Palm Oil And The Survival Of The Orang-Utan (EDM2090)

Palm Oil And The Survival Of The Orang-Utan

EDM number 2090 in 2005-06, proposed by Norman Baker on 03/05/2006.

That this House recognises that one in 10 UK supermarket products contain palm oil yet no UK supermarket knows from where its palm oil is sourced, that UK companies have also started importing palm oil for use in bio-diesel and that the UK is now the second biggest importer of palm oil in Europe; notes that 90 per cent. of global palm oil exports originate from Malaysia and Indonesia; is concerned that palm oil plantations are one of the biggest causes of forest destruction in these countries and pose the biggest threat to the survival of the orang-utan; is further concerned by plans of the Indonesian government to set up a mega palm oil plantation project in Borneo that would cut through the heart of most intact forest left on the island and convert part of Tanjung Puting National Park; supports the work of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil; regrets that over 500 UK companies buy and sell palm oil but fewer than 20 have joined this initiative; and urges the Government to persuade leading UK companies trading in palm oil to join the Roundtable, to use its influence to stop the development of the mega palm oil project in Borneo, to ensure that palm oil from destructive sources is not imported into the UK for use as a bio-fuel and to amend the Company Law Reform Bill to require directors to minimise negative social and environmental impacts.

This motion has been signed by a total of 69 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Norman Baker	03/05/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Mark Lazarowicz	03/05/2006	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	03/05/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Martin Horwood	03/05/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Michael Penning	03/05/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Seconded
Colin Challen	03/05/2006	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Seconded
Elfyn Llwyd	04/05/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Taylor	04/05/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	04/05/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Lepper	08/05/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	08/05/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	08/05/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	08/05/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/05/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/05/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	08/05/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	08/05/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	09/05/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	09/05/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paddy Tipping	09/05/2006	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/05/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	09/05/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	09/05/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	09/05/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	09/05/2006	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	09/05/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	09/05/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Martlew	09/05/2006	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/05/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	09/05/2006	Romford	Conservative	Signed
John Cummings	10/05/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	10/05/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	10/05/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	10/05/2006	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/05/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	10/05/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	10/05/2006	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	10/05/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	10/05/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	10/05/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Paul Flynn	10/05/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	11/05/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	11/05/2006	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	11/05/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	11/05/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	11/05/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Pugh	12/05/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	12/05/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/05/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Goodman	12/05/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	15/05/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	15/05/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	15/05/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Diane Abbott	17/05/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Dan Rogerson	18/05/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	23/05/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Rosie Cooper	23/05/2006	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	24/05/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	24/05/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	25/05/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	25/05/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	05/06/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	05/06/2006	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	06/06/2006	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	07/06/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	13/06/2006	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	14/06/2006	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	09/10/2006	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nia Griffith	06/11/2006	Llanelli	Labour	Signed

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