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<id>26468</id>
<session>2003-04</session>
<number>45</number>
<title>Climate Change</title>
<proposer id="10559">Caroline Spelman</proposer>
<date>2003-11-26</date>
<text>That this House notes with concern the UN's International Panel on Climate Change's warning that global temperatures will rise by as much as 5.8 degrees centigrade by 2099; is concerned at the catastrophic effect this will have on agriculture, wildlife, human health and prosperity globally; recognises the especially acute problems this will cause in both the African and Asian continents, with the prediction that resultant crop failures will mean a loss of up to one quarter of food production in those areas; and calls on the Government to urge all countries to ratify international climate change protocols.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10559">Caroline Spelman</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Meriden</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10193">Michael Fabricant</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lichfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10920">Chris Grayling</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Epsom &amp; Ewell</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10241">Damian Green</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ashford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10713">Gregory Barker</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bexhill &amp; Battle</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10715">John Baron</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Billericay</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10588">John Taylor</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Solihull</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10632">John Whittingdale</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Maldon &amp; East Chelmsford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10179">Alan Duncan</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rutland &amp; Melton</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10670">Stephen O'Brien</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eddisbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10964">Mark Hoban</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Fareham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10355">Oliver Letwin</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Dorset</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10358">Julian Lewis</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>New Forest East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10371">Tim Loughton</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Worthing &amp; Shoreham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10373">Peter Luff</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Worcestershire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10426">Theresa May</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Maidenhead</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10389">Anne McIntosh</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vale of York</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11115">Andrew Mitchell</mp>
		<date>2003-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sutton Coldfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10257">Philip Hammond</mp>
		<date>2003-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Runnymede &amp; Weybridge</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10023">Tony Baldry</mp>
		<date>2003-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Banbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10675">Simon Thomas</mp>
		<date>2003-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11308">Angela Watkinson</mp>
		<date>2003-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upminster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10643">David Wilshire</mp>
		<date>2003-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Spelthorne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10006">Peter Ainsworth</mp>
		<date>2003-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Surrey</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10221">Edward Garnier</mp>
		<date>2003-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harborough</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10901">Mark Francois</mp>
		<date>2003-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rayleigh</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10884">Mark Field</mp>
		<date>2003-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cities of London &amp; Westminster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10868">Peter Duncan</mp>
		<date>2003-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Galloway &amp; Upper Nithsdale</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11109">Patrick Mercer</mp>
		<date>2003-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newark</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10662">Jacqui Lait</mp>
		<date>2003-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Beckenham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10660">John Randall</mp>
		<date>2003-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Uxbridge</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10658">Tim Yeo</mp>
		<date>2003-12-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Suffolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>2003-12-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10854">Jonathan Djanogly</mp>
		<date>2003-12-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Huntingdon</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10815">Derek Conway</mp>
		<date>2003-12-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Old Bexley &amp; Sidcup</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10553">Martin Smyth</mp>
		<date>2003-12-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast South</constituency>
		<party>Independent Ulster Unionist</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11194">Iris Robinson</mp>
		<date>2003-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Strangford</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10301">Andrew Hunter</mp>
		<date>2003-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Basingstoke</constituency>
		<party>Independent Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10336">Robert Key</mp>
		<date>2003-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Salisbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10447">Malcolm Moss</mp>
		<date>2003-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Cambridgeshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10240">James Gray</mp>
		<date>2003-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Wiltshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11318">Bill Wiggin</mp>
		<date>2003-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leominster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10009">David Amess</mp>
		<date>2003-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southend West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10780">Gregory Campbell</mp>
		<date>2003-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10065">Julian Brazier</mp>
		<date>2003-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Canterbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11245">Bob Spink</mp>
		<date>2003-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Castle Point</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10033">Roy Beggs</mp>
		<date>2003-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Antrim</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10201">Howard Flight</mp>
		<date>2003-12-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Arundel &amp; South Downs</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10267">Oliver Heald</mp>
		<date>2003-12-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Hertfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11095">Rob Marris</mp>
		<date>2003-12-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wolverhampton South West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10099">Sydney Chapman</mp>
		<date>2003-12-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chipping Barnet</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11216">Andrew Selous</mp>
		<date>2003-12-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Bedfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2003-12-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10918">Paul Goodman</mp>
		<date>2003-12-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wycombe</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10531">Jonathan Sayeed</mp>
		<date>2004-01-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Bedfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10890">Adrian Flook</mp>
		<date>2004-01-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Taunton</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10228">Cheryl Gillan</mp>
		<date>2004-01-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chesham &amp; Amersham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10394">David Maclean</mp>
		<date>2004-01-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Penrith &amp; The Border</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11132">Andrew Murrison</mp>
		<date>2004-01-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Westbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11265">Hugo Swire</mp>
		<date>2004-01-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Devon</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10344">Julie Kirkbride</mp>
		<date>2004-01-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bromsgrove</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11145">George Osborne</mp>
		<date>2004-02-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tatton</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10477">Eric Pickles</mp>
		<date>2004-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brentwood &amp; Ongar</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10955">Charles Hendry</mp>
		<date>2004-05-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wealden</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10040">John Bercow</mp>
		<date>2004-05-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Buckingham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
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