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Contamination Of War Zones

EDM number 59 in 2016-17, proposed by Paul Flynn on 23/05/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Environmental protection, Health services, Iraq, Military operations and Pollution.

That this House recognises the long-term unresolved problem of toxic contamination of war zones, especially in Iraq; notes research on this problem recently presented by Dr Mozhgan Savabieasfahani to the University of Stavanger; is concerned about the lead pollution from burn-pits on US bases and from use of munitions and bullets; further notes the resolution agreed by the American Public Health Association in November 2015 that parties involved in military activities abroad have a post-conflict responsibility to clean up and decontaminate polluted areas; and calls on the Government to work with the US to take the necessary action to clean up areas polluted by the allied military forces and assist current generations in Iraq with remedial healthcare.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Flynn23/05/2016Newport WestLabourProposed
Kelvin Hopkins23/05/2016Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Mark Durkan23/05/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Natalie McGarry24/05/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySeconded
Margaret Ritchie24/05/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Paul Monaghan24/05/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySeconded
Liz Saville Roberts24/05/2016Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Angus MacNeil24/05/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry25/05/2016Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Mary Glindon25/05/2016North TynesideLabourSigned
Alan Brown25/05/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Marion Fellows25/05/2016Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartySigned
Jonathan Edwards25/05/2016Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Alison Thewliss26/05/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySigned
Michael Weir26/05/2016AngusScottish National PartySigned
Douglas Chapman26/05/2016Dunfermline and West FifeScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh06/06/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law06/06/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson06/06/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Caroline Lucas06/06/2016Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Kirsten Oswald08/06/2016East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley08/06/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Phil Boswell08/06/2016Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySigned
Stephen Gethins09/06/2016North East FifeScottish National PartySigned
John McNally09/06/2016FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Stuart Donaldson13/06/2016West Aberdeenshire and KincardineScottish National PartySigned
Jim Cunningham13/06/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Steven Paterson20/06/2016StirlingScottish National PartySigned
Michelle Thomson04/07/2016Edinburgh WestScottish National PartySigned

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