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Air Quality

EDM number 2059 in 2007-08, proposed by Norman Baker on 16/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Construction industry, Health education and preventive medicine and Pollution.

That this House notes that poor air quality is currently estimated to reduce the life expectancy of every person in the UK by an average of seven to eight months and impacts particularly on children, the elderly and those in poor health; further notes that emissions from demolition and construction sites can be significant contributors to poor air quality in local areas; and calls on major construction projects such as for the Olympics to implement the Best Practice Guidance: The Control of Dust and Emissions from Construction and Demolition, by ensuring that all plants over 37 kilowatts are fitted with suitable pollution control technology.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Norman Baker16/07/2008LewesLiberal DemocratProposed
Peter Bottomley16/07/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Nigel Evans16/07/2008Ribble ValleyConservativeSeconded
Alan Meale16/07/2008MansfieldLabourSeconded
Paddy Tipping16/07/2008SherwoodLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn16/07/2008Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Bob Russell16/07/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew17/07/2008StroudLabourSigned
David Taylor17/07/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Mike Hancock17/07/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton17/07/2008GowerLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins17/07/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson17/07/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders17/07/2008TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan21/07/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Mark Hunter21/07/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams21/07/2008ConwyLabourSigned
Steve Webb21/07/2008NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis21/07/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell21/07/2008Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Gidley21/07/2008RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez Foster21/07/2008Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore21/07/2008HendonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer21/07/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce21/07/2008GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell21/07/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Lynne Jones21/07/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Clare Short21/07/2008Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Don Foster21/07/2008BathLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech22/07/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams22/07/2008Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean22/07/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Harry Cohen22/07/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Marsha Singh06/10/2008Bradford WestLabourSigned
Jennifer Willott06/10/2008Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Willie Rennie06/10/2008Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan07/10/2008HalifaxLabourSigned
Roger Williams14/10/2008Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin16/10/2008Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
John Barrett04/11/2008Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned

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