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2012-13
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Closure Of Goan Mines
John McDonnell
2012-09-12
That this House congratulates Indian judge, Justice M. B. Shah, for his inquiry exposing the illegal mining in Goa which he estimates has cost the Goan community 3.75 billion over the last five years, plundering the natural resources and environment of Goa in an unregulated and often illegal trade of iron ore to China and other countries at the expense of the environment, health and livelihoods of Goan farmers; welcomes the decisive action of the Indian and Goan authorities in closing the mines, allowing only those mines with proper documentation to resume operations in due course; urges that all those workers who have lost their incomes as a result of the closures be compensated for their loss of wages and that the Indian central government and Goan state government work with Goan community organisations, environmental non-governmental organisationsand representatives of the local farmers, mine workers and lorry drivers to develop a plan for the development of a long-term sustainable economy in Goa that is not dependent on mining and the destruction of the environment.
Asia
John McDonnell
2012-09-12
Proposed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Margaret Ritchie
2012-09-13
Seconded
South Down
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mark Durkan
2012-09-13
Seconded
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Leech
2012-09-13
Seconded
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Linda Riordan
2012-09-13
Seconded
Halifax
Labour
Virendra Sharma
2012-09-13
Seconded
Ealing, Southall
Labour
Peter Bottomley
2012-09-13
Signed
Worthing West
Conservative
John Hemming
2012-09-13
Signed
Birmingham, Yardley
Liberal Democrat
Mike Hancock
2012-09-18
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Valerie Vaz
2012-10-15
Signed
Walsall South
Labour
David Crausby
2012-10-24
Signed
Bolton North East
Labour