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Early Day Motion
Low level letter boxes and back injuries (20 Signatures)
16 Oct 2024
Tabled by: Mike Amesbury (Independent - Runcorn and Helsby)
That this House notes that low level letter boxes cause back injuries to postmen and women each year, force postal staff to stoop to ground level whilst carrying mail items and thus can cause back strain; further notes that low level letter boxes also present an increased risk of dog …
Early Day Motion
Pension credit threshold (34 Signatures)
11 Sep 2024
Tabled by: Mike Amesbury (Independent - Runcorn and Helsby)
That this House notes that the current threshold of pension support to open the gate way of winter fuel allowance is too low; further notes the need to change the cliff-edge nature of the pension credit threshold; and calls upon the Government to capture the gateway support for those citizens …
Early Day Motion
Sir Bobby Charlton (2 Signatures)
23 Oct 2023
Tabled by: Mike Amesbury (Independent - Runcorn and Helsby)
That this House pays tribute to the life of Sir Bobby Charlton, one of England’s most successful footballers and a true great of the modern game, notes he won all the major honours with Manchester United and the World Cup with England. Notes he was admired for his gentlemanly behaviour …
Early Day Motion
Saudi Arabia child abduction (10 Signatures)
11 Jul 2023
Tabled by: Mike Amesbury (Independent - Runcorn and Helsby)
That this House notes that Ranem Elkhalidi's seven year-old son Ibrahim Faraj was abducted by her Saudi Arabian estranged ex-husband in November 2022 from a school in Weaver Vale and taken to Saudi Arabia; further notes that Ranem has had no contact with Ibrahim since then; also notes that Ibrahim …
Early Day Motion
Northwich Victoria Football Club (4 Signatures)
18 May 2023
Tabled by: Mike Amesbury (Independent - Runcorn and Helsby)
That this House expresses its disappointment with the Football Association decision to move Northwich Victoria Football Club to the Midlands League; notes that other grassroots football teams are being moved to the Midlands league; further notes that Northwich Victoria are a North West Club and now its 149 year history …
Early Day Motion
Statutory Assessment Tests (16 Signatures)
15 May 2023
Tabled by: Mike Amesbury (Independent - Runcorn and Helsby)
This House notes that the Y6 SAT reading tests on 10 May were not acceptable; notes they had a negative impact on children, left many visibly upset and made many children feel like failures because they could not finish the tests; notes SATs have a negative impact on children’s mental …
Early Day Motion
TransPennine Express (33 Signatures)
17 Apr 2023
Tabled by: Mike Amesbury (Independent - Runcorn and Helsby)
That this House calls for the contract for TransPennine Express to be terminated; notes that TransPennine Express has been providing unacceptable levels of service to the north for years and that they are at truly now dire levels; also notes that TransPennine Express recently cancelled almost a quarter of all …
Early Day Motion
Fundraising efforts of Bus Walker Neil Atherton (6 Signatures)
24 Oct 2022
Tabled by: Mike Amesbury (Independent - Runcorn and Helsby)
That this House recognises the efforts of Neil Atherton, nicknamed the Bus Walker, in raising awareness and funding for the charities The Whitechapel Centre and the Trussell Trust; notes that Neil is undertaking the challenge of walking the 105 miles of the bus routes he usually drives across Runcorn, Birkenhead, …
Early Day Motion
Low carbon vehicles and construction work (10 Signatures)
11 Feb 2021
Tabled by: Mike Amesbury (Independent - Runcorn and Helsby)
That this House congratulates the Batch on Site Association (BSA) and its members for reducing the carbon footprint of essential construction supplies, especially in town and city centres, rural areas and in carrying out emergency road repairs by utility companies; further congratulates Mobile Concrete Batching Plant manufacturers, Armcon, BayLynx, Cementeh, …