Piper Alpha Charitable Trust

EDM number 1956 in 2007-08, proposed by Frank Doran on 03/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Charities, Industrial health and safety, Industry and Oil, petrol and natural gas.

That this House recalls with deep sadness the deaths of 167 workers on the Piper Alpha oil rig on 6th July 1988; notes the bravery and dedication of survivors, rescue teams, medical and emergency staff involved; and calls upon the Government and the off-shore oil and gas industry to support the creation of a substantial charitable trust which will further honour the memory of the victims and individuals who work in this challenging sector by providing scholarships to scientists, technologists and other experts who strive to improve the health, safety and effectiveness of the sector.

This motion has been signed by a total of 56 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Frank Doran	03/07/2008	Aberdeen North	Labour	Proposed
Gavin Strang	03/07/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Seconded
Paul Holmes	03/07/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Barry Sheerman	03/07/2008	Huddersfield	Labour	Seconded
Nigel Evans	03/07/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Anne Begg	03/07/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Seconded
Mark Hunter	07/07/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	07/07/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Angus MacNeil	07/07/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Weir	07/07/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Peter Bottomley	07/07/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Ian Gibson	07/07/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	07/07/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	07/07/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	07/07/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	07/07/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	08/07/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew George	08/07/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/07/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	08/07/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
David Drew	08/07/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	08/07/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	08/07/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
William McCrea	08/07/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/07/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	08/07/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Gordon Prentice	08/07/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
John Leech	09/07/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	09/07/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	09/07/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/07/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	09/07/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/07/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/07/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	09/07/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	09/07/2008	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/07/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	10/07/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	10/07/2008	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	14/07/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	14/07/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	14/07/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	14/07/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/07/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	14/07/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	15/07/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	15/07/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/07/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John Battle	17/07/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	21/07/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	22/07/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	22/07/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	06/10/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	06/10/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	06/10/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	08/10/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed

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