Gm Contamination Of Organic Products

EDM number 1599 in 2005-06, proposed by Alan Simpson on 07/02/2006.

That this House notes the proposal by the European Commission to revise the EU Organic Regulation and impose on organic products a threshold of 0.9 per cent. for contamination by genetically modified (GM) organisms; further notes the expansion of organic farming in the last decade and its positive contribution to the farming economy and the environment; further notes the wishes of the majority of European consumers to avoid any GM content in food; recognises that most organic certification bodies operate to the practical detection limit of 0.1 per cent.; is concerned that the imposition of a GM threshold for organic food above the detectable level will damage the reputation of organic produce and lead to increasing GM contamination over time; and calls upon the Secretary of State to support non-GM food production and farmer and consumer choice by opposing the use of a 0.9 per cent. threshold as a reference in co-existence measures or in the EU Organic Regulation, ensuring that strict liability rules put the cost of GM contamination on the polluters and not on taxpayers or the non-GM sector, recognising the importance of independent organic certification and the need to protect this system by ensuring that organic means no GMOs, and ensuring that the threshold for all non-GM seed is set at the practical limit of detection.

This motion has been signed by a total of 228 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Simpson	07/02/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Proposed
Glenda Jackson	08/02/2006	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	08/02/2006	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Alan Meale	08/02/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
David Taylor	08/02/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Chris McCafferty	08/02/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Seconded
Elfyn Llwyd	08/02/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Martin Caton	08/02/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	09/02/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	09/02/2006	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/02/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Drew	09/02/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	09/02/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	09/02/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	13/02/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/02/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	13/02/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Michael Clapham	13/02/2006	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/02/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	14/02/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Gregory Barker	14/02/2006	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	14/02/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	14/02/2006	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	14/02/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/02/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	14/02/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	14/02/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Paice	14/02/2006	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/02/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Ruddock	14/02/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	15/02/2006	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/02/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/02/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	16/02/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	16/02/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	27/02/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	27/02/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	28/02/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	28/02/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Liam Fox	01/03/2006	Woodspring	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	01/03/2006	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Humfrey Malins	01/03/2006	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	02/03/2006	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Sammy Wilson	02/03/2006	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Paul Truswell	02/03/2006	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	02/03/2006	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	02/03/2006	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	02/03/2006	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	02/03/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	02/03/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Hurd	03/03/2006	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Mark Tami	03/03/2006	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	03/03/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Syms	06/03/2006	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	06/03/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	06/03/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	06/03/2006	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	06/03/2006	Medway	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	06/03/2006	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	06/03/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	06/03/2006	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
John Penrose	07/03/2006	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
Tobias Ellwood	07/03/2006	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Mike Wood	07/03/2006	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Nigel Waterson	07/03/2006	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Ben Wallace	07/03/2006	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	07/03/2006	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Clive Efford	07/03/2006	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	07/03/2006	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	07/03/2006	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Jacqui Lait	07/03/2006	Beckenham	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	07/03/2006	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Swayne	08/03/2006	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	08/03/2006	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stuart	08/03/2006	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	08/03/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	08/03/2006	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Mitchell	08/03/2006	Sutton Coldfield	Conservative	Signed
Andrew MacKay	08/03/2006	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	08/03/2006	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Charles Hendry	08/03/2006	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Alex Salmond	08/03/2006	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Danny Alexander	09/03/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	09/03/2006	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James McGovern	09/03/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Robert Wilson	09/03/2006	Reading East	Conservative	Signed
Dominic Grieve	09/03/2006	Beaconsfield	Conservative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	09/03/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	09/03/2006	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
David Lidington	09/03/2006	Aylesbury	Conservative	Signed
Bernard Jenkin	09/03/2006	North Essex	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	09/03/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hammond	10/03/2006	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Alistair Burt	10/03/2006	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Keith Simpson	10/03/2006	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Adam Price	10/03/2006	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Williams	13/03/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brooks Newmark	13/03/2006	Braintree	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	13/03/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Harper	13/03/2006	Forest of Dean	Conservative	Signed
Michael Weir	13/03/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alan Beith	13/03/2006	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Arbuthnot	13/03/2006	North East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Kitty Ussher	14/03/2006	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Anne Milton	14/03/2006	Guildford	Conservative	Signed
