EDMs signed by Mark Oaten to date this Parliamentary year

EDM 1 – Royal British Legion’s Military Covenant Campaign - urges all hon. and right hon. Members to pledge their support to the campaign to improve conditions in the areas of healthcare, compensation and support for bereaved families. 

EDM 2 – Cystic Fibrosis and Prescriptions Charges - believes people with cystic fibrosis should not have to pay prescription charges

EDM 3 – National Road Safety Week - urges the Government to ensure that every school teaches road safety and every local authority protects its children with 20 mph zones around schools and homes.

EDM 4 – Use of Animals to Test Food Additives - calls on the Government to back the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection's call to stop granting licences for experiments on animals for the purpose of testing food additives and other foodstuffs as a matter of urgency.

EDM 5 – First Aid Education in Schools - requests the Government to consider ways of promoting first aid education in schools.

EDM 7 – Recognition for those who served on RMS St Helena in the Falklands War - calls upon the Government to make amends for this slight against those who served on the RMS St Helena, and who risked their lives, by amending the criteria so that they can be awarded the South Atlantic Medal following commemorations of the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War.

EDM 13 – Single Farm Payments - calls on the Government to give all English farmers at least 80 per cent. of their due payment by 25th December, helping them to have the financial certainty they need to continue producing the best food in the world.

EDM 19 – Rural Poverty - calls on the Government to ensure that central and local decision-making takes into account rural communities and that policies encourage local opportunities as well as tackling rural disadvantage.

EDM 43 – Information Prescriptions for People with Diabetes - calls on the Government to ensure that the NHS at a local level provides diabetes care and support

EDM 65 – Parliament and decisions over US Missile Defence – seeks to ensure that this important defence and foreign policy issue is fully debated in Parliament. 

EDM 72 – Nuclear Weapons Convention - calls upon the Government to work to achieve progress on multilateral negotiations with the aim of achieving implementation of a nuclear weapons convention by 2020.

EDM 86 – Introduction of Smart Metering - calls on the Government to meet its commitment to smart metering contained in the Energy White Paper by introducing a programme for the full-scale rollout of smart metering within the next 10 years, in time to meet the Energy Services Directive.

EDM 88 – Land Rights of Indigenous People - calls upon the Government to ratify Convention 169 without further delay

EDM 95 – Honour the Brave Campaign - calls on the Government to ensure that all personnel in the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force killed or wounded in enemy action are awarded a medal.

EDM 102 – Ex-Servicemen and Women - That this House believes that all ex-servicemen and women should be treated equally in the payment of pensions, regardless of when they served in Her Majesty's armed forces.

EDM 119 – Events in Armenia between 1915 – 1923 - That this House believes that the killing of over a million Armenians and over half a million Assyrians between 1915 and 1923 was an act of genocide; further believes that it is in the long-term interests of those countries involved to acknowledge this; and calls upon the Government to join others in formally recognising these events as constituting genocide.

EDM 136 – British Airway’s Ban on Surfboards, Windsurfers and Canoes - calls on British Airways urgently to reconsider its decision to ban surfboards, windsurfers and canoes from all flights

EDM 139 – Severn Bridges Toll - urges the Government to amend Regulation 5 of the Severn Bridges Act 1992 to allow the introduction of facilities to pay by card and online.

EDM 161 – Cheng Guang Cheng - calls on the Government to cancel all grants to groups providing money to countries with coercive family planning policies as well as demanding that Mr Cheng be released from prison without delay.

EDM 163 – Continuing Priority Access to Facilities - notes with continuing concern the announcement made on 9th October that `Members should have priority access to services throughout the Commons part of the Parliamentary Estate'.

EDM 164 – Japan’s Humpback Whale Hunt- calls on the Government to unequivocally condemn Japan's cruel, unnecessary and unlawful whaling activities and engage in increased diplomatic action at the highest levels to bring an end to commercial and scientific whaling.

EDM 173 – Dyslexia Awareness Week campaign - calls on Government to work with local authorities in England and Wales to improve educational support for dyslexic children.

EDM 176 – Wheelchair Services and Disabled Children - recognises the importance of enabling all disabled children to move around independently and to enjoy the freedom to live full and active lives with families and friends and is concerned that many children are forced to wait over a year or are simply unable to access appropriate mobility equipment and as a result risk developmental delay

EDM 188 – Packaging Waste - calls on the Government to take stronger action to curb excess packaging.

