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Depleted Uranium Weapons Renewal

EDM number 2318 in 2010-12, proposed by Peter Bottomley on 27/10/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Military operations and Weapons.

That this House notes that the British Army maintains depleted uranium (DU) munitions within its arsenal and that 2.3 tonnes of DU rounds were fired by UK forces during the 1991 and 2003 Iraq conflicts; recognises the potential risk to health and the environment that accompanies the use of these weapons; appreciates the costs and technical difficulties associated with managing sites and material contaminated by their use; further notes that UK radioactive waste discharge policy is based on both the precautionary and polluter pays principles and that international pressure over the use of DU is increasing; further recognises that using munitions that leave a toxic legacy is particularly inappropriate in contemporary peacekeeping and humanitarian operations; is aware that CHARM3, the UK's only remaining operational DU round, is no longer manufactured and that its propellant charges are due to expire in 2013; further notes that the UK has options beyond re-licensing or re-developing the existing charge, or replacing the current ammunition with a new DU round; and calls on the Government to take this opportunity to cease using DU in its kinetic energy ammunition.

This motion has been signed by a total of 63 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Peter Bottomley27/10/2011Worthing WestConservativeProposed
Martin Horwood27/10/2011CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSeconded
Elfyn Llwyd27/10/2011Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSeconded
Katy Clark27/10/2011North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSeconded
Angus Robertson27/10/2011MorayScottish National PartySeconded
John Leech31/10/2011Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins31/10/2011Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Meale31/10/2011MansfieldLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn31/10/2011Islington NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin31/10/2011Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock31/10/2011Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Williams31/10/2011ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Jonathan Edwards31/10/2011Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Glenda Jackson01/11/2011Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
Martin Caton01/11/2011GowerLabourSigned
Mark Durkan01/11/2011FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Andrew George01/11/2011St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Margaret Ritchie02/11/2011South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Paul Flynn02/11/2011Newport WestLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne02/11/2011Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd02/11/2011Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Naomi Long03/11/2011Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Jim Cunningham03/11/2011Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff07/11/2011Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Zac Goldsmith07/11/2011Richmond ParkConservativeSigned
Caroline Lucas09/11/2011Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Bob Russell10/11/2011ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Julian Huppert14/11/2011CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Ruddock15/11/2011Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland15/11/2011Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Tessa Munt21/11/2011WellsLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams21/11/2011CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Fabian Hamilton21/11/2011Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Paul Blomfield21/11/2011Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy22/11/2011Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Connarty22/11/2011Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Graeme Morrice22/11/2011LivingstonLabourSigned
Clive Betts24/11/2011Sheffield South EastLabourSigned
Tom Brake28/11/2011Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Begg28/11/2011Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Pete Wishart28/11/2011Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
David Heyes29/11/2011Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Richard Burden30/11/2011Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Frank Dobson01/12/2011Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Sheila Gilmore08/12/2011Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell08/12/2011North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Crockart08/12/2011Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Ward12/12/2011Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSigned
John Thurso14/12/2011Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood14/12/2011Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Barry Sheerman20/12/2011HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Joan Walley20/12/2011Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Stephen Gilbert20/12/2011St Austell and NewquayLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster20/12/2011BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Yasmin Qureshi20/12/2011Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell10/01/2012Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Craig Whittaker10/01/2012Calder ValleyConservativeSigned
Duncan Hames18/01/2012ChippenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Stewart Hosie30/01/2012Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Adrian Sanders06/02/2012TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Rotheram07/02/2012Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Bill Esterson29/02/2012Sefton CentralLabourSigned
Simon Hughes30/04/2012Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkLiberal DemocratSigned

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