Pesticide Residues In Food (EDM261)

Pesticide Residues In Food

EDM number 261 in 2002-03, proposed by Mike Weir on 02/12/2002.

That this House notes with concern the findings of the European Commission's Pesticides Residues Monitoring Programme that the proportion of fruit and vegetable containing more than the permitted maximum residue limit is rising; believes that urgent steps need to be taken to reduce the amount of such residues in food; urges the industry to take immediate steps to reduce pesticide use; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to introduce statutory targets to reduce pesticides use.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Michael Weir	02/12/2002	Angus	Scottish National Party	Proposed
Alan Simpson	03/12/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	03/12/2002	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	03/12/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	03/12/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	03/12/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Win Griffiths	04/12/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	04/12/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	04/12/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	04/12/2002	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	04/12/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	04/12/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	04/12/2002	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Keetch	04/12/2002	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	04/12/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Robertson	04/12/2002	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	05/12/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Rob Marris	05/12/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	05/12/2002	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	05/12/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	05/12/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	05/12/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	05/12/2002	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	09/12/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	09/12/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	09/12/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	10/12/2002	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	10/12/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	10/12/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	10/12/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	10/12/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	10/12/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Betty Williams	10/12/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	11/12/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	11/12/2002	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Harold Best	12/12/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	12/12/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nick Harvey	16/12/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	16/12/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	19/12/2002	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/01/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	16/01/2003	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	28/01/2003	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	30/01/2003	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/02/2003	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	03/03/2003	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alex Salmond	09/06/2003	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Norman Baker	17/06/2003	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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