EDM 189 – Farepak - calls on the Government to introduce legislation to ensure that a Farepak-style collapse cannot happen again and for the Government to publish the report into the collapse of Farepak.

EDM 195- Local Planning Authorities: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy- calls on the Government to bring forward proposals in the 2007-08 parliamentary session to give councils a statutory right to use their development plan framework to set energy efficiency standards.

EDM 220 – Access to Healthcare - notes the commitment by the Home Office and the Department of Health to a joint review of overseas visitor access to the National Health Service

EDM 224 – Treatment of Christians in Iraq – Expressing concern at the mass exodus of Iraqi Christians and calls on the UK and Iraqi Governments to provide political and financial support for these people to reclaim their land and resettle.

EDM 231- Diabetes in Schools- calls upon the Government to support children living with diabetes and issue guidance to local education authorities to encourage and support schools to develop and implement policies that result in best practice in the management of diabetes and enable full participation of children with diabetes in school life. 

EDM 287 – NHS provision of Specialist Urology Products and Services - calls on the Department of Health to reconsider its proposals and work with the UTA, patient organisations and all other stakeholders to ensure that any changes to the current payment system do not lead to withdrawal of specialist NHS prescription products or otherwise adversely impact upon patients' quality of life.

EDM 293 - Midwives and Maternity Services - calls on the Government to provide sufficient funds so that women are supported by the same midwife throughout their pregnancy and have access to their choice of antenatal and postnatal care 

EDM 314- Snares - notes with concern that badgers, otters, domestic pets, livestock and other animals continue to be severely injured and killed by snares and calls on the Government to consult on the abolition of the manufacture, sale and use of all snares.

EDM 316 – Carbon Emissions and the Travel Buying Industry - welcomes the ICARUS environmental accreditation scheme to achieve absolute reductions in carbon dioxide emissions throughout the travel buying industry.

EDM 321 – National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research - asks the Government to continue to acknowledge the value of 3Rs research and further demonstrate its support by continuing this level of funding.

EDM 333 – Restrictions in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones -  calls upon the Government to take into account the additional costs and reduced income for farms that these restrictions will entail and to act to ensure that this does not become another financial blow to the farming industry

340- Multiple Sclerosis National Therapy Centres- notes that MSNTCs are non-profit-making charities which raise about £6 million annually, which is used entirely to meet their cost; is concerned at the Healthcare Commission's decision to impose charges for inspection of MSNTCs; further notes that these fees will have a very serious impact, making MSNTCs the only non-profit-making bodies charged these fees; further notes that Welsh MSNTCs are exempt from charges; and calls on the Government to review the Healthcare Commission's decision on inspection charges.

EDM 350 – Heathrow Expansion - opposes any plans to reduce or end runway alternation or to build a third runway and 6th terminal at Heathrow.

EDM 363 – Recognition of Mental Health Carers - views the 2007 review of the Prime Minister's Carer's Strategy as an opportunity to recognise the vital contribution made by mental health carers and calls upon the Government to ensure that those needs are adequately reflected.

EDM 380 – Cardiff’s 101 Non-emergency Number - calls on the Home Department urgently to reconsider its decision over the future funding of the 101 service.

EDM 401 – Iraqi Employees - calls upon the Prime Minister to meet the UK's moral obligations by offering resettlement to all Iraqis who are threatened with death for the "crime" of helping British troops and diplomats.

EDM 417 – Bogus Clothing Collection Companies - condemns the practice of bogus clothing collection companies that use misleading leaflets to solicit clothing donations under the pretence of benevolent purposes

EDM 423 – Mass Extinction of Amphibians - urges the Government to take lead in promoting the conservation and preservation of the globally important habitats which sustain amphibians.

EDM 432 – Tune out Tinnitus Campaign – calls on the government to provide extra support and health services for sufferers.

EDM 445 – Marketing of Food to Children - welcomes the forthcoming introduction of the Food Products (Marketing to Children) Bill that seeks to introduce a 9 p.m. watershed for television advertising of unhealthy food and stop the promotion of unhealthy food to children across all non-broadcast media.

EDM 457 – Eastern Daily Press Shop Here Campaign - recognises the aim of retaining local shops and post offices

EDM 480- Animal Protection Policy- calls upon the Government to establish an Animal Protection Commission or similar body, answerable to Parliament via a Minister, with a remit which includes the ongoing examination of the ethical status and rights of animals and how they are affected by policy-making, the facilitation of genuine public participation throughout policy processes which affect animals, and the development of a cross-Government agenda for animal protection. 

