<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>35896</id>
<session>2007-08</session>
<number>1618</number>
<title>Climate Change Bill And Corporate Reporting</title>
<proposer id="10444">Elliot Morley</proposer>
<date>2008-05-20</date>
<text>That this House welcomes the Government's decision to accept an amendment to the Climate Change Bill making it mandatory for large companies to report on their greenhouse gas emissions in their annual business review; congratulates the Government on recognising the need to ensure a level playing field amongst businesses on the important issue of climate change; notes that while 70 per cent. of FTSE350 companies responded to the most recent carbon disclosure project survey about their carbon emissions, less than half provided quantitative data that could be compared with other companies; recognises that climate change is a critical issue facing the world with profound implications for both businesses and investors; and urges the Government to set out a timetable for implementing the powers now in the Bill to set a clear standard for business reporting of greenhouse gas emissions.</text>
<topics>
	<topic>Climate change</topic>
	<topic>Companies</topic>
	<topic>Environmental protection</topic>
	<topic>Industry</topic>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10444">Elliot Morley</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Scunthorpe</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11866">Anne Snelgrove</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>South Swindon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11656">Emily Thornberry</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Islington South &amp; Finsbury</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10427">Michael Meacher</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Oldham West &amp; Royton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11607">Linda Riordan</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Halifax</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10790">Colin Challen</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Morley &amp; Rothwell</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10226">Ian Gibson</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Norwich North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10224">Neil Gerrard</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walthamstow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10219">Mike Gapes</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ilford South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10210">Michael Jabez Foster</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hastings &amp; Rye</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10186">Louise Ellman</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, Riverside</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11589">Mark Durkan</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Foyle</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10008">Graham Allen</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10248">John Grogan</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Selby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10021">John Austin</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Erith &amp; Thamesmead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11963">Katy Clark</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ayrshire North &amp; Arran</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10619">Joan Walley</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stoke-on-Trent North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10606">Paul Truswell</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pudsey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10045">Clive Betts</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Attercliffe</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10043">Roger Berry</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingswood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10028">John Battle</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10171">Frank Dobson</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Holborn &amp; St Pancras</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10339">Peter Kilfoyle</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, Walton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10327">Gerald Kaufman</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Gorton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10313">Brian Jenkins</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tamworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chorley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10961">David Heyes</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ashton-under-Lyne</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10564">Phyllis Starkey</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Milton Keynes South West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10419">Robert Marshall-Andrews</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Medway</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10437">Laura Moffatt</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Crawley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10169">Andrew Dismore</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hendon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10828">Jon Cruddas</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dagenham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10137">Jim Cousins</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newcastle upon Tyne Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10129">Frank Cook</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stockton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10128">Michael Connarty</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Linlithgow &amp; Falkirk East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10123">Harry Cohen</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leyton &amp; Wanstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10105">Michael Clapham</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley West &amp; Penistone</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10100">David Chaytor</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bury North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10077">Colin Burgon</mp>
		<date>2008-05-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Elmet</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>2008-05-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2008-05-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date>2008-05-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mansfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11402">Alasdair McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2008-05-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast South</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10968">Paul Holmes</mp>
		<date>2008-05-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chesterfield</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11221">Jim Sheridan</mp>
		<date>2008-05-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Paisley &amp; Renfrewshire North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10487">Gordon Prentice</mp>
		<date>2008-05-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pendle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11707">John Leech</mp>
		<date>2008-05-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Withington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10597">Paddy Tipping</mp>
		<date>2008-05-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sherwood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10958">Lady Hermon</mp>
		<date>2008-06-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Down</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10378">Chris McCafferty</mp>
		<date>2008-06-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Calder Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>2008-06-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>2008-06-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10640">Betty Williams</mp>
		<date>2008-06-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10641">Phil Willis</mp>
		<date>2008-06-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harrogate &amp; Knaresborough</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12016">Mark Hunter</mp>
		<date>2008-06-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheadle</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10231">Roger Godsiff</mp>
		<date>2008-06-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Sparkbrook &amp; Small Heath</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2008-06-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2008-06-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11971">Jo Swinson</mp>
		<date>2008-06-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Dunbartonshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10578">Andrew Stunell</mp>
		<date>2008-06-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hazel Grove</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10626">Steve Webb</mp>
		<date>2008-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Northavon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11156">Anne Moffat</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Lothian</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10540">Clare Short</mp>
		<date>2008-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Ladywood</constituency>
		<party>Independent Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10455">Doug Naysmith</mp>
		<date>2008-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2008-06-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10218">George Galloway</mp>
		<date>2008-06-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bethnal Green &amp; Bow</constituency>
		<party>Respect</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10282">Kate Hoey</mp>
		<date>2008-07-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vauxhall</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10075">Karen Buck</mp>
		<date>2008-07-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11473">David Howarth</mp>
		<date>2008-07-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cambridge</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10573">Gavin Strang</mp>
		<date>2008-07-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10367">Tony Lloyd</mp>
		<date>2008-07-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10569">Ian Stewart</mp>
		<date>2008-07-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eccles</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10608">Desmond Turner</mp>
		<date>2008-07-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Kemptown</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11565">Christopher Huhne</mp>
		<date>2008-10-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eastleigh</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11076">Ann McKechin</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
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