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PLEURAL PLAQUES AND THE LAW LORDS' DECISION

EDM number 532 in 2007-08, proposed by Michael Clapham on 10/12/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Industrial health and safety and Industry.

That this House is gravely concerned by the decision of the Law Lords on pleural plaques caused by exposure to asbestos delivered on 17th October 2007; notes that Professor Newman Taylor and Professor Mark Britton, world-renowned experts on asbestos-related diseases, have dispelled the myth held in some quarters that pleural plaques are widespread amongst the general population; considers that pleural plaques caused by the negligent exposure to asbestos make obvious that the body of a sufferer has been polluted by asbestos particles; believes that the polluter should pay compensation to those negligently contaminated by the fatal fibre; and calls on the Secretary of State for Justice to introduce legislative proposals to reverse the Law Lords' decision and avoid the development of a postcode lottery for those negligently exposed to asbestos.

This motion has been signed by a total of 109 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Michael Clapham10/12/2007Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourProposed
Jim Sheridan10/12/2007Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSeconded
Peter Kilfoyle10/12/2007Liverpool, WaltonLabourSeconded
John Cummings10/12/2007EasingtonLabourSeconded
Ronnie Campbell10/12/2007Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Ken Purchase10/12/2007Wolverhampton North EastLabourSeconded
Marsha Singh10/12/2007Bradford WestLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins10/12/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle10/12/2007ChorleyLabourSigned
Brian Iddon10/12/2007Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd10/12/2007Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Denis Murphy10/12/2007WansbeckLabourSigned
Bill Olner10/12/2007NuneatonLabourSigned
Colin Burgon10/12/2007ElmetLabourSigned
David Crausby10/12/2007Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Ian Gibson10/12/2007Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Roger Berry10/12/2007KingswoodLabourSigned
Don Touhig10/12/2007IslwynLabourSigned
Betty Williams10/12/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice11/12/2007PendleLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/12/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner11/12/2007BolsoverLabourSigned
Bob Laxton11/12/2007Derby NorthLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty11/12/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell11/12/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Chris Mullin11/12/2007Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne11/12/2007Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Annette Brooke11/12/2007Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton11/12/2007GowerLabourSigned
David Clelland11/12/2007Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Janet Dean11/12/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Mark Durkan11/12/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
David Borrow11/12/2007South RibbleLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley11/12/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Graham Stringer11/12/2007Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
David Taylor11/12/2007North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Desmond Turner11/12/2007Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Jim Devine11/12/2007LivingstonLabourSigned
Greg Pope12/12/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
Nick Harvey12/12/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes12/12/2007ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell12/12/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Edward O'Hara12/12/2007Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Colin Breed12/12/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen12/12/2007Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Ann Cryer12/12/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
David Drew12/12/2007StroudLabourSigned
Mike Hancock12/12/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis12/12/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson12/12/2007East AntrimDUPSigned
Sharon Hodgson12/12/2007Gateshead East and Washington WestLabourSigned
John Leech12/12/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heyes13/12/2007Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins13/12/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Tom Levitt13/12/2007High PeakLabourSigned
Ian McCartney13/12/2007MakerfieldLabourSigned
Michael Connarty13/12/2007Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn13/12/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore13/12/2007HendonLabourSigned
Jim Dowd13/12/2007Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard13/12/2007WalthamstowLabourSigned
Paul Truswell13/12/2007PudseyLabourSigned
Katy Clark13/12/2007North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Tom Clarke17/12/2007Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd17/12/2007Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Frank Doran17/12/2007Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley17/12/2007City of YorkLabourSigned
Elliot Morley18/12/2007ScunthorpeLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith18/12/2007Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley18/12/2007RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin18/12/2007Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Robert Wareing18/12/2007Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Roger Williams18/12/2007Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Gwyn Prosser07/01/2008DoverLabourSigned
Doug Henderson07/01/2008Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp07/01/2008Houghton and Washington EastLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster07/01/2008Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Howard Stoate07/01/2008DartfordLabourSigned
David Anderson07/01/2008BlaydonLabourSigned
Anne Moffat08/01/2008East LothianLabourSigned
Anne Begg08/01/2008Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Albert Owen09/01/2008Ynys MLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds10/01/2008Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Willie Rennie10/01/2008Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas14/01/2008CrosbyLabourSigned
Joan Walley14/01/2008Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Anthony D Wright14/01/2008Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington17/01/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Roberta Blackman-Woods21/01/2008City of DurhamLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd29/01/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Kate Hoey30/01/2008VauxhallLabourSigned
Eric Illsley05/02/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Lady Hermon06/02/2008North DownUUPSigned
David Hamilton07/02/2008MidlothianLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas18/02/2008DagenhamLabourSigned
Richard Benyon18/02/2008NewburyConservativeSigned
Joe Benton19/02/2008BootleLabourSigned
John Battle21/02/2008Leeds WestLabourSigned
Ian Cawsey22/02/2008Brigg and GooleLabourSigned
Clive Efford22/02/2008ElthamLabourSigned
Louise Ellman22/02/2008Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Charlotte Atkins05/03/2008Staffordshire MoorlandsLabourSigned
Ian Davidson19/05/2008Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Linda Riordan19/05/2008HalifaxLabourSigned
Paul Flynn06/10/2008Newport WestLabourSigned
Dai Davies06/10/2008Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Eddie McGrady16/10/2008South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Chris BryantUnknownWithdrawn
Dawn ButlerUnknownWithdrawn

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