EDM 487 – Young Carers and Carer’s Rights Day 2007 - notes the cross-party welcome given to members of the Young Carers' Forum at the All-Party Parliament Carers' Group

EDM 493 – Voting Age – calls upon the government to develop the necessary framework to reduce the voting age to 16. 

EDM 494 – Police Pay – calls upon the government to review its policy on police pay.

EDM 504- ITV and Regional News- strongly opposes the Chairman of ITV's precipitate plan announced in September 2007 to cut regional news budgets from £90 million today to £40 to £50 million in the future, reduce regions from 17 (11 regions and six sub regions) to nine and merge distinct areas such as Tyne Tees with Border, West and West Country, East and West Midlands, the Meridian and Thames Valley; and calls on Ofcom and the Government to work together with ITV to find a solution that enables ITV to generate sufficient income to maintain a regional news network of which both the country and our regions are rightly proud.

EDM 512 – Police Pay – calls upon the government to reconsider the failure to fully accept the recommendations of the Police Arbitration Tribunal police pay award.

EDM 516 – Iranian Opposition - urges the Government to comply with the judgment of POAC which requires the Secretary of State to lay before Parliament as soon as possible the draft of an Order under section 3(3)(b) of the Terrorism Act 2000 removing the PMOI from the list of proscribed organisations.

EDM 541 – Homelessness (No. 2) – calls for the government to take forward the recommendations made by Shelter.  

EDM 550 – Out of Town Shopping Centres- calls on the Government to retain key existing tests such as need, accessibility and scale and to strengthen, rather than weaken, planning policy for town centres by also introducing a presumption against out of town retail development and new tests for diversity, local economic impact and carbon emissions.

EDM 560 – Archer Inquiry into Tainted Blood - calls on the relevant Government departments and affiliated bodies to offer their full co-operation through providing all relevant material and witnesses requested by the inquiry; and further calls on the Government to respond positively to the inquiry.

EDM 566 - Portable Antiques Scheme – urges the government to ensure that the Portable Antiques Scheme is at least able to maintain its current level of activity.

EDM 585- Public Service Television for Children- calls on the Government to ensure that UK children of all ages, races and faiths have a genuine choice of high quality, UK-made children's programmes that reflect the diversity of UK culture and children's lives in 2007, and are available on a choice of channels. 

EDM 602 – Cluster Munitions – welcomes international progress towards cluster munitions disarmament but urges Government to press for a total ban to include cluster munitions with self destruct mechanisms.

EDM 604 – Planning Bill and Climate Bill - welcomes the Government's stated intention to integrate planning policy with the crucial commitment to address climate change.

EDM 605 – Planning Bill and Public Involvement - calls on the Government to strengthen the provision for public involvement by ensuring impartial and transparent framework for consultation and by encouraging active measures to encourage participation.

EDM 617 – National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) - congratulates the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) on its achievements since its commencement in 2005 in enabling its 9,500 industry members to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill by 1.8 million tonnes, reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2 million tonnes, reduce industrial water use by over 2.5 million tonnes.

EDM 619 – Special Education Needs (Information) Private Members Bill – recognises that there is currently insufficient information available to analyse outcomes for school pupils with special educational needs and welcomes the private members bill that aims to address this.

EDM 621 – Consensus for Constitutional Reform – believe there is a need for constitutional reform based on a more participative process involving citizens in decision making.

EDM 637 – Disability Poverty in the UK - notes that disabled people can experience poverty in a number of ways including financial poverty, poverty of aspiration and poverty of opportunity and calls on Government to make tackling disability poverty a priority.

669- VAT on Repairs and Maintenance on Existing Buildings- That this House supports calls from the Federation of Master Builders for a reduction in the rate of value added tax (VAT) from 17.5 per cent. to five per cent. on building repair and improvement work to existing buildings; believes that reducing VAT on repairs and maintenance to existing buildings would benefit millions of UK home owners by getting rid of rogue builders, helping those who cannot afford vital repairs to their homes, bringing empty homes back into use, and protecting the countryside and UK heritage.

EDM 673 – Public Sector Buildings (Energy Performance) Bill - notes that the public sector is responsible for five per cent. of total UK carbon emissions and is a significant player in the commercial property market.

