Modernising Company Law

EDM number 697 in 2005-06, proposed by Sarah McCarthy-Fry on 10/10/2005.

That this House believes companies are critical in achieving the aims of sustainable development and to making poverty history, but that in order to be able to do so their freedom to operate must be balanced with clear responsibilities to society and the environment; and urges the Government to enshrine in new company law a duty for directors to identify, consider, act and report on any negative social and environmental impacts caused by a company's activities in the UK or overseas.

This motion has been signed by a total of 234 MPs, 7 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	10/10/2005	Portsmouth North	Labour	Proposed
Mike Gapes	10/10/2005	Ilford South	Labour	Seconded
Sadiq Khan	10/10/2005	Tooting	Labour	Seconded
Helen Goodman	10/10/2005	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Seconded
Lyn Brown	10/10/2005	West Ham	Labour	Seconded
Martin Salter	10/10/2005	Reading West	Labour	Seconded
Diana Johnson	10/10/2005	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	11/10/2005	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Desmond Turner	11/10/2005	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	11/10/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	11/10/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	11/10/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	11/10/2005	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	11/10/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	11/10/2005	Crawley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	11/10/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	12/10/2005	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	12/10/2005	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	12/10/2005	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	12/10/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	12/10/2005	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	12/10/2005	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	12/10/2005	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Dennis Skinner	12/10/2005	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	12/10/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	13/10/2005	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	13/10/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Andrew Gwynne	13/10/2005	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Sian James	13/10/2005	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Jessica Morden	13/10/2005	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	13/10/2005	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	13/10/2005	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	13/10/2005	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Gordon Marsden	13/10/2005	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/10/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	13/10/2005	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	13/10/2005	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/10/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	14/10/2005	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	14/10/2005	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	14/10/2005	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	17/10/2005	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
John Battle	17/10/2005	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	17/10/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	17/10/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	17/10/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	17/10/2005	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	18/10/2005	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
John Leech	18/10/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	18/10/2005	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
David Drew	18/10/2005	Stroud	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	18/10/2005	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	18/10/2005	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
John McFall	18/10/2005	West Dunbartonshire	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	18/10/2005	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hendrick	18/10/2005	Preston	Labour	Signed
Lynda Waltho	19/10/2005	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	19/10/2005	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	19/10/2005	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Mary Creagh	19/10/2005	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	19/10/2005	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	19/10/2005	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	19/10/2005	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Barbara Keeley	20/10/2005	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	20/10/2005	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Gavin Strang	20/10/2005	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
John Austin	20/10/2005	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	20/10/2005	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	20/10/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	20/10/2005	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	20/10/2005	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	20/10/2005	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	21/10/2005	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	21/10/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	24/10/2005	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	24/10/2005	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Doran	24/10/2005	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	24/10/2005	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	24/10/2005	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	24/10/2005	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	24/10/2005	Medway	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/10/2005	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	24/10/2005	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Jim Sheridan	24/10/2005	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	25/10/2005	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	25/10/2005	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	25/10/2005	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	26/10/2005	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Dawn Butler	26/10/2005	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Meg Hillier	26/10/2005	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	26/10/2005	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	26/10/2005	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Dan Norris	26/10/2005	Wansdyke	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	26/10/2005	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	28/10/2005	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	31/10/2005	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	01/11/2005	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	02/11/2005	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Judy Mallaber	02/11/2005	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	03/11/2005	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	03/11/2005	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	07/11/2005	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	07/11/2005	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	07/11/2005	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	07/11/2005	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	08/11/2005	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	08/11/2005	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Mark Hunter	09/11/2005	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Allen	09/11/2005	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	09/11/2005	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	09/11/2005	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	10/11/2005	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	10/11/2005	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	11/11/2005	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	15/11/2005	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	15/11/2005	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	15/11/2005	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	15/11/2005	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	16/11/2005	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	21/11/2005	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Paul Keetch	23/11/2005	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	28/11/2005	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	30/11/2005	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	01/12/2005	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	06/12/2005	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	08/12/2005	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Tom Clarke	14/12/2005	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	19/12/2005	Dover	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	20/12/2005	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
John Gummer	20/12/2005	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Francis	09/01/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	09/01/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	09/01/2006	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	10/01/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	17/01/2006	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	17/01/2006	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Natascha Engel	17/01/2006	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	19/01/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	20/01/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	23/01/2006	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Adrian Sanders	23/01/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Cruddas	23/01/2006	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
John Penrose	23/01/2006	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	24/01/2006	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	24/01/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	24/01/2006	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	24/01/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Adam Holloway	25/01/2006	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Ian Austin	25/01/2006	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	25/01/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	25/01/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	25/01/2006	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	25/01/2006	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	26/01/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Stewart Hosie	26/01/2006	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Howard Stoate	26/01/2006	Dartford	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	26/01/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	26/01/2006	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	26/01/2006	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	26/01/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
John Horam	26/01/2006	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Clare Short	26/01/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Mark Lancaster	30/01/2006	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
Janet Anderson	30/01/2006	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	30/01/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	30/01/2006	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	30/01/2006	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	30/01/2006	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	30/01/2006	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	30/01/2006	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Piara S Khabra	30/01/2006	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	30/01/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	31/01/2006	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	31/01/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	01/02/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Katy Clark	02/02/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	06/02/2006	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	06/02/2006	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	06/02/2006	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	09/02/2006	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	13/02/2006	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Celia Barlow	13/02/2006	Hove	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	14/02/2006	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	14/02/2006	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	15/02/2006	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
John Smith	16/02/2006	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	16/02/2006	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	16/02/2006	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joe Benton	27/02/2006	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	27/02/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	27/02/2006	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Robert Wareing	28/02/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	01/03/2006	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	02/03/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	02/03/2006	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	02/03/2006	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	06/03/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alex Salmond	08/03/2006	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	10/03/2006	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	15/03/2006	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Edward Leigh	20/03/2006	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Dodds	21/03/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Iain Wright	21/03/2006	Hartlepool	Labour	Signed
Jamie Reed	29/03/2006	Copeland	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	29/03/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Iris Robinson	29/03/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Nick Brown	30/03/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	18/04/2006	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	18/04/2006			Signed
Ronnie Campbell	18/04/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Lee Scott	18/04/2006	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	18/04/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	20/04/2006	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	24/04/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	25/04/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
George Howarth	02/05/2006	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Mark Pritchard	16/05/2006	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	17/05/2006	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	17/05/2006	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	07/06/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	12/06/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Madeleine Moon	14/06/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	26/06/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	03/07/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	24/07/2006	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Mole	09/10/2006	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	26/10/2006	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	Unknown			Withdrawn
Tobias Ellwood	Unknown			Withdrawn
Edward Vaizey	Unknown			Withdrawn
Andrew Stunell	Unknown			Withdrawn
Lorely Burt	Unknown			Withdrawn
Menzies Campbell	Unknown			Withdrawn
Peter Bone	Unknown			Withdrawn

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