International Watercourses Convention

EDM number 750 in 2007-08, proposed by Fabian Hamilton on 22/01/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Climate change and Water.

That this House notes that water is the source of life and that many poor communities around the world rely upon fresh water in rivers and lakes for their livelihoods; recognises international concern that the over-exploitation of water resources and the consequences of climate change will place serious strain on rivers and lakes in the future; is concerned that pre-existing political tensions in fragile parts of the world could be exacerbated by competing claims for limited freshwater sources; acknowledges the need to promote dialogue between nations with shared river and lake catchments in order to encourage their equitable and sustainable use and protection; further notes that the Japanese Prime Minister has recently pledged that water and climate change will be important issues in next year's G8 meeting; further notes that in May 1997 the UK Government was a co-sponsor of the UN Convention on the Law of Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses which seeks to promote effective water resource management and to reduce potential conflict over access to water; further notes that 16 other countries have now ratified the Convention, including Germany which signed in 2007; and calls upon the UK Government to accede without delay to the Convention and to use its principles to guide wider water resources programmes, at domestic and international levels.

This motion has been signed by a total of 116 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Fabian Hamilton	22/01/2008	Leeds North East	Labour	Proposed
John Barrett	22/01/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Gummer	22/01/2008	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Seconded
Lynne Featherstone	22/01/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Bercow	22/01/2008	Buckingham	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	22/01/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	22/01/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	22/01/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	23/01/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	23/01/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	23/01/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	23/01/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
John McDonnell	23/01/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	23/01/2008	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	23/01/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	23/01/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	23/01/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	23/01/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	24/01/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	24/01/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	24/01/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	24/01/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	24/01/2008	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	24/01/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	24/01/2008	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	24/01/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	24/01/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	25/01/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	25/01/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Moss	25/01/2008	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	25/01/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	28/01/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	28/01/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	28/01/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	28/01/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	28/01/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	28/01/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	29/01/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
John Leech	29/01/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	29/01/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	29/01/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	29/01/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elliot Morley	29/01/2008	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	29/01/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	29/01/2008	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tim Farron	30/01/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	30/01/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	30/01/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	30/01/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Marsha Singh	30/01/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	31/01/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	31/01/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Baldry	04/02/2008	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Frank Cook	04/02/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	04/02/2008	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	05/02/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/02/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	05/02/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	05/02/2008	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Tom Brake	05/02/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/02/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	06/02/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	06/02/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	06/02/2008	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	06/02/2008	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	06/02/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	06/02/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lee Scott	07/02/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Martin Horwood	07/02/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	07/02/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	07/02/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	07/02/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	07/02/2008	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	07/02/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	18/02/2008	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	18/02/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	18/02/2008	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	18/02/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Jim Cunningham	18/02/2008	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	18/02/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Bob Laxton	18/02/2008	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	19/02/2008	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	20/02/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	21/02/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	22/02/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	26/02/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	29/02/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Tony Lloyd	04/03/2008	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	04/03/2008	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	06/03/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	07/03/2008	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	12/03/2008	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	12/03/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	13/03/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	13/03/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	17/03/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dowd	18/03/2008	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	19/03/2008	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Osborne	01/04/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	02/04/2008	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	02/04/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	29/04/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	09/05/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	02/06/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	05/06/2008	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	17/06/2008	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	18/06/2008	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	19/06/2008	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	19/06/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	07/07/2008	Selby	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	10/07/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geraldine Smith	06/10/2008	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	06/10/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	17/11/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann McKechin	Unknown			Withdrawn
John MacDougall	Unknown			Withdrawn

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