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Early Day Motion
Access to justice and challenges to parking fines (4 Signatures)
16 May 2023
Tabled by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
That this House notes the importance of private car park provision in urban areas; is aware of the need for ticketing systems and consequent fines for users not abiding by car park regulations; highlights the need for fair and equitable access to justice; acknowledges the requirement for the County Court …
Early Day Motion
Anti-social behaviour on greenways (14 Signatures)
15 May 2023
Tabled by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
That this House highlights the important value of green space to individuals and their wellbeing; consequently acknowledges the need to reserve greenways to ensure pedestrian and cyclist access to greenways as a means of leisure and safe pedestrian transportation; is concerned by the growing issue of illegal motorcycle use of …
Early Day Motion
Wildlife rangers (15 Signatures)
30 Mar 2023
Tabled by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
That this House congratulates rangers on their work to guard wildlife and protect the natural world; recognises the great damage caused to wildlife by poachers across the world, particularly in Africa and South America; mourns the death of rangers killed by poachers; is aware that illegal wildlife crime is estimated …
Early Day Motion
Tyre pollution (9 Signatures)
21 Feb 2023
Tabled by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
That this House notes the impact of tyre wear on air and water quality; records that tyre pollution produces almost 2,000 times more air pollution than modern car exhausts; recognises that limited regulation on the production of tyres has allowed toxic chemicals and carcinogens such as 2-naphthylamine into our environment, …
Early Day Motion
Forced installations of prepayment energy meters (15 Signatures)
2 Feb 2023
Tabled by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
That this House notes the energy price crisis facing families up and down the country and the need for urgent action to support struggling households; is concerned by the forced installation of prepayment meters in the most vulnerable homes with higher tariffs and when smart meters are switched to prepayment …
Early Day Motion
Vitamin D awareness (9 Signatures)
31 Jan 2023
Tabled by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
That this House notes the growing body of evidence that suggests the numerous health benefits of vitamin D; recognises the impact that vitamin D can have on the body’s regulation of calcium and phosphate which helps to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy; echoes the NHS’s advice that everyone should …
Early Day Motion
Drive-through road side pollution (19 Signatures)
30 Jan 2023
Tabled by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
That this House recognises that poor air quality is one of the greatest public health challenges of our time; has considered the research conducted by the BBC and Dr Anita Chinnaswamy which discovered that levels of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter were peaking at many times the UK legal air …
Early Day Motion
Air pollution from vehicles (10 Signatures)
25 Jan 2023
Tabled by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
That this House notes the impact particulate number testing in the MOT would have on reducing toxic air pollution from vehicles; is horrified that up to 36,000 people a year die prematurely from the effects of air pollution; is concerned that the total cost to the NHS and social care …
Early Day Motion
National Supported Internship Day (16 Signatures)
24 Jan 2023
Tabled by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
That this House recognises 27 March 2023 as National Supported Internship Day, which is an initiative launched by charity DFN Project SEARCH to raise awareness and understanding of supported internships; acknowledges that supported internships are for those aged 16-24 and give young adults the opportunity to learn in a workplace …
Early Day Motion
Adoption pay for self-employed people (8 Signatures)
19 Jan 2023
Tabled by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
That this House recognises that there is no justifiable basis for denying self-employed adopters access to statutory adoption pay, which their employed counterparts can access as a day-one right; notes that that discretionary payments to self-employed adopters are inconsistent and rare, meaning that self-employed individuals are financially disadvantaged when considering …