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Turn On The Tap Campaign

EDM number 897 in 2007-08, proposed by Michael Moore on 06/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Health services, International development and Water.

That this House welcomes World Water Day on 22nd March; notes with great concern that over one billion people in the developing world do not have access to safe water, that water-related disease is the second biggest killer of children worldwide and that the average distance walked by women in Africa and Asia to collect water is four miles; encourages participation in Samaritan's Purse's Turn on the Tap walks in Westminster on 18th March and parliamentary constituencies on 10th May to highlight the issue; and supports the work of Samaritan's Purse and others who are contributing towards achieving Millennium Development Goal 7.3 to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water.

This motion has been signed by a total of 76 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Michael Moore06/02/2008Berwickshire, Roxburgh & SelkirkLiberal DemocratProposed
John Battle06/02/2008Leeds WestLabourSeconded
David Drew06/02/2008StroudLabourSeconded
John Bercow06/02/2008BuckinghamConservativeSeconded
Alistair Burt06/02/2008North East BedfordshireConservativeSeconded
Steve Webb06/02/2008NorthavonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lee Scott06/02/2008Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley06/02/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Andrew George06/02/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Evans06/02/2008Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Ann Cryer06/02/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle06/02/2008ChorleyLabourSigned
Robert Smith06/02/2008Aberdeenshire West & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams07/02/2008Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Winterton07/02/2008CongletonConservativeSigned
David Taylor07/02/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
David Borrow07/02/2008South RibbleLabourSigned
Mike Hancock07/02/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore07/02/2008HendonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn07/02/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Karen Buck07/02/2008Signed
Alan Meale07/02/2008MansfieldLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins07/02/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
John Pugh07/02/2008SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter18/02/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis18/02/2008Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams18/02/2008ConwyLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster18/02/2008Hastings & RyeLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin18/02/2008Heywood & MiddletonLabourSigned
Vincent Cable18/02/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heyes18/02/2008Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Bob Spink18/02/2008Castle PointConservativeSigned
Alex Salmond18/02/2008Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Linda Riordan19/02/2008HalifaxLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil19/02/2008Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
John Leech19/02/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan19/02/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Martin Caton19/02/2008GowerLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael19/02/2008Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Burden19/02/2008Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
John McDonnell19/02/2008Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins19/02/2008TamworthLabourSigned
John Horam19/02/2008OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Willie Rennie20/02/2008Dunfermline & Fife WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson20/02/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Sammy Wilson20/02/2008East AntrimDUPSigned
Rudi Vis20/02/2008Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Colin Breed20/02/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey20/02/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt21/02/2008SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming21/02/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Boswell21/02/2008DaventryConservativeSigned
David Hamilton21/02/2008MidlothianLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell21/02/2008Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd21/02/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Simon Hughes21/02/2008North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Clive Efford22/02/2008ElthamLabourSigned
Janet Dean22/02/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Derek Conway22/02/2008Old Bexley & SidcupIndependentSigned
Annette Brooke22/02/2008Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith22/02/2008Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Paul Holmes22/02/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh22/02/2008Bradford WestLabourSigned
Hywel Williams25/02/2008CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Alan Simpson26/02/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Michael Howard26/02/2008Folkestone & HytheConservativeSigned
Paul Truswell26/02/2008PudseyLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross26/02/2008TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
David Maclean28/02/2008Penrith & The BorderConservativeSigned
Andrew Stunell03/03/2008Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Widdecombe05/03/2008Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
Edward Davey06/03/2008Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lancaster18/03/2008North East Milton KeynesConservativeSigned
John Barrett04/11/2008Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Hugo Swire06/11/2008East DevonConservativeSigned
Paul ClarkUnknownWithdrawn

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