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Asbestos In Schools

EDM number 1204 in 2008-09, proposed by Paul Rowen on 26/03/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Industrial health and safety and Schools.

That this House welcomed the opportunity to debate the issue of asbestos in schools in Westminster Hall; notes the fatal effect that exposure to asbestos continues to have on pupils and teachers exposed to asbestos fibres in school buildings; further notes that the incidence of mesothelioma is rising, with the Association of Teachers and Lecturers citing at least 400 members of the teaching profession who have been exposed to asbestos, recognises that 75 per cent. of all schools across the country have asbestos present in one form or another; notes that in the United States of America and the Republic of Ireland clear policies have been adopted in relation to asbestos in school buildings; calls upon the Government to carry out a confidential national survey of schools, followed by funding from the Department of Children, Schools and Families for any school identified during the survey as needing remedial work; further calls on the Government to implement a policy of replacing all asbestos containing materials in schools as part of a national strategy with clear targets in order to provide safe environments for the nation's pupils to succeed; and welcomes the Government's concession that proper training needs to be provided to all head teachers and school managers regarding their current responsibilities in this area.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Rowen26/03/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratProposed
Lorely Burt26/03/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jennifer Willott26/03/2009Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSeconded
Don Foster26/03/2009BathLiberal DemocratSeconded
Annette Brooke26/03/2009Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Russell26/03/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley26/03/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock31/03/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Simpson01/04/2009Upper BannDUPSigned
Lady Hermon01/04/2009North DownUUPSigned
Paul Holmes01/04/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton01/04/2009GowerLabourSigned
Phil Willis01/04/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew02/04/2009StroudLabourSigned
John Hemming02/04/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell20/04/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas20/04/2009CrosbyLabourSigned
Richard Bacon20/04/2009South NorfolkConservativeSigned
David Taylor20/04/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Roger Williams20/04/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Philip Davies21/04/2009ShipleyConservativeSigned
Harry Cohen21/04/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady21/04/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Eric Illsley22/04/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell22/04/2009East LondonderryDUPSigned
Rudi Vis22/04/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Joan Walley23/04/2009Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Dai Davies23/04/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Greg Mulholland24/04/2009Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard27/04/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins30/04/2009TamworthLabourSigned
David Anderson05/05/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson06/05/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Mark Durkan07/05/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Mark Fisher19/05/2009Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Lindsay Roy20/05/2009GlenrothesLabourSigned
Norman Baker21/05/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones09/06/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Bob Laxton15/06/2009Derby NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer23/06/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds02/07/2009Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Mark Hunter12/10/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned

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