EDM 676 – Support for Disabled People in Employment - welcomes measures contained in the Employment Retention Bill to ensure that people who experience ill-health or disability whilst in work are supported to retain their employment whenever possible.

EDM 690 – Derek Pasquill and the Official Secrets Act 1989 - believes that the law about official secrets should be based on preventing damage to the public interest rather than preventing embarrassment for the leading party and calls for an enquiry into the case of Derek Pasquill and for a review of the Official Secrets Act 1989.

EDM 691 – Paris agreement and the Vietnam war – notes that the effects of chemical warfare in Indochina are still not being adequately dealt with by the US.

EDM 962 – Agency Workers -  calls on the Government to take appropriate action to establish the principle of equal pay and conditions for agency workers compared with their permanent counterparts.

EDM 693 – Black, Minority Ethnic and Refugee Women and Domestic Violence -  calls upon the Government to set up a national cross-governmental violence against women strategy and, within that, a strategy around the needs of BMER women and children.

EDM 705 – Autism - supports the call of Ivan Corea of the Autism Awareness Campaign UK for a national strategy on autism and a 10 year plan of action on autism and Asperger's syndrome.  

EDM 714 – Income Shifting - notes with concern the proposals for a new tax on income shifting and urges the Government to reconsider its proposals ahead of the Budget.

EDM 736 – Climate Change Bill - urges the Government to support amendments to the Bill during its passage through Parliament to address the UNDP concerns, making it an unequivocally world-leading response to climate change.

EDM 731 – Measuring Quality of Life - urges the Government to both endorse and participate in the French study, with the aim of improving the well-being, not simply the wealth, of all people in the UK.

EDM 750 – International Watercourses Convention - 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.

EDM 771 – Energy Price Increases and Winter Fuel Allowance – Notes with concern the decision taken by some energy providers to raise prices above inflation and urges government to monitor their profits closely.

EDM 780 – Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp – condemns the camps continued existence and human rights abuses there and urges the government to do more to ensure its closure and observance of human rights by the US.

EDM 787 – Global Moratorium on the use of the Death Penalty – welcomes the UN’s role in promoting human rights and the abolition of the death penalty worldwide and calls on government to maintain pressure on those countries that still use this penalty.

EDM 788 – Child Executions – notes with concern reports that child executions still takes place and that this is contrary to the UN Conventions of the Rights of the Child and encourages government to continue pressing other states not to carry out child executions.

EDM 789 – Energy and Climate Change - recognises the global imperative of tackling climate change and is concerned therefore by current plans to develop over 10GW of new coal power stations in Britain.

EDM 816 – Supporting prisoners’ families campaign – notes that prisoners who receive visits from their family are significantly less likely to re-offend, three times more likely to have accommodation on release and twice as likely to gain employment on release. 

EDM 818 – Remedy UK - urges the Government to recognise the pressing need for significant additional training opportunities for experienced junior doctors to ensure they are not artificially disbarred from career progression by the introduction of MMC and that patients can continue to benefit from a motivated medical workforce whose members have been treated fairly.

EDM 820 – Vioxx Compensation - calls upon Merck and Co to offer a compensation package to victims of the drug in the UK.

EDM 829 – Support for Iraqi footballer, Nashat Akram – regrets the decision to refuse a work permit for the purposes of joining Manchester City to Iraqi footballer Nashat Akram.

EDM 834 – Kenya - deplores the violence in Kenya which has cost over 850 lives and displaced 250,000 people and calls on the UK Government to both maintain the pressure on the political parties in Kenya to persist with the UN instigated process to find a democratic solution to the crisis.

EDM 840 – Equality in the UK Gaming Sector - notes that the introduction of the Gambling Act 2007 has resulted in negative unintended economic consequences for the traditional UK gaming sector with many venues including seaside arcades, bingo halls and high street arcades having suffered a collapse in their income since 1st September 2007.       

EDM 847 – Land girls – recognises the importance of land girls during the war and welcomes moves to give them the recognition they deserve.

EDM 860 – Competition Commission and Energy Prices –  expresses deep concern at escalating gas and electricity prices and calls on the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to instruct the Competition Commission to conduct a full market investigation and where necessary take action to increase competition.

