Early Day Motion
Consumer phone access
(6 Signatures)
11 May 2022
Tabled by:
Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow)
That this House believes that consumers deserve a proper customer telephone service from utility and service provider companies; congratulates the Daily Mail for launching this important campaign; notes that no customer should have to wait longer than ten minutes to be connected to an adviser, rather than an automated bot; …
Early Day Motion
Levelling Up Essex
(3 Signatures)
9 Feb 2022
Tabled by:
Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow)
That this House warmly welcomes Levelling Up Essex, Essex’s strategy for levelling up the county; notes that it was published as the first of any such strategy in the country; notes that it was launched in Harlow and backed with announcements of new investments into skills and training by Essex …
Early Day Motion
Campaign to introduce a PumpWatch body for fair fuel prices
(7 Signatures)
19 Jan 2022
Tabled by:
Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow)
That this House recognises the significant financial impact on the motorists from retailers failing to reflect the fall in oil prices at the pump; understands that when oil prices rise companies often pass that increase on to motorists, but when they fall, the saving is not passed on; further recognises …
Early Day Motion
Protections for shop workers
(18 Signatures)
22 Nov 2021
Tabled by:
Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow)
That this House recognises the need to protect shop workers; further recognises that shop workers are too often subjected to abuse, threat and assault; acknowledges the difficulties experienced by hardworking employees such as residents in the constituency of Harlow, who have faced such behaviour; praises the incredibly important service that …
Early Day Motion
Work of nurseries and food production facilities
(2 Signatures)
18 Oct 2021
Tabled by:
Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow)
That this House recognises the vitally important work of the nurseries and food production facilities located in the Harlow constituency; further recognises the high quality of their produce; praises the fantastic efforts of the nursery employees; and calls upon the Government to pledge their support for these brilliant businesses.
Early Day Motion
Abolishing VAT on energy bills
(12 Signatures)
18 Oct 2021
Tabled by:
Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow)
That this House recognises the need to take back control of the UK's taxes following the UK's departure from the EU and abolish VAT on energy bills; notes that cutting VAT on energy bills to zero could save households up to £65 on their energy bills; further notes that during …
Early Day Motion
Stort Crossing
(2 Signatures)
9 Sep 2021
Tabled by:
Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow)
That this House understands concerns that the Stort crossing proposals will have on the beautiful environment of the Stort Valley in Harlow constituency; further understands the threat that those proposals pose to local wildlife and ecosystems; recognises the concerns on those proposals raised by hundreds of local residents; further recognises …
Early Day Motion
Opposition to Stort Valley crossing proposals
(2 Signatures)
19 Jul 2021
Tabled by:
Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow)
That this House understands concerns about the impacts that the Stort crossing proposals will have upon the beautiful environment of the Stort Valley in Harlow constituency; further understands the threat that those proposals pose to local wildlife and ecosystems; recognises the concerns about those proposals raised by hundreds of local …
Early Day Motion
Dr Sulaiman Tameer and animal welfare in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
(3 Signatures)
21 Jun 2021
Tabled by:
Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow)
That this House commends the determination of Dr Sulaiman Tameer, a vet from Duhok and founder of the Kurdistan Organization for Animal Rights Protection, to advance animal welfare legislation, as recently detailed by Joanne Stocker-Kelly for the Guardian newspaper; notes growing political support for him in the Kurdistan Region, which …
Early Day Motion
Harlow Chorus
(2 Signatures)
25 May 2021
Tabled by:
Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow)
That this House recognises the talent of the wonderful and highly impressive Harlow Chorus, an amateur choir group based in the Harlow constituency; further recognises that the past year has been extremely difficult for Harlow Chorus as they have had to hold their rehearsals over Zoom; understands that members of …