Packaging Waste

EDM number 188 in 2007-08, proposed by Jo Swinson on 12/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Environmental protection, Manufacturing industries, Service industries and Waste management.

That this House notes with concern the excessive levels of packaging used by manufacturers and retailers, accounting for around five million tonnes of household waste and costing families an average of £470 per year; commends the numerous campaigns against excessive packaging including those run by the Women's Institute and The Independent newspaper; urges supermarkets and manufacturers to reduce excess packaging, recycle packaging waste and encourage the re-use of plastic carrier bags; and calls on the Government to take stronger action to curb excess packaging.

This motion has been signed by a total of 118 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jo Swinson	12/11/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Christopher Huhne	12/11/2007	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Elliot Morley	12/11/2007	Scunthorpe	Labour	Seconded
Susan Kramer	12/11/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Martin Salter	12/11/2007	Reading West	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	12/11/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Lynne Jones	12/11/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	12/11/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	13/11/2007	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/11/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	13/11/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	13/11/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Drew	13/11/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	13/11/2007	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/11/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	13/11/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
David Simpson	13/11/2007	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
David Heath	13/11/2007	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	13/11/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	13/11/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	13/11/2007	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	13/11/2007	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	14/11/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Taylor	14/11/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	14/11/2007	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	14/11/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	14/11/2007	Easington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	14/11/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	14/11/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	14/11/2007	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Glenda Jackson	14/11/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	15/11/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Mark Hunter	15/11/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	15/11/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	15/11/2007	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	15/11/2007	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	15/11/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/11/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	19/11/2007	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	19/11/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/11/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	19/11/2007	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/11/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	19/11/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	20/11/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	20/11/2007	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	20/11/2007	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	20/11/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	20/11/2007	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	20/11/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Virendra Sharma	21/11/2007	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
John Leech	21/11/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	21/11/2007	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	21/11/2007	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/11/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	21/11/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	21/11/2007	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	21/11/2007	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	21/11/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Brian Jenkins	21/11/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	22/11/2007	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	22/11/2007	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/11/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Horam	22/11/2007	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Andy Reed	22/11/2007	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	22/11/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	26/11/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	26/11/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	26/11/2007	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	26/11/2007	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	26/11/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	28/11/2007	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	28/11/2007	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	28/11/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	28/11/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	28/11/2007	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	28/11/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	28/11/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	28/11/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	28/11/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	28/11/2007	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	28/11/2007	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
David Heyes	28/11/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	28/11/2007	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	28/11/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	03/12/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	04/12/2007	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	04/12/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	04/12/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	05/12/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	05/12/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	06/12/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	06/12/2007	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	06/12/2007	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	10/12/2007	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	11/12/2007	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	12/12/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	17/12/2007	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	18/12/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	18/12/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	07/01/2008	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Betts	07/01/2008	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	07/01/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	07/01/2008	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	08/01/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Bercow	08/01/2008	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Frank Field	09/01/2008	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	14/01/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	16/01/2008	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	17/01/2008	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	21/01/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	22/01/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	24/01/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	28/01/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Michael Meacher	05/03/2008	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	19/05/2008	High Peak	Labour	Signed
John Mason	15/10/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Murphy	Unknown			Withdrawn

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