Industrial Logging Of Rainforests In The Democratic Republic Of Congo

EDM number 1478 in 2006-07, proposed by Stephen Williams on 15/05/2007.

That this House notes with concern the prospect of uncontrolled industrial logging in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the devastating threat this poses to those who live in and depend on the forests, to biodiversity and to the global environment, and the failure of logging to contribute to development elsewhere in the region; further notes estimates that by 2050 the loss of the forests will release up to 34.4 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide, equivalent to the United Kingdom's total emissions for the last 60 years; calls on the Government to use its influence with both the World Bank and the DRC government to develop and implement effective governance reforms and safeguards; therefore urges the Government to press for the current review of existing logging concessions to be given more time and resources, and for concessions illegally granted after the 2002 moratorium to be cancelled; further urges the Government to press for the moratorium on new logging concessions to be maintained until an effective governance framework is in place, including a process of zoning and mapping forests with the participation of resident users to establish and protect their rights; and finally calls on the United Kingdom Government to address the urgent need to improve the capacity of DRC forestry bodies.

This motion has been signed by a total of 200 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Stephen Williams	15/05/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Bob Spink	15/05/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Elliot Morley	15/05/2007	Scunthorpe	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Featherstone	15/05/2007	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Pelling	15/05/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Seconded
Eric Joyce	15/05/2007	Falkirk	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	15/05/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	16/05/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
David Drew	16/05/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	16/05/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Mike Hancock	16/05/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	16/05/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	16/05/2007	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	16/05/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	16/05/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	16/05/2007	Easington	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	16/05/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	16/05/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	16/05/2007	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	16/05/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	16/05/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	16/05/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	16/05/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	16/05/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	16/05/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	16/05/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Janet Dean	17/05/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/05/2007	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	17/05/2007	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	17/05/2007	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	17/05/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jo Swinson	17/05/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	17/05/2007	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	17/05/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	17/05/2007	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	17/05/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	17/05/2007	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	17/05/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	17/05/2007	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	17/05/2007	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	18/05/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	18/05/2007	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	18/05/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	18/05/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	18/05/2007	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	21/05/2007	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	21/05/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	21/05/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	21/05/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Banks	21/05/2007	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	21/05/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	22/05/2007	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Hywel Francis	22/05/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	22/05/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	23/05/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	23/05/2007	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	23/05/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	23/05/2007	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	23/05/2007	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/05/2007	North Down	UUP	Signed
Jim Devine	24/05/2007	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Stephen Crabb	24/05/2007	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Gavin Strang	24/05/2007	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	24/05/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/05/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	24/05/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	04/06/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	04/06/2007	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	04/06/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	04/06/2007	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	04/06/2007	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	04/06/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	05/06/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	05/06/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	05/06/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	06/06/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	06/06/2007	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Wiggin	06/06/2007	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Barker	06/06/2007	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	06/06/2007	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Robert Goodwill	06/06/2007	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	06/06/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Paice	06/06/2007	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Evan Harris	06/06/2007	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	07/06/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	07/06/2007	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	11/06/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	11/06/2007	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	11/06/2007	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	11/06/2007	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	12/06/2007	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	12/06/2007	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	12/06/2007	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/06/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	13/06/2007	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	13/06/2007	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Howarth	13/06/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	14/06/2007	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Anne Moffat	14/06/2007	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	15/06/2007	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Steve Webb	18/06/2007	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Clwyd	18/06/2007	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Theresa May	18/06/2007	Maidenhead	Conservative	Signed
Charles Kennedy	18/06/2007	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	19/06/2007	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	19/06/2007	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	19/06/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	20/06/2007	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	20/06/2007	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	21/06/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	21/06/2007	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	25/06/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sian James	26/06/2007	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	26/06/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Martlew	28/06/2007	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Lee Scott	29/06/2007	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Michael Mates	29/06/2007	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	29/06/2007	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	02/07/2007	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	02/07/2007	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mark Field	02/07/2007	Cities of London & Westminster	Conservative	Signed
Frank Field	02/07/2007	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	02/07/2007	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Robert Key	02/07/2007	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Lynda Waltho	03/07/2007	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	03/07/2007	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
David Wright	03/07/2007	Telford	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	03/07/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	03/07/2007	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
James Gray	03/07/2007	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Michael Connarty	03/07/2007	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	03/07/2007	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Humfrey Malins	03/07/2007	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Michael Howard	03/07/2007	Folkestone & Hythe	Conservative	Signed
Barry Sheerman	03/07/2007	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	03/07/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	03/07/2007	Dover	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	04/07/2007	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
John Whittingdale	04/07/2007	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Tobias Ellwood	04/07/2007	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Natascha Engel	04/07/2007	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Graham Stuart	04/07/2007	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	04/07/2007	York, City of	Labour	Signed
John Greenway	04/07/2007	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	04/07/2007	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
David Davies	04/07/2007	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
David Laws	04/07/2007	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Southworth	04/07/2007	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	04/07/2007	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Ben Wallace	05/07/2007	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Mark Todd	05/07/2007	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Butterfill	05/07/2007	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Clare Short	05/07/2007	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	05/07/2007	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Anne Milton	09/07/2007	Guildford	Conservative	Signed
Maria Miller	09/07/2007	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Frank Cook	09/07/2007	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Chris Mole	09/07/2007	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	09/07/2007	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Damian Green	10/07/2007	Ashford	Conservative	Signed
Tim Yeo	10/07/2007	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	11/07/2007	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Michael Moore	11/07/2007	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	12/07/2007	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Louise Ellman	12/07/2007	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	12/07/2007	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	16/07/2007	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Anthony D Wright	16/07/2007	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	16/07/2007	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Brady	17/07/2007	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Osborne	17/07/2007	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	17/07/2007	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	17/07/2007	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	17/07/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	17/07/2007	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	18/07/2007	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
David Burrowes	19/07/2007	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
John Gummer	19/07/2007	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Tom Levitt	19/07/2007	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Charles Hendry	23/07/2007	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Dominic Grieve	23/07/2007	Beaconsfield	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	23/07/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	23/07/2007	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Paddy Tipping	24/07/2007	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	24/07/2007	Medway	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	25/07/2007	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barbara Keeley	25/07/2007	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	25/07/2007	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	26/07/2007	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Robertson	26/07/2007	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	08/10/2007	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	08/10/2007	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	08/10/2007			Signed
Laurence Robertson	09/10/2007	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Signed
John Heppell	11/10/2007	Nottingham East	Labour	Signed
Christopher Fraser	15/10/2007	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Terry Rooney	17/10/2007	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	29/10/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iain Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn
Mike Penning	Unknown			Withdrawn

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