EDM 861 – National Autistic Society Campaign for Adults with Autism – calls on the Government to develop its expertise in autism and work with local authorities and primary care trusts to put in place the changes that will transform the lives of adults with autism.

EDM 874 – Autism Sunday – requests the Government to support Autism Awareness Campaign UK's call for a national strategy on autism and a cohesive 10 year plan on autism and Asperger's, as well as supporting Baroness Uddin's proposal for an autism taskforce.

EDM 890 – Feed-in Tariffs for Renewable Electricity - calls on the Government to introduce the necessary enabling powers for a feed-in tariff in the current Energy Bill and give a commitment to introduce, following appropriate consultation, a UK feed-in tariff to support smaller non-merchant renewable electricity generation. 

EDM 893 – Rainforests and Climate Change – calls on the Government to take up the offer from the President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, to place his country's entire 50 million acre rainforest estate under the protection of a British-led coalition, in return for development aid.

EDM 898 – Child Survival Appeal Campaign – calls on the Government to take concerted action and to play a global leadership role to ensure that all countries and institutions play their full part in the drive to ensure that all children and their mothers get access to basic healthcare, adequate nutrition, clean water and safe sanitation, and opportunities for education.

EDM 912 – Women and Girls and HIV/AIDS – calls on the Government to show international leadership by placing them at the centre of its revised HIV and AIDS strategy, ensuring men are actively involved as part of the solution.

EDM 919 – Science and Technology Facilities Council – notes with concern the recent Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) grant reductions to physics and astronomy research in UK universities and cuts to important programmes such as the Gemini Telescopes and the SPEAR radar.

EDM 920 – Eco-towns and Leicester – calls upon the Government to ensure that any decision made as to the final location of eco-towns should take into account the effects their creation will have on local areas.

EDM 935 – People with Disabilities and Energy Costs – calls on the Government to review how energy support costs mechanisms such as the winter fuel payment can be extended to cover people on low incomes because of disability or with disabled children.

EDM 957 – Opening of the Stephen Lawrence Centre – welcomes the opening of the Stephen Lawrence Centre in Deptford which aims to inspire young people to pursue careers in architecture.

EDM 965 – Animal Welfare in Circuses – urges the Government to maintain its commitment to ban the use of wild species in travelling circuses and to restrict and limit the use of domesticated species under a strict, accountable and open licensing system.

EDM 973 – Pro-anorexia Websites – calls on the Government to promote awareness of the dangers of these sites and provide support for those affected by eating disorders and their families.

EDM 984 – Visit of the Dalai Lama – calls upon the Prime Minister to take the opportunity to meet the Dalai Lama on the occasion of his visit, particularly in the light of the worsening human rights position in Tibet and the Dalai Lama's commitment to a non-violent solution.

EDM 986 – UK Dairy Industry – calls upon the Government to act to protect farms of all kinds to ensure security of food supply.

EDM 989 – Minister for Construction Industry - supports calls from the Federation of Master Builders and others for the appointment of a dedicated Construction Minister to act as a champion for the construction industry, both within and outside government.

EDM 992 – Proposed Changes to Domestic Workers Visa – notes the vulnerability of migrant domestic workers to exploitation and forced labour and the benefits of the existing domestic worker visa, which does not allow recourse to public funds, but does give the right to change employer, renew a visa (if in work) and apply for settlement after five years.

EDM 1013 – Local Public Service Television – congratulates Ofcom in finding a means to deliver local television to every household across the UK on Freeview and looks to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to introduce a licence for the provision of local public service television during the rollout of digital switchover.

1019- Climate Change and Energy Production- asks the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to hold a public inquiry before making a decision on the application for consent to build a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent, in order that full consideration is given to the implications of the proposed development for the UK's climate change and energy policies.

EDM 1036 – Post Office Closures in Somerset – deeply regrets the announcement of the intended closure of 30 post offices in the Somerset County Council area and urges the Post Office and Her Majesty's Government to critically re-examine the current proposals and reconsider.

EDM 1039 – Election of Demetris Chritofias as President of Cyprus – warmly congratulates Demetris Christofias, leader of AKEL, on his election in the Cyprus Presidential elections on 24th February

EDM 1044 – Re-unification of Cyprus and the Presidential elections- congratulates Demetris Christofias on his election victory in Cyprus and further welcomes his reported commitment to explore how to reunite the island of Cyprus and to build a consensus between northern and southern communities.

