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Bhopal Disaster

EDM number 187 in 2009-10, proposed by Timothy Farron on 24/11/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Industrial health and safety and Emergencies and disaster management.

That this House remembers with sadness and outrage the tragedy that took place in Bhopal, India, resulting from the leak of thousands of tonnes of chemicals in December 1984; admonishes the Indian government for its negligence in failing to clean up the chemical waste following the disaster; highlights with great sadness the thousands of lives lost directly after the leak and in the 20 years after and the 100,000 people continuing to suffer from health problems from contaminated water supplies and daily exposure to chemicals; and calls on the Indian government to act immediately to end this injustice and clean up the area so that local people can be free from this suffering and distress.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tim Farron24/11/2009Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratProposed
Lindsay Hoyle24/11/2009ChorleyLabourSeconded
Andrew George24/11/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan24/11/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Lynne Jones24/11/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock25/11/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Ronnie Campbell25/11/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Mark Williams25/11/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech25/11/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Turner25/11/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley25/11/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Jeremy Corbyn25/11/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Alan Meale25/11/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
Paul Holmes25/11/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson25/11/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis26/11/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Hemming26/11/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean26/11/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/11/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Colin Breed26/11/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian McCartney26/11/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd26/11/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Brian Jenkins26/11/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Martin Caton26/11/2009GowerLabourSigned
David Taylor30/11/2009North West LeicestershireLabourWithdrawn
Paul Keetch30/11/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington30/11/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Lady Hermon01/12/2009North DownUUPSigned
David Heyes01/12/2009Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore01/12/2009HendonLabourSigned
John Austin01/12/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling02/12/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
David Hamilton03/12/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Marsha Singh07/12/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Eric Illsley07/12/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay07/12/2009ThurrockLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard07/12/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff08/12/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Louise Ellman10/12/2009Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins15/12/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Evan Harris16/12/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Eddie McGrady18/01/2010South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Edward Davey21/01/2010Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland28/01/2010Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Diane Abbott08/02/2010Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned

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