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This motion has been signed by a total of 234 MPs, 7 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Sarah McCarthy-Fry10/10/2005Portsmouth NorthLabourProposed
Martin Salter10/10/2005Reading WestLabourSeconded
Lyn Brown10/10/2005West HamLabourSeconded
Helen Goodman10/10/2005Bishop AucklandLabourSeconded
Sadiq Khan10/10/2005TootingLabourSeconded
Mike Gapes10/10/2005Ilford SouthLabourSeconded
Diana Johnson10/10/2005Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell11/10/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt11/10/2005CrawleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn11/10/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin11/10/2005Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock11/10/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley11/10/2005Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Taylor11/10/2005North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Desmond Turner11/10/2005Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Michael Weir11/10/2005AngusScottish National PartySigned
Bob Russell12/10/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Skinner12/10/2005BolsoverLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd12/10/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Diane Abbott12/10/2005Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Paul Truswell12/10/2005PudseyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis12/10/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt12/10/2005Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
David Anderson12/10/2005BlaydonLabourSigned
Sharon Hodgson12/10/2005Gateshead East and Washington WestLabourSigned
Adam Price13/10/2005Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
John Pugh13/10/2005SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson13/10/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden13/10/2005Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Mark Durkan13/10/2005FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Clive Efford13/10/2005ElthamLabourSigned
Clive Betts13/10/2005Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Joan Walley13/10/2005Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Betty Williams13/10/2005ConwyLabourSigned
Andrew Gwynne13/10/2005Denton and ReddishLabourSigned
Si13/10/2005Swansea EastLabourSigned
Jessica Morden13/10/2005Newport EastLabourSigned
Joan Ruddock14/10/2005Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Andrew Love14/10/2005EdmontonLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty14/10/2005Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington14/10/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz17/10/2005Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Rob Marris17/10/2005Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Ann Cryer17/10/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore17/10/2005HendonLabourSigned
John Battle17/10/2005Leeds WestLabourSigned
Gordon Banks17/10/2005Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
Mark Hendrick18/10/2005PrestonLabourSigned
Paul Holmes18/10/2005ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
John McFall18/10/2005West DunbartonshireLabourSigned
Richard Burden18/10/2005Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
David Chaytor18/10/2005Bury NorthLabourSigned
David Drew18/10/2005StroudLabourSigned
Roberta Blackman-Woods18/10/2005City of DurhamLabourSigned
John Leech18/10/2005Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Emily Thornberry18/10/2005Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Joan Humble19/10/2005Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Ann McKechin19/10/2005Glasgow NorthLabourSigned
Jim Cousins19/10/2005Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Mary Creagh19/10/2005WakefieldLabourSigned
Nia Griffith19/10/2005LlanelliLabourSigned
Jim McGovern19/10/2005Dundee WestLabourSigned
Lynda Waltho19/10/2005StourbridgeLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd20/10/2005Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Bill Olner20/10/2005NuneatonLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne20/10/2005Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Martin Caton20/10/2005GowerLabourSigned
Paul Flynn20/10/2005Newport WestLabourSigned
John Austin20/10/2005Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Gavin Strang20/10/2005Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Hywel Williams20/10/2005CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Barbara Keeley20/10/2005WorsleyLabourSigned
Lynne Jones21/10/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Michael Penning21/10/2005Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Jim Sheridan24/10/2005Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
David Simpson24/10/2005Upper BannDUPSigned
Brian Jenkins24/10/2005TamworthLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews24/10/2005MedwayLabourSigned
Michael Connarty24/10/2005Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
David Crausby24/10/2005Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Janet Dean24/10/2005BurtonLabourSigned
Frank Doran24/10/2005Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
John Barrett24/10/2005Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Taylor24/10/2005Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Geraldine Smith25/10/2005Morecambe and LunesdaleLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman25/10/2005Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
David Lepper25/10/2005Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson26/10/2005Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Dan Norris26/10/2005WansdykeLabourSigned
Roger Berry26/10/2005KingswoodLabourSigned
Jon Trickett26/10/2005HemsworthLabourSigned
Meg Hillier26/10/2005Hackney South and ShoreditchLabourSigned
Dawn Butler26/10/2005Brent SouthLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling26/10/2005Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Ian Gibson28/10/2005Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith31/10/2005Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Harry Cohen01/11/2005Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber02/11/2005Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Robert Walter02/11/2005North DorsetConservativeSigned
Jimmy Hood03/11/2005Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Jim Devine03/11/2005LivingstonLabourSigned
Phyllis Starkey07/11/2005Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
Michael Meacher07/11/2005Oldham West and RoytonLabourSigned
Colin Challen07/11/2005Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley07/11/2005City of YorkLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton08/11/2005Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson08/11/2005East AntrimDUPSigned
Marsha Singh09/11/2005Bradford WestLabourSigned
Jim Dowd09/11/2005Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Graham Allen09/11/2005Nottingham NorthLabourSigned
Mark Hunter09/11/2005CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Russell Brown10/11/2005Dumfries and GallowayLabourSigned
Peter Soulsby10/11/2005Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Martyn Jones11/11/2005Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell15/11/2005Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Albert Owen15/11/2005Ynys MLabourSigned