EDM 1045 – Bruce Forsyth – acknowledges the 80th birthday and celebrates the prolific career of Bruce Forsyth CBE and calls on the Government to give proper recognition for this success and his longevity in the industry spanning over 60 years and his unstinting work for charity with a well-deserved knighthood.

1051- Right Care Right Deal- calls on the Government to provide a fair, simple and consistent deal for social care that is simple to understand and access, reaches more people and supports carers and families.

1052- Ten Percent Tax Rate- calls upon the Government to make changes to the tax regime to ensure that those on low incomes pay less tax.

1071 – London Post Office Closures -  regrets the planned closure of 170 post offices in London and recognises that whilst one fifth of London's post offices are being closed, the three Crown post offices in the House, all within 100 metres of one another, remain open and requests that Parliament should not be exempt from the disadvantage of post office closures

1075 – Impact of the Abolition of the 10 per cent Tax Band on Pensioners aged 60 to 64- expresses its concern that the aboliton of the 10 per cent. tax band introduced in the 2007 Budget will have a detrimental impact on a number of low income groups, particularly pensioners aged between 60 and 64 years. 

1083 – Referendum in UK Membership of the European Union – notes that there has been no referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union since 1975 and calls on the Government to make time for such a debate as a matter of urgency.

1102 – Headache Disorders – notes that up to 15 per cent. of the population in the UK suffer from headache disorders and in the wider population headache is an almost universal experience and notes that headaches and migraines are under-diagnosed and inadequately treated in the UK

1119- Missing People- calls on the Government to help families of missing persons to set up internet websites with information and photographs of their missing relatives, to network with other missing persons support groups in other countries in order to search for UK citizens missing abroad, and also to continue improving services both nationally and internationally, and liaise with the Missing Persons organisation in order to facilitate the best possible services for families of missing people; further calls on the Government to introduce a Missing Persons Bill to Parliament.

1126- Advocacy for Looked-After Children – calls on the Government to ensure that more looked-after children have access to professional independent advocacy.

1134 – Treatment on Non-British Service Families – urges the Government to reconsider its position towards service families wishing to remain in the country for which they have sacrificed so much.

1140 - Modernising Medical Careers – calls on the Government to continue to engage with the medical profession so that future reform to medical training is properly planned and tested to ensure the highest quality of care for patients.

1143 – Burma’s Constitutional Referendum - calls on the Government to continue to press the EU, the US and Burma's neighbours to take a strong and united position on Burma and to support the Burmese people in their struggle for full democratic rights.  

1150 – Jodrell Bank’s Future – calls on the Government to honour its commitment to the importance of science and technology by supporting and funding Jodrell Bank which is one of the few major science facilities remaining in the North West of England.

1154 – Jodrell Bank and the Emerlin Project- calls upon the Science and Technology Funding Council urgently to reconsider its proposal not to prioritise the eMerlin project and to maximise support for innovation, research and technology in radio astronomy in the United Kingdom.

1155- Photography in Public Areas – urges the Home Office and the Association of Chief Police Officers to agree on a photography code for the information of officers on the ground, setting out the public's right to photograph public places thus allowing photographers to enjoy their hobby without officious interference or unjustified suspicion.

1166- Jodrell Bank – congratulates Sir Bernard Lovell, the world-class research teams at University of Manchester and staff at Jodrell Bank Observatory for their acclaimed work over the last 50 years and notes with concern that the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is considering withdrawing its planned £2.7 million annual funding of Jodrell Bank's e-Merlin project.

1173- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Appraisal of Treatment for Pulmonary Hypertension – calls on NICE to carefully consider representations made in response to its preliminary recommendations by stakeholder groups such as the Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK, clinical experts and patient groups, and allow the continued prescribing of effective drug therapies by expert clinicians in the seven designated specialist treatment centres in the UK, in accordance with the consensus document published in March.

1180 – Mehdi Kazemi and the Treatment of Homosexuals in Iran - calls on the Government to uphold its asserted position as a supporter of human rights by refraining from sending Mr Kazemi back to Iran and near-certain human rights abuses. 

1194 – Indefinite Leave to remain as Ghurkhas - calls upon the Government to revise immigration rules immediately to allow all Gurkhas who have served at least four years in the British Army to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK and naturalisation as British citizen irrespective of their retirement date.  

