Vis05/06/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Alan Simpson06/06/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John Swinney06/06/2000North TaysideScottish National PartySigned
Derek Wyatt06/06/2000Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Bill Michie07/06/2000Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton07/06/2000GowerLabourSigned
Frank Cook07/06/2000Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Norman Godman07/06/2000Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Mike Hancock07/06/2000Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jackie Ballard07/06/2000TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Todd08/06/2000South DerbyshireLabourSigned
David Drew08/06/2000StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Dobbin08/06/2000Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Andrew Dismore08/06/2000HendonLabourSigned
Edward Davey08/06/2000Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
John McWilliam08/06/2000BlaydonLabourSigned
Alice Mahon08/06/2000HalifaxLabourSigned
Lawrie Quinn08/06/2000Scarborough & WhitbyLabourSigned
Ian Davidson08/06/2000Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Kelvin Hopkins09/06/2000Luton NorthLabourSigned
David Chaytor09/06/2000Bury NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell09/06/2000Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Thomas12/06/2000CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Bill Etherington13/06/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Andrew George15/06/2000St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Julia Drown15/06/2000South SwindonLabourSigned
Debra Shipley15/06/2000StourbridgeLabourSigned
Jackie Lawrence20/06/2000Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Richard Livsey22/06/2000Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Ron Davies22/06/2000CaerphillyLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/06/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Paul Tyler27/06/2000North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey29/06/2000North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony McWalter06/07/2000Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Nigel Jones13/07/2000CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin13/07/2000Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Clive Efford20/07/2000ElthamLabourSigned
John McDonnell27/07/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned

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