Paul Burstow15/11/2005Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross15/11/2005TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott16/11/2005Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
George Galloway21/11/2005Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Paul Keetch23/11/2005HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard28/11/2005WalthamstowLabourSigned
Julie Morgan30/11/2005Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Ian Davidson01/12/2005Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp06/12/2005Houghton and Washington EastLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell08/12/2005Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Tom Clarke14/12/2005Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser19/12/2005DoverLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham20/12/2005Coventry SouthLabourSigned
John Gummer20/12/2005Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Alistair Carmichael09/01/2006Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster09/01/2006BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis09/01/2006AberavonLabourSigned
Kate Hoey10/01/2006VauxhallLabourSigned
Bob Laxton17/01/2006Derby NorthLabourSigned
Pete Wishart17/01/2006Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Natascha Engel17/01/2006North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar19/01/2006Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Phil Willis20/01/2006Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Angus Robertson23/01/2006MorayScottish National PartySigned
Adrian Sanders23/01/2006TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Jon Cruddas23/01/2006DagenhamLabourSigned
John Penrose23/01/2006Weston-Super-MareConservativeSigned
Lady Hermon24/01/2006North DownUUPSigned
Denis Murphy24/01/2006WansbeckLabourSigned
Annette Brooke24/01/2006Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian H Donohoe24/01/2006Central AyrshireLabourSigned
Helen Southworth25/01/2006Warrington SouthLabourSigned
Patrick Hall25/01/2006BedfordLabourSigned
David Borrow25/01/2006South RibbleLabourSigned
Keith Vaz25/01/2006Leicester EastLabourSigned
Ian Austin25/01/2006Dudley NorthLabourSigned
Adam Holloway25/01/2006GraveshamConservativeSigned
Clare Short26/01/2006Birmingham, LadywoodLabourSigned
John Horam26/01/2006OrpingtonConservativeSigned
John Cummings26/01/2006EasingtonLabourSigned
Louise Ellman26/01/2006Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Frank Field26/01/2006BirkenheadLabourSigned
David Hamilton26/01/2006MidlothianLabourSigned
Howard Stoate26/01/2006DartfordLabourSigned
Stewart Hosie26/01/2006Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Linda Riordan26/01/2006HalifaxLabourSigned
David Heyes30/01/2006Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra30/01/2006Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady30/01/2006South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Chris Mullin30/01/2006Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara30/01/2006Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
David Clelland30/01/2006Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly30/01/2006Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff30/01/2006Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Janet Anderson30/01/2006Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Mark Lancaster30/01/2006North East Milton KeynesConservativeSigned
Frank Cook31/01/2006Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis31/01/2006Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil01/02/2006Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Katy Clark02/02/2006North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Chris Ruane06/02/2006Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Michael Clapham06/02/2006Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Anthony D Wright06/02/2006Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Alan Keen09/02/2006Feltham and HestonLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster13/02/2006Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Celia Barlow13/02/2006HoveLabourSigned
David Marshall14/02/2006Glasgow EastLabourSigned
Anne Begg14/02/2006Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Dai Havard15/02/2006Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
John Smith16/02/2006Vale of GlamorganLabourSigned
Andrew Miller16/02/2006Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Roger Williams16/02/2006Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Robinson27/02/2006Belfast EastDUPSigned
Alan Meale27/02/2006MansfieldLabourSigned
Joe Benton27/02/2006BootleLabourSigned
Robert Wareing28/02/2006Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Rosie Cooper01/03/2006West LancashireLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins02/03/2006Luton NorthLabourSigned
Richard Taylor02/03/2006Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Daniel Kawczynski02/03/2006Shrewsbury and AtchamConservativeSigned
Sandra Gidley06/03/2006RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Alex Salmond08/03/2006Banff and BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas10/03/2006CrosbyLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson15/03/2006Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Edward Leigh20/03/2006GainsboroughConservativeSigned
Nigel Dodds21/03/2006Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Iain Wright21/03/2006HartlepoolLabourSigned
Iris Robinson29/03/2006StrangfordDUPSigned
William McCrea29/03/2006South AntrimDUPSigned
Jamie Reed29/03/2006CopelandLabourSigned
Nick Brown30/03/2006Newcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay18/04/2006ThurrockLabourSigned
Karen Buck18/04/2006Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell18/04/2006Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Lee Scott18/04/2006Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Mark Williams18/04/2006CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Khalid Mahmood20/04/2006Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Mark Fisher24/04/2006Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell25/04/2006East LondonderryDUPSigned
George Howarth02/05/2006Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Mark Pritchard16/05/2006The WrekinConservativeSigned
Peter Kilfoyle17/05/2006Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
John Bercow17/05/2006BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Stephen Hepburn07/06/2006JarrowLabourSigned
Norman Baker12/06/2006LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Madeleine Moon14/06/2006BridgendLabourSigned
Andrew George26/06/2006St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Iddon03/07/2006Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce24/07/2006GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Mole09/10/2006IpswichLabourSigned
George Mudie26/10/2006Leeds EastLabourSigned
Menzies CampbellUnknownWithdrawn
Lorely BurtUnknownWithdrawn
Andrew StunellUnknownWithdrawn
Edward VaizeyUnknownWithdrawn
Tobias EllwoodUnknownWithdrawn
Julie KirkbrideUnknownWithdrawn
Peter BoneUnknownWithdrawn

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