1202- Lacrosse- calls on the Government to ensure a fair allocation of resources in order to address the lack of funding for international lacrosse squads which could result in the loss of promising England players who can no longer afford to pay to compete.

1215 – Household Products - calls on the Government to implement a policy prohibition on issuing licences to test household products and their ingredients on animals as a matter of urgency.

1234 – Impact of School Costs on Families and Child Poverty- expresses concern that over 70 per cent. of both primary and secondary school parent respondents find it difficult to meet all the costs associated with their child's education; is further concerned at reports that pupils whose families are unable to meet school costs are frequently bullied and disciplined as a consequence; calls on schools and local authorities to monitor charging policies, disseminate good practice and make sure that parents are made aware of help with costs in non-stigmatising ways; and calls on the Government to make the school costs requirements of the Admissions Code enforceable in their own right

1240 – Mental Health Action Week – urges the Government to undertake an evaluation of current provision of anger management resources and to provide guidance on anger management to schools, workplaces, and primary care services.

1242 – Future of Social Care Funding – calls on the Government to use the forthcoming Green Paper on the future of social care funding as an opportunity to introduce a fair and equitable social care system which provides care for all who need it and ensures that those who cannot afford to pay for their care do not lose out and are able to live independent lives.

1259 – Supermarkets and British Meat - notes and is encouraged by Morrisons' decision to source all its beef, poultry, pork and lamb from the UK and recognises that this will have the effect of helping the British farming industry, reducing food miles and improving animal welfare and calls on other supermarkets to follow suit.

1263 – Overseas Pension Parity- That this House is dismayed that the Government has not ceased the practice of maintaining a discriminatory differential in UK state pensions, dependent on the country in which the recipient resides; acknowledges that the Government has stated that there is no legal reason to do so; and calls upon the Government to cease the practice of freezing some overseas pensions and to provide the 525,000 affected recipients resident abroad with pension parity.

1264- Review of Prescription Charges- That this House welcomes the commitment in a Written Statement on 22nd July 2007 to launch a public consultation on the review of prescription charges in England; notes that this consultation, initially expected in autumn 2007, has not yet been published; is concerned that recent MORI research found that an estimated 800,000 people are going without vital medication because they cannot afford to pay for their prescriptions

1270 – Serbia – notes the current political volatility in Serbia and urges the Government to use its good offices with the European Union to persuade Europe to offer a full Stabilisation and Association Agreement to Serbia with a view to achieving increased political stability within that country.

1272 – NICE Guidelines on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening – notes the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines, published on 26th March, and particularly welcomes the recognition of the importance of offering screening for Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia before 10 weeks of pregnancy.  

1279- Animal Testing of Cosmetics - to ensure the disclosure of relevant non confidential data in product information relating to animal testing of cosmetics products so that consumers can make informed choices and urges the Government to resist attempts by cosmetics companies and non-EU states to prevent or postpone implementation of the ban on the sale of animal tested cosmetics products or ingredients.

1285 – Accessing Government Helplines from Mobile Technology – calls on the Government to investigate providing all essential Government-run helplines, where no alternative face to face service is provided, free of charge at the point of use.

1331 – River Access for Non-Powered Craft - That this House urges the Government to extend legislation on access to the countryside in England and Wales to allow canoeists and users of non-powered craft similar access rights to water as walkers have to the land.

1345- Brain Cancer- urges the Government to encourage more laboratory research into brain cancer and to study the reasons why certain other EU countries achieve significantly better survival rates for children and adults suffering from brain cancer so that the NHS can adopt best treatment practice.

1371- Planning Policy and Supermarkets- Calls on the Government, in its forthcoming revision of Planning Policy Statement 6, to retain key existing tests such as need, accessibility and scale and to strengthen planning policy for town centres and encourage a better mix of retail by also introducing a presumption against out of town retail development and new tests for diversity, local economic impact and carbon emissions.

1392- Better Access to Television for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People- That this House congratulates the BBC on reaching 100 per cent. subtitling of programming across its main television channels and supports RNID and NDCS in calling for other broadcasters to follow suit and calls on broadcasters to ensure that deaf and hard of hearing people and children are portrayed in a wide variety of roles on television.

1405- European Union Sanctions Against Cuba- congratulates Cuba on its decision to sign two UN human rights treaties, and the decision to voluntarily allow UN human rights observers to make regular visits to Cuba; notes that a large majority of European Union member states are in favour of lifting European Union sanctions against Cuba; and urges the UK Government to vote to eliminate all sanctions against Cuba at the forthcoming Council of Europe meeting in July.

