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Life Cycle Assessment On Reusable And Disposable Nappies

EDM number 155 in 2005-06, proposed by Norman Baker on 19/05/2005.

That this House notes with disappointment the Environment Agency's recent flawed Life Cycle Assessment on reusable and disposable nappies which incorrectly concludes that there is no environmental difference between the two products; observes that the report fails to acknowledge the current consumer characteristics and product data for reusable nappies and that the methodology and surveying used distorted the market share of reusables and excluded certain types of reusable nappies; regrets that the report fails to recognise the very substantial additional financial and environmental costs incurred through the continued disposal of nappies, which constitute 2.6 per cent. of all household waste that goes to landfill; believes that it is very unhelpful to send out the message that the disposal of one-trip products is somehow environmentally acceptable; and calls on the Government to develop effective strategies for promoting the continued uptake of re-usable nappies by new mothers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Norman Baker19/05/2005LewesLiberal DemocratProposed
Sandra Gidley19/05/2005RomseyLiberal DemocratSeconded
Julia Goldsworthy19/05/2005Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mike Hancock24/05/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew George24/05/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lynne Jones24/05/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Mark Lazarowicz25/05/2005Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Bill Olner25/05/2005NuneatonLabourSigned
Colin Challen25/05/2005Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
David Drew25/05/2005StroudLabourSigned
Annette Brooke26/05/2005Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams26/05/2005ConwyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn26/05/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable26/05/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Burstow26/05/2005Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed26/05/2005South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch26/05/2005HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech06/06/2005Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood06/06/2005Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Robert Walter06/06/2005North DorsetConservativeSigned
John Thurso06/06/2005Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell06/06/2005Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd06/06/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Nick Harvey06/06/2005North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alex Salmond06/06/2005Banff and BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Christine Russell06/06/2005City of ChesterLabourSigned
Adam Price06/06/2005Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Frank Cook06/06/2005Stockton NorthLabourSigned
David Kidney07/06/2005StaffordLabourSigned
Albert Owen07/06/2005Ynys MLabourSigned
Gordon Banks09/06/2005Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
Bill Etherington09/06/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Alan Meale09/06/2005MansfieldLabourSigned
Gerald Howarth09/06/2005AldershotConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson09/06/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Jo Swinson13/06/2005East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper15/06/2005Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Edward Davey16/06/2005Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mohammad Sarwar22/06/2005Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
John McDonnell04/07/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Michael Moore13/07/2005Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer19/07/2005Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott20/07/2005Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Sarah Teather21/07/2005Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
David Amess10/10/2005Southend WestConservativeSigned
Mark Williams11/10/2005CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned

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