Early Day Motion
RE-LEGALISATION OF CANNABIS IN 29 AMERICAN STATES
(5 Signatures)
15 Jan 2018
Tabled by:
Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
That this House welcomes the evidence that re-legalising the use of medicinal cannabis in 29 American States has been wholly beneficial in reducing drug crime levels in one state by 41 per cent, and avoiding the increased deaths from opioid use suffered in other states; and looks forward to the …
Early Day Motion
CONDUCT OF DAVID CAMERON
(11 Signatures)
20 Dec 2017
Tabled by:
Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
That this House believes that the acceptance of a new job with Chinese interests by the previous Prime Minister David Cameron exposes parliamentarians to accusations of promoting their own financial interests in office in order to benefit from them later with lucrative jobs; recalls that David Cameron resisted all pleas …
Early Day Motion
HINKLEY POINT C
(19 Signatures)
23 Nov 2017
Tabled by:
Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
That this House is shocked by the Public Accounts Committee's conclusion that no one was protecting the interests of energy consumers in the deal to construct Hinkley Point C which the Committee conclude will impose large extra costs on the average annual household electricity bill and disproportionately hit the poorest; …
Early Day Motion
RE-LEGALISING MEDICINAL CANNABIS
(19 Signatures)
11 Oct 2017
Tabled by:
Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
That this House believes that it is the duty of the good citizen to challenge laws that oppress the sick and the powerless and deny them their medicine of choice; congratulates the United Patients Alliance for the act of mass civil disobedience in challenging the discredited, cruel and unenforceable law …
Early Day Motion
HINKLEY POINT COSTS
(15 Signatures)
17 Jul 2017
Tabled by:
Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
That this House notes that Électricité de France, which previously deceived the gullible Coalition Government to agree to pay the highest price ever for electricity at Hinkley Point and guaranteed that price for 35 years, now plans to increase the construction costs by 10 per cent after increasing the price …
Early Day Motion
ORGAN DONATION PRESUMED CONSENT
(27 Signatures)
28 Jun 2017
Tabled by:
Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
That this House congratulates the Scottish Government for announcing new legislation to introduce presumed consent for organ donation in Scotland; notes the model successes of presumed consent in Wales where 39 lives have been saved in the last year, which has inspired the change in Scotland; further notes that the …
Early Day Motion
BOVINE TB IN FOXHOUNDS
(6 Signatures)
21 Jun 2017
Tabled by:
Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
That this House is gravely concerned at the news that 25 of the Kimblewick Hunt's hounds have been put down because they were infected with bovine TB and 120 others are undergoing tests; notes the very serious risk of infection for farm animals, as the Kimblewick Hunt stretches across large …
Early Day Motion
OPPRESSIVE ALIYEV REGIME IN AZERBAIJAN
(13 Signatures)
21 Jun 2017
Tabled by:
Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
That this House is appalled that the already dire situation of human right abuses in Azerbaijan has deteriorated further in the last six months; condemns the abduction and imprisonment of a journalist living in Georgia critical of the Azerbaijani Government on 29 May 2017; welcomes the European Parliament resolution that …
Early Day Motion
CONDUCT OF THE RIGHT HON. MEMBER FOR TATTON (NO. 2)
(3 Signatures)
20 Apr 2017
Tabled by:
Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
That this House notes the reported employment of the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, the right hon. Member for Tatton, to a post as an adviser to the BlackRock Institute, part of the BlackRock Investment Group, a global investment management company; further notes that it was reported that the right …
Early Day Motion
CONDUCT OF MR EDWARD DAVEY
(3 Signatures)
20 Apr 2017
Tabled by:
Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
That this House notes the reported employment of Mr Edward Davey as an adviser to MHP Communications, the lobbying firm·that conducts the bidding for Electricité de France, the French energy firm to whom Mr Davey awarded the controversial contract for the Hinkley Point C power station when he was a …