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Plastic Bags

EDM number 534 in 2012-13, proposed by Zac Goldsmith on 17/09/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Environmental protection and Waste management.

That this House welcomes the comments by the Prime Minister that the recent rise in carrier bag use is unacceptable and the statement by the Departmentfor Environment, Food and Rural Affairs that if the use of carrier bags does not decrease, the Government will consider taking additional measures; further welcomes the Break the Bag Habit campaign by the Campaign to Protect Rural England, Keep Britain Tidy, the Marine Conservation Society and Surfers Against Sewage and the Greener upon Thames Plastic Bag Free campaign; and calls on the Government to require retailers to impose a charge on all single use carrier bags, replicating the successful scheme in Wales and many other countries.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Zac Goldsmith17/09/2012Richmond ParkConservativeProposed
Elfyn Llwyd17/09/2012Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSeconded
John McDonnell17/09/2012Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Martin Caton17/09/2012GowerLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn17/09/2012Islington NorthLabourSeconded
David Tredinnick17/09/2012BosworthConservativeSeconded
Naomi Long17/09/2012Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Caroline Lucas17/09/2012Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Paul Flynn17/09/2012Newport WestLabourSigned
John Leech17/09/2012Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins18/09/2012Luton NorthLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma18/09/2012Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Andrew George18/09/2012St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Meale18/09/2012MansfieldLabourSigned
Jim Shannon18/09/2012StrangfordDUPSigned
Adrian Sanders18/09/2012TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heyes15/10/2012Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Mark Durkan15/10/2012FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Roger Godsiff15/10/2012Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton15/10/2012Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Mike Hancock15/10/2012Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Crockart15/10/2012Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerald Kaufman16/10/2012Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Stephen Williams16/10/2012Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Farron16/10/2012Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Margaret Ritchie16/10/2012South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Kevin Barron16/10/2012Rother ValleyLabourSigned
William McCrea17/10/2012South AntrimDUPSigned
Jim Cunningham17/10/2012Coventry SouthLabourSigned
George Galloway17/10/2012Bradford WestRespectSigned
David Anderson17/10/2012BlaydonLabourSigned
Fiona Bruce17/10/2012CongletonConservativeSigned
Lady Hermon18/10/2012North DownIndependentSigned
Gordon Henderson18/10/2012Sittingbourne and SheppeyConservativeSigned
Mark Williams19/10/2012CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
David Wright22/10/2012TelfordLabourSigned
Andrew Rosindell23/10/2012RomfordConservativeSigned
Stephen Hepburn26/10/2012JarrowLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell29/10/2012North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Julian Huppert29/10/2012CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Blomfield09/01/2013Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd10/01/2013Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell14/01/2013Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Campbell21/01/2013Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley07/02/2013York CentralLabourSigned
Simon Wright18/04/2013Norwich SouthLiberal DemocratSigned

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