Rising UK Gas Prices

EDM number 401 in 2004-05, proposed by Jim Dobbin on 15/12/2004.

That this House is concerned that wholesale forward gas prices in the UK have more than doubled and are significantly higher than in continental Europe; notes that UK intensive industrial energy users are at a serious competitive disadvantage and understands that the high price of wholesale gas impacts on their profitability and the long term viability of tens of thousands of jobs in UK manufacturing; recognises that the wholesale gas price influences domestic consumer prices and that large wholesale rises will results in increasing levels of fuel poverty; believes that continued rising gas prices will lead to fuel switching, resulting in higher levels of carbon-dioxide emissions; appreciates the importance of enabling intensive industrial energy users to plan and manage business risk effectively and is concerned that to date there has been no adequate explanation for the large movement in gas prices; acknowledges that UK industry wants a level playing field with continental Europe but no special favours; and therefore calls upon the Government to take immediate steps to restore a viable forward market in gas and for Ofgem and the Department for Trade and Industry to investigate urgently the structure and competitiveness.

This motion has been signed by a total of 135 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jim Dobbin	15/12/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Proposed
Bob Russell	15/12/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	15/12/2004	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	15/12/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	15/12/2004	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	16/12/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	16/12/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	16/12/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	16/12/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Tyler	16/12/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	16/12/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	16/12/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ann Winterton	16/12/2004	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Huw Edwards	16/12/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	16/12/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	16/12/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	16/12/2004	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	16/12/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Lady Hermon	16/12/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Paul Holmes	16/12/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	16/12/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	16/12/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	20/12/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	20/12/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/12/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	20/12/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	20/12/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	20/12/2004	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Cummings	20/12/2004	Easington	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	20/12/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	20/12/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	20/12/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Syd Rapson	20/12/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	21/12/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	21/12/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	21/12/2004	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	21/12/2004	Selby	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	21/12/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin O'Neill	21/12/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	21/12/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	21/12/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	21/12/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	21/12/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	10/01/2005	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	10/01/2005	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	10/01/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/01/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	10/01/2005	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	10/01/2005	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	11/01/2005	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	11/01/2005	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
David Drew	11/01/2005	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	11/01/2005	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	11/01/2005	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	11/01/2005	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
John Mann	11/01/2005	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	12/01/2005	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	12/01/2005	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	12/01/2005	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	13/01/2005	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	13/01/2005	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	17/01/2005	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	17/01/2005			Signed
Annabelle Ewing	17/01/2005	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Joe Benton	18/01/2005	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/01/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	18/01/2005	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	19/01/2005	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/01/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	19/01/2005	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	20/01/2005	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	20/01/2005	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Parmjit Gill	20/01/2005	Leicester South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	20/01/2005	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	20/01/2005	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	20/01/2005	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	20/01/2005	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Alan Howarth	20/01/2005	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	20/01/2005	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	24/01/2005	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Vera Baird	24/01/2005	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/01/2005	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	24/01/2005	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Joan Walley	24/01/2005	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	24/01/2005	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	24/01/2005	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	24/01/2005	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	24/01/2005	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Alice Mahon	24/01/2005	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Andy King	24/01/2005	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	24/01/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	24/01/2005	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	25/01/2005	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	25/01/2005	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	25/01/2005	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	25/01/2005	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Organ	25/01/2005	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	25/01/2005	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	25/01/2005	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	26/01/2005	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roy Beggs	26/01/2005	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Jeff Ennis	26/01/2005	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	26/01/2005	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Cotter	26/01/2005	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	27/01/2005	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	27/01/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	27/01/2005	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	27/01/2005	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	31/01/2005	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	31/01/2005	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	31/01/2005	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Sawford	31/01/2005	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	01/02/2005	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	01/02/2005	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	01/02/2005	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Debra Shipley	02/02/2005	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/02/2005	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	02/02/2005	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Vincent Cable	03/02/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	07/02/2005	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/02/2005	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Doug Naysmith	09/02/2005	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Russell Brown	09/02/2005	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	09/02/2005	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Turner	10/02/2005	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Amess	10/02/2005	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	10/02/2005	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	23/02/2005	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony McWalter	25/02/2005	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Hunter	01/03/2005	Basingstoke	DUP	Signed
Kerry Pollard	08/03/2005	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	16/03/2005	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Lembit	17/03/2005	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	21/03/2005	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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