Peter Soulsby	14/03/2006	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
John Whittingdale	14/03/2006	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Crispin Blunt	14/03/2006	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Peter Atkinson	14/03/2006	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
John Grogan	14/03/2006	Selby	Labour	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	14/03/2006	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
David Mundell	14/03/2006	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Soames	14/03/2006	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
David Davies	15/03/2006	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
John Greenway	15/03/2006	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Michael Ancram	15/03/2006	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Wright	15/03/2006	Rugby & Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Osborne	15/03/2006	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Andrew Murrison	15/03/2006	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Bob Laxton	15/03/2006	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	15/03/2006	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	15/03/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	15/03/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Philip Dunne	16/03/2006	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Richard Benyon	16/03/2006	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Meg Hillier	16/03/2006	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Tim Yeo	16/03/2006	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
Steve Webb	16/03/2006	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	16/03/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	16/03/2006	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Julian Brazier	16/03/2006	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Edward Vaizey	17/03/2006	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Mary Creagh	17/03/2006	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	17/03/2006	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	17/03/2006	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Love	17/03/2006	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	17/03/2006	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geraldine Smith	17/03/2006	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Natascha Engel	20/03/2006	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	20/03/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Goodman	20/03/2006	Wycombe	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Huhne	20/03/2006	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	21/03/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Jim Dowd	21/03/2006	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	22/03/2006	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	23/03/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/03/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	27/03/2006	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	27/03/2006	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	27/03/2006	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Brian Binley	27/03/2006	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	27/03/2006	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	27/03/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Battle	28/03/2006	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Mark Francois	29/03/2006	Rayleigh	Conservative	Signed
Laurence Robertson	30/03/2006	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	30/03/2006	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	18/04/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	18/04/2006	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Susan Kramer	18/04/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Burrowes	18/04/2006	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Joan Walley	18/04/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	18/04/2006	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	18/04/2006	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Karen Buck	18/04/2006			Signed
Eric Illsley	18/04/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	19/04/2006	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
John Gummer	19/04/2006	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Tom Clarke	19/04/2006	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	19/04/2006	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	19/04/2006	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	20/04/2006	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Shailesh Vara	24/04/2006	North West Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Helen Jones	24/04/2006	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	25/04/2006	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Gove	25/04/2006	Surrey Heath	Conservative	Signed
Edward Garnier	26/04/2006	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Lee Scott	27/04/2006	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Nadine Dorries	27/04/2006	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Hall	27/04/2006	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Michael Howard	27/04/2006	Folkestone & Hythe	Conservative	Signed
John Smith	27/04/2006	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	02/05/2006	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	02/05/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Simon Burns	02/05/2006	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	02/05/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	04/05/2006	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	08/05/2006	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
David Crausby	09/05/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	09/05/2006	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	09/05/2006	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Banks	10/05/2006	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	12/05/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	16/05/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	16/05/2006	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	17/05/2006	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Oliver Heald	17/05/2006	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	17/05/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	17/05/2006	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Lembit	22/05/2006	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	22/05/2006	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	23/05/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Maclean	24/05/2006	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
James Clappison	24/05/2006	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
John Randall	05/06/2006	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Don Foster	05/06/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	05/06/2006	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	06/06/2006	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	07/06/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	12/06/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	20/06/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
John Horam	18/07/2006	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	09/10/2006	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Herbert	09/10/2006	Arundel & South Downs	Conservative	Signed
Damian Green	09/10/2006	Ashford	Conservative	Signed
Richard Ottaway	09/10/2006	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Bill Olner	09/10/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Edward Leigh	09/10/2006	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	09/10/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	11/10/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	16/10/2006	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	16/10/2006	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Colin Burgon	23/10/2006	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Christopher Fraser	24/10/2006	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Bob Neill	24/10/2006	Bromley & Chislehurst	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Steve McCabe	Unknown			Withdrawn
Vera Baird	Unknown			Withdrawn

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