30594
2005-06
2090
Palm Oil And The Survival Of The Orang-Utan
Norman Baker
2006-05-03
That this House recognises that one in 10 UK supermarket products contain palm oil yet no UK supermarket knows from where its palm oil is sourced, that UK companies have also started importing palm oil for use in bio-diesel and that the UK is now the second biggest importer of palm oil in Europe; notes that 90 per cent. of global palm oil exports originate from Malaysia and Indonesia; is concerned that palm oil plantations are one of the biggest causes of forest destruction in these countries and pose the biggest threat to the survival of the orang-utan; is further concerned by plans of the Indonesian government to set up a mega palm oil plantation project in Borneo that would cut through the heart of most intact forest left on the island and convert part of Tanjung Puting National Park; supports the work of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil; regrets that over 500 UK companies buy and sell palm oil but fewer than 20 have joined this initiative; and urges the Government to persuade leading UK companies trading in palm oil to join the Roundtable, to use its influence to stop the development of the mega palm oil project in Borneo, to ensure that palm oil from destructive sources is not imported into the UK for use as a bio-fuel and to amend the Company Law Reform Bill to require directors to minimise negative social and environmental impacts.
Norman Baker
2006-05-03
Proposed
Lewes
Liberal Democrat
Mark Lazarowicz
2006-05-03
Seconded
Edinburgh North and Leith
Labour
Peter Bottomley
2006-05-03
Seconded
Worthing West
Conservative
Martin Horwood
2006-05-03
Seconded
Cheltenham
Liberal Democrat
Michael Penning
2006-05-03
Seconded
Hemel Hempstead
Conservative
Colin Challen
2006-05-03
Seconded
Morley and Rothwell
Labour
Elfyn Llwyd
2006-05-04
Signed
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Plaid Cymru
David Taylor
2006-05-04
Signed
North West Leicestershire
Labour
Michael Weir
2006-05-04
Signed
Angus
Scottish National Party
David Lepper
2006-05-08
Signed
Brighton, Pavilion
Labour
Betty Williams
2006-05-08
Signed
Conwy
Labour
Graham Stringer
2006-05-08
Signed
Manchester, Blackley
Labour
Mark Durkan
2006-05-08
Signed
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Andrew Dismore
2006-05-08
Signed
Hendon
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2006-05-08
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Paul Holmes
2006-05-08
Signed
Chesterfield
Liberal Democrat
Bob Spink
2006-05-08
Signed
Castle Point
Conservative
Bob Russell
2006-05-09
Signed
Colchester
Liberal Democrat
John Leech
2006-05-09
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Paddy Tipping
2006-05-09
Signed
Sherwood
Labour
Mike Hancock
2006-05-09
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Roger Godsiff
2006-05-09
Signed
Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath
Labour
Andrew George
2006-05-09
Signed
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
Janet Dean
2006-05-09
Signed
Burton
Labour
Michael Clapham
2006-05-09
Signed
Barnsley West and Penistone
Labour
Martin Caton
2006-05-09
Signed
Gower
Labour
Colin Breed
2006-05-09
Signed
South East Cornwall
Liberal Democrat
Eric Martlew
2006-05-09
Signed
Carlisle
Labour
Lynne Jones
2006-05-09
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Andrew Rosindell
2006-05-09
Signed
Romford
Conservative
John Cummings
2006-05-10
Signed
Easington
Labour
Mark Hunter
2006-05-10
Signed
Cheadle
Liberal Democrat
Mark Williams
2006-05-10
Signed
Ceredigion
Liberal Democrat
Sammy Wilson
2006-05-10
Signed
East Antrim
DUP
Rudi Vis
2006-05-10
Signed
Finchley and Golders Green
Labour
David Hamilton
2006-05-10
Signed
Midlothian
Labour
Edward O'Hara
2006-05-10
Signed
Knowsley South
Labour
Gordon Marsden
2006-05-10
Signed
Blackpool South
Labour
Lindsay Hoyle
2006-05-10
Signed
Chorley
Labour
Iris Robinson
2006-05-10
Signed
Strangford
DUP
Paul Flynn
2006-05-10
Signed
Newport West
Labour
Alan Simpson
2006-05-11
Signed
Nottingham South
Labour
Laura Moffatt
2006-05-11
Signed
Crawley
Labour
Ann Cryer
2006-05-11
Signed
Keighley
Labour
David Drew
2006-05-11
Signed
Stroud
Labour
Hywel Williams
2006-05-11
Signed
Caernarfon
Plaid Cymru
John Pugh
2006-05-12
Signed
Southport
Liberal Democrat
Annette Brooke
2006-05-12
Signed
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Liberal Democrat
Andrew Stunell
2006-05-12
Signed
Hazel Grove
Liberal Democrat
Helen Goodman
2006-05-12
Signed
Bishop Auckland
Labour
Jim Devine
2006-05-15
Signed
Livingston
Labour
David Heyes
2006-05-15
Signed
Ashton-under-Lyne
Labour
Alasdair McDonnell
2006-05-15
Signed
Belfast South
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Diane Abbott
2006-05-17
Signed
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Labour
Dan Rogerson
2006-05-18
Signed
North Cornwall
Liberal Democrat
Derek Conway
2006-05-23
Signed
Old Bexley & Sidcup
Conservative
Rosie Cooper
2006-05-23
Signed
West Lancashire
Labour
Nigel Dodds
2006-05-24
Signed
Belfast North
DUP
Sharon Hodgson
2006-05-24
Signed
Gateshead East and Washington West
Labour
Tony Lloyd
2006-05-25
Signed
Manchester Central
Labour
Brian Jenkins
2006-05-25
Signed
Tamworth
Labour
Kate Hoey
2006-06-05
Signed
Vauxhall
Labour
Glenda Jackson
2006-06-05
Signed
Hampstead and Highgate
Labour
David Chaytor
2006-06-06
Signed
Bury North
Labour
Chris McCafferty
2006-06-07
Signed
Calder Valley
Labour
Elliot Morley
2006-06-13
Signed
Scunthorpe
Labour
Tom Brake
2006-06-14
Signed
Carshalton and Wallington
Liberal Democrat
Adam Price
2006-10-09
Signed
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Plaid Cymru
Nia Griffith
2006-11-06
Signed
Llanelli
Labour