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Early Day Motion
Barry Winter (8 Signatures)
15 Sep 2025
Tabled by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)
That this House recognises the pioneering political and intellectual work over seven decades as a writer and organiser of Barry Winter who was a leading light in the Independent Labour Party and from 1975 Independent Labour Publications, a respected pressure group within the Labour Party; notes that he contributed to …
Early Day Motion
75th anniversary of National Parks (28 Signatures)
6 Dec 2024
Tabled by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)
That this House celebrates the 75th anniversary of the creation of National Parks in England and Wales, established following the passage of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, a landmark achievement of the post-war Labour government led by Clement Attlee; acknowledges the pioneering vision of Labour …
Early Day Motion
Ukraine energy security Marshall plan (12 Signatures)
29 Nov 2024
Tabled by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)
That this House recognizes that a Ukraine Energy Security Marshall Plan will protect the people of Ukraine, promote global security, and accelerate the worldwide transition to clean energy; believes that distributed clean energy is resilient against attacks as it does not have single points of failure, is faster and less …
Early Day Motion
Closure of call centre sites during the covid-19 outbreak (6 Signatures)
25 Mar 2020
Tabled by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)
That this House notes concerns expressed by call centre staff who are being asked to physically attend work despite the Government's covid-19 advice to stay at home; believes that such demands are in breach of the national covid-19 guidance as much of that work is not essential and all that …
Early Day Motion
NICE Guidelines on covid-19 (3 Signatures)
25 Mar 2020
Tabled by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)
That this House notes that on 23 March 2020 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence introduced new guideline, NG 159; is concerned that the NICE guidelines for covid treatment state that people who need help with personal care will get a rank of 7, and only those in …
Early Day Motion
Sale of First West Yorkshire (8 Signatures)
15 Oct 2019
Tabled by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)
That this House notes that FirstGroup plc is selling its UK bus operation; calls on FirstGroup to sell its West Yorkshire division separately from the rest of its FirstGroup bus operation; notes the comments of Leeds City Council leader Judith Blake that the sale is an opportunity for West Yorkshire …
Early Day Motion
Policing of Extinction Rebellion (22 Signatures)
15 Oct 2019
Tabled by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)
That this House notes that on Monday 14 October the Metropolitan Police imposed new conditions under Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 on the Extinction Rebellion protests in London; further notes that the Metropolitan Police has banned any assembly linked to the demonstrations; highlights the increasingly punitive and …
Early Day Motion
CONGRATULATING THE 20 SEPTEMBER CLIMATE STRIKERS (13 Signatures)
30 Sep 2019
Tabled by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)
That this House notes the climate strikes on 20 and 27 September, which comprised action on climate change by workers and young people at 4,638 events in 139 countries; congratulates climate strikers across the UK on raising the climate emergency with the public and policymakers; and supports the demands of …
Early Day Motion
US MIDDLE EAST PEACE ENVOY (14 Signatures)
22 Jul 2019
Tabled by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)
That this House condemns US peace envoy Jason Greenblatt's comments made in an interview with PBS on 17 July 2019, in which Greenblatt rejected the term occupied to describe the West Bank and described as pejorative the use of the word settlements; notes that the Oslo Accords recognised that land …
Early Day Motion
HEALTH WORKERS IN GAZA (31 Signatures)
15 Jul 2019
Tabled by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)
That this House condemns the killing of healthcare workers in Gaza and in particular the recent killing of Gaza paramedic Mohammed al-Jedaili, the fifth Palestinian health worker to be killed by Israeli forces in just over a year; notes that according to the World Health Organisation more than 750 health …