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This motion has been signed by a total of 109 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Michael Clapham	10/12/2007	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Proposed
Jim Sheridan	10/12/2007	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Seconded
Peter Kilfoyle	10/12/2007	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Seconded
John Cummings	10/12/2007	Easington	Labour	Seconded
Ronnie Campbell	10/12/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Seconded
Ken Purchase	10/12/2007	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Seconded
David Crausby	10/12/2007	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	10/12/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	10/12/2007	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	10/12/2007	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	10/12/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	10/12/2007	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	10/12/2007	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	10/12/2007	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	10/12/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/12/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	10/12/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	10/12/2007	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	10/12/2007	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	11/12/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	11/12/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Borrow	11/12/2007	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	11/12/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	11/12/2007	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	11/12/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	11/12/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	11/12/2007	Livingston	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	11/12/2007	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	11/12/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	11/12/2007	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	11/12/2007	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	11/12/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	11/12/2007	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	11/12/2007	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	11/12/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	11/12/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	11/12/2007	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	11/12/2007	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
David Drew	12/12/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	12/12/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	12/12/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	12/12/2007	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	12/12/2007	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
John Leech	12/12/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	12/12/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	12/12/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	12/12/2007	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	12/12/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	12/12/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	12/12/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Edward O'Hara	12/12/2007	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	12/12/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	13/12/2007	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	13/12/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	13/12/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	13/12/2007	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	13/12/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/12/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	13/12/2007	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	13/12/2007	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	13/12/2007	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	13/12/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	13/12/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	17/12/2007	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	17/12/2007	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	17/12/2007	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	17/12/2007	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	18/12/2007	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	18/12/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
John Austin	18/12/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/12/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	18/12/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	18/12/2007	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	07/01/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	07/01/2008	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	07/01/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	07/01/2008	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	07/01/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	07/01/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	08/01/2008	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	08/01/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	09/01/2008	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	10/01/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	10/01/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	14/01/2008	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	14/01/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	14/01/2008	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	17/01/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	21/01/2008	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	29/01/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kate Hoey	30/01/2008	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/02/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	06/02/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
David Hamilton	07/02/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	18/02/2008	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Richard Benyon	18/02/2008	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Joe Benton	19/02/2008	Bootle	Labour	Signed
John Battle	21/02/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	22/02/2008	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	22/02/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	22/02/2008	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	05/03/2008	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	19/05/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	19/05/2008	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	06/10/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	06/10/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Eddie McGrady	16/10/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Chris Bryant	Unknown			Withdrawn
Dawn Butler	Unknown			Withdrawn

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