1427- Health Funding for Disabled Children- That this House welcomes the commitments in the cross-government review of services for disabled children Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Families to improve the quality of services for disabled children with complex health, mobility and palliative care needs

1450- Commonwealth Scholarships- That this House notes with concern the potential impact of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) decision to withdraw funding from Commonwealth and Chevening scholarships on the capacity of the UK to attract high quality doctoral students from the countries concerned, on opportunities for UK citizens to secure reciprocal scholarships from other Commonwealth countries, and on international support for the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) as it approaches its 50th anniversary

1467- Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare- That this House supports the development of the Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare and calls upon the Government to give its full and publicly-stated support for this initiative, including active support within the European Union and the United Nations.

1506- Post Office Card Account- That this House notes that over four million people chose to use the Post Office Card Account (POCA) and that these transactions earn the Post Office £200 million each year; believes that retaining the successor of the POCA as a Post Office product is essential to the viability of the Post Office network following the Network Change Programme; and in this context urges the Government to award the successor product to the Post Office.

1595- Employment and Support Allowance- notes that disability organisations have warned that both disability poverty and child poverty could worsen as a result of the proposed ESA rates; and calls on the Government to consider postponing the start date for ESA until such time as outstanding concerns about benefit reductions and further problems identified in the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee report are addressed.

1597- Xtraordinary Week- this House welcomes Xtraordinary Week, run by charitable initiative Xtraordinary People, to raise awareness and funds to support dyslexia training in schools and calls on the Government to support Xtraordinary Week and to take action to ensure that every school in England has a specialist dyslexia/specific learning difficulties trained teacher.

1619- Accommodation for First Year Junior Doctors- That this House notes with concern the Government's proposed removal of free hospital accommodation for new first year junior doctors from August 2008; is concerned that hugely increasing levels of debt among medical students - made worse by the removal of free accommodation - will mean that medicine will become more about ability to pay than about ability to become a good doctor; and therefore calls on the Government to ensure that negotiations begin with the British Medical Association to reach an acceptable agreement.

1625- Oil and Gas Regulation- notes that some practices in the energy supply industry, and especially in the unregulated sectors, have contributed to these price increases; and calls on the Government to ensure the National Consumer Council includes oil, liquid petroleum gas and all other forms of fuel products currently not under regulation within its remit to help people with the massive increases in their energy bills, particularly in rural areas.

1710 – Disabled Children and Housing- That this House welcomes the new campaign briefing, Disabled Children and Housing, produced by the Every Disabled Child Matters campaign with the support of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation; recognises the commitment made through the Aiming High for Disabled Children programme to transform the health and social care services available to disabled children and their families; notes that housing issues are not central to this programme; further notes with concern the evidence in Disabled Children and Housing that fewer than half of families with disabled children live in housing suitable to their needs, and that the primary problem for families whose children have all types of disabilities is lack of space; acknowledges the impact of bad housing on the ability of disabled children to develop independent living skills and the physical and mental health of parents; and calls on the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Department for Children, Schools and Families, regional government, local housing authorities and housing providers to respond positively to the recommendations in the briefing in order to provide families with disabled children with housing that meets their needs.

1726 – Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Follow-on Exercises- That this House supports the British Lung Foundation's (BLF's) Breathe Easy Week from 16th to 22nd June 2008; recognises that pulmonary rehabilitation classes are particularly important for improving the quality of life for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; understands that the benefits of these classes are only maintained if patients continue to exercise after their course finishes; and calls on the Government to improve access to pulmonary rehabilitation and follow-on exercise classes throughout the UK for all people with lung disease who can benefit from them.

1794- World Refugee Week- notes with concern that the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is the sole body with a global mandate to co-ordinate protection, shelter and assistance for the world's displaced, but remains almost entirely funded by voluntary contributions; and calls on the Government and the wider international community to find durable solutions for all long-term refugees.

1831- Bone Cancer- That this House supports Bone Cancer Awareness Week from 21st to 28th June 2008, recognises the vital and urgent importance of raising the level of awareness of the symptoms of primary bone cancer amongst medical professionals, in particular GPs, and the general public; and congratulates the Bone Cancer Research Trust which is working to raise awareness of primary bone cancer which affects over 400 children and young people every year in the UK.