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.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Norman Baker	16/07/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Jeremy Corbyn	16/07/2008	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Paddy Tipping	16/07/2008	Sherwood	Labour	Seconded
Alan Meale	16/07/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Nigel Evans	16/07/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	16/07/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	16/07/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	17/07/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	17/07/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	17/07/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	17/07/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/07/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	17/07/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	17/07/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	21/07/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	21/07/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/07/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	21/07/2008	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	21/07/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	21/07/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	21/07/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	21/07/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	21/07/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	21/07/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	21/07/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	21/07/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	21/07/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	21/07/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	21/07/2008	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	22/07/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	22/07/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	22/07/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	22/07/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	06/10/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	06/10/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	06/10/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	07/10/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	14/10/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	16/10/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	04/11/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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