Gats And Water

EDM number 844 in 2003-04, proposed by Andy Reed on 16/03/2004.

That this House welcomes the Government's commitment to the UN's pledge to halve the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water by 2015; notes that access to water is the most basic of human rights; notes concern that water for human use is included as a proposal under current negotiations of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) at the WTO, and that once a country commits its water sector to GATS, this commitment is effectively irreversible, irrespective of consequences; further notes that current GATS negotiations could threaten the extension of clean water supply to poorest communities by undermining pro-poor policies such as preference for public or not for profit providers; and calls on the UK Government to persuade EU counterparts to withdraw its proposal to bring water for human use into the GATS negotiations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 197 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andy Reed	16/03/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Proposed
John Barrett	16/03/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	16/03/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	16/03/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	16/03/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hesford	16/03/2004	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	16/03/2004	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	17/03/2004	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	17/03/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	17/03/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	17/03/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	17/03/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Tyler	17/03/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	17/03/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	17/03/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	17/03/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	17/03/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	17/03/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	17/03/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	17/03/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alice Mahon	17/03/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	17/03/2004	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	17/03/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	18/03/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	18/03/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	18/03/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	18/03/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	18/03/2004	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	18/03/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/03/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	18/03/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	22/03/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	22/03/2004	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	22/03/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	22/03/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	22/03/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/03/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	22/03/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	22/03/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Patsy Calton	23/03/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	23/03/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Hancock	23/03/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	23/03/2004	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	23/03/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Bradley	23/03/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	23/03/2004	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	23/03/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Lyons	23/03/2004	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	23/03/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	23/03/2004	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	23/03/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	24/03/2004	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	24/03/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Win Griffiths	24/03/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	24/03/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Drew	24/03/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony McWalter	24/03/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Adam Price	24/03/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Greg Pope	24/03/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	25/03/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	25/03/2004	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	25/03/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	25/03/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kate Hoey	25/03/2004	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	26/03/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	26/03/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	26/03/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	26/03/2004	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	29/03/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	29/03/2004	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	29/03/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	29/03/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Linda Perham	30/03/2004	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	30/03/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	30/03/2004	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	30/03/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	31/03/2004	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	01/04/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Valerie Davey	01/04/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	01/04/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	19/04/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	19/04/2004	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	19/04/2004	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
John Taylor	19/04/2004	Solihull	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	19/04/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	19/04/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	19/04/2004	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	19/04/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/04/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
John Burnett	19/04/2004	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	19/04/2004	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Terry Lewis	19/04/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	19/04/2004	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Russell	19/04/2004	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Barbara Roche	19/04/2004	Hornsey & Wood Green	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	20/04/2004	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	20/04/2004	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	20/04/2004	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris Ruane	20/04/2004	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	21/04/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	21/04/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	21/04/2004	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	21/04/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	22/04/2004	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	22/04/2004	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	22/04/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	23/04/2004	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Kevin Hughes	23/04/2004	Doncaster North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	23/04/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Robertson	23/04/2004	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	23/04/2004	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Marion Roe	26/04/2004	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	27/04/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	27/04/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Richard Allan	29/04/2004	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Cotter	29/04/2004	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	30/04/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Frank Dobson	30/04/2004	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	04/05/2004	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	05/05/2004	Ayr	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	05/05/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Wilkinson	06/05/2004	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
David Crausby	06/05/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	10/05/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	10/05/2004	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Mike Wood	11/05/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	11/05/2004	Medway	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	11/05/2004	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Bill Olner	12/05/2004	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	12/05/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	12/05/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	12/05/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Barbara Follett	13/05/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	13/05/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Heath	13/05/2004	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martyn Jones	14/05/2004	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	17/05/2004	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	18/05/2004	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Taylor	18/05/2004	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	18/05/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Beverley Hughes	18/05/2004	Stretford & Urmston	Labour	Signed
John Mann	20/05/2004	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	24/05/2004	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	25/05/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	25/05/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	27/05/2004	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Candy Atherton	07/06/2004	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	07/06/2004	Selby	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	07/06/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Clark	08/06/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	08/06/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Steve Webb	08/06/2004	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	08/06/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	15/06/2004	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	16/06/2004	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Jones	17/06/2004	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	18/06/2004	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	18/06/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	21/06/2004	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	21/06/2004	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	21/06/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	22/06/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Diana Organ	22/06/2004	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	22/06/2004	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	22/06/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	23/06/2004	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	23/06/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	23/06/2004	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iain Luke	24/06/2004	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	24/06/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Amess	28/06/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
David Chidgey	28/06/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	28/06/2004			Signed
David Heyes	28/06/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	29/06/2004	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Andy King	30/06/2004	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	30/06/2004	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	01/07/2004	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Seamus Mallon	05/07/2004	Newry & Armagh	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Austin	06/07/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	07/07/2004	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	13/07/2004	Dover	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	15/07/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	19/07/2004	Aberdeen Central	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	21/07/2004	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	21/07/2004	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	22/07/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Brian Iddon	07/09/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	07/09/2004	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	07/09/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	25/10/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John MacDougall	26/10/2004	Central Fife	Labour	Signed
Richard Shepherd	28/10/2004	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Kevin Barron	02/11/2004	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Chris Smith	09/11/2004	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jim Marshall	Unknown			Withdrawn

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