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Rio Tinto Plc And Asbestos

EDM number 478 in 2001-02, proposed by Kevin McNamara on 26/11/2001.

That this House expresses its condemnation of Rio Tinto, the UK based multinational mining conglomerate, for having sought to avoid liability for asbestos-related disease claims, under the proposed Capper Pass Claims Review Scheme; is gravely concerned to learn that former workers, as well as residents in Kingston upon Hull and East Yorkshire, or their next of kin, who have suffered industrial disease or illness, as a result of exposure to carcinogens, ionising radiation and toxic substances, arising from Rio Tinto's operation of the former Capper Pass Smelting Plant near Hull, are still waiting for compensation; declares its support for those families; commends them upon their courage and tenacity in standing up to Rio Tinto; is appalled by the fact that Rio Tinto's decision to exclude asbestos was kept secret until the final stages of mediation, a full 15 months after the claimants' solicitor had accepted the Claims' Review Scheme in principle; and demands that Rio Tinto should now acknowledge and accept its responsibility towards all of the claimants, to include those who have suffered asbestos-related disease or death and ensure that in the future it ceases to deploy such delaying and obstructive tactics.

This motion has been signed by a total of 108 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Kevin McNamara26/11/2001Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourProposed
Lynne Jones27/11/2001Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Michael Clapham27/11/2001Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
John Cummings27/11/2001EasingtonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock27/11/2001Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson28/11/2001Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn28/11/2001JarrowLabourSigned
Nigel Jones28/11/2001CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Alice Mahon28/11/2001HalifaxLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara28/11/2001Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Harry Barnes28/11/2001North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner29/11/2001BolsoverLabourSigned
Eric Illsley29/11/2001Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd29/11/2001Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Alan Meale29/11/2001MansfieldLabourSigned
Ian Davidson29/11/2001Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Dobbin29/11/2001Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Win Griffiths29/11/2001BridgendLabourSigned
John Barrett29/11/2001Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor29/11/2001North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Kelvin Hopkins30/11/2001Luton NorthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd30/11/2001Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Bill Etherington30/11/2001Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Ian Gibson30/11/2001Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell30/11/2001Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis30/11/2001Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Rob Marris03/12/2001Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Ann Cryer03/12/2001KeighleyLabourSigned
Syd Rapson04/12/2001Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Russell Brown04/12/2001DumfriesLabourSigned
Adam Price05/12/2001Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Martin Caton05/12/2001GowerLabourSigned
Harold Best05/12/2001Leeds North WestLabourSigned
David Borrow06/12/2001South RibbleLabourSigned
Terry Davis11/12/2001Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
John Robertson12/12/2001Glasgow, AnnieslandLabourSigned
Alex Salmond12/12/2001Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Martyn Jones12/12/2001Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Peter Kilfoyle12/12/2001Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Colin Challen12/12/2001Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
David Chaytor12/12/2001Bury NorthLabourSigned
Valerie Davey12/12/2001Bristol WestLabourSigned
Donald Anderson12/12/2001Swansea EastLabourSigned
Vera Baird12/12/2001RedcarLabourSigned
Joe Benton12/12/2001BootleLabourSigned
Joan Walley12/12/2001Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Tony Worthington12/12/2001Clydebank & MilngavieLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt12/12/2001Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Chris Ruane13/12/2001Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Brian Iddon13/12/2001Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra13/12/2001Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Ann McKechin13/12/2001Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Helen Clark13/12/2001PeterboroughLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd13/12/2001Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Tom Cox13/12/2001TootingLabourSigned
John Cryer13/12/2001HornchurchLabourSigned
Janet Dean13/12/2001BurtonLabourSigned
Brian H Donohoe13/12/2001Cunninghame SouthLabourSigned
Candy Atherton13/12/2001Falmouth & CamborneLabourSigned
John Battle13/12/2001Leeds WestLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg13/12/2001Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe13/12/2001WellingboroughLabourSigned
Phil Sawford17/12/2001KetteringLabourSigned
Terry Lewis17/12/2001WorsleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell17/12/2001Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Chris Mullin17/12/2001Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Michael Connarty17/12/2001Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Frank Dobson17/12/2001Holborn & St PancrasLabourSigned
Julia Drown17/12/2001South SwindonLabourSigned
Barbara Follett17/12/2001StevenageLabourSigned
David Stewart17/12/2001Inverness East, Nairn and LochaberLabourSigned
Mark Todd17/12/2001South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Kevan Jones18/12/2001North DurhamLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis18/12/2001Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
David Hamilton18/12/2001MidlothianLabourSigned
Jackie Lawrence19/12/2001Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Robert Wareing19/12/2001Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Mike Wood19/12/2001Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood08/01/2002ClydesdaleLabourSigned
Iain Coleman08/01/2002Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Frank Cook08/01/2002Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas08/01/2002CrosbyLabourSigned
Geraint Davies08/01/2002Croydon CentralLabourSigned
Barry Gardiner08/01/2002Brent NorthLabourSigned
Patrick Hall08/01/2002BedfordLabourSigned
Andrew Bennett08/01/2002Denton & ReddishLabourSigned
Desmond Turner08/01/2002Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Betty Williams08/01/2002ConwyLabourSigned
John McWilliam10/01/2002BlaydonLabourSigned
Geoffrey Robinson11/01/2002Coventry North WestLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews14/01/2002MedwayLabourSigned
Harry Cohen14/01/2002Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
George Stevenson14/01/2002Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Oona King16/01/2002Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Diane Abbott17/01/2002Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Jim Cousins18/01/2002Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Kerry Pollard21/01/2002St AlbansLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell22/01/2002Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
David Crausby23/01/2002Bolton North EastLabourSigned
George Mudie28/01/2002Leeds EastLabourSigned
Peter Pike29/01/2002BurnleyLabourSigned
Irene Adams05/02/2002Paisley NorthLabourSigned
Colin Burgon06/02/2002ElmetLabourSigned
Tony Clarke13/02/2002Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Clive Efford14/02/2002ElthamLabourSigned
Chris Mole07/03/2002IpswichLabourSigned
Jenny TongeUnknownWithdrawn
Keith VazUnknownWithdrawn

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