COPENHAGEN CHARTER AND SAFER CHEMICALS

Early day motion 173A2, tabled 24 April 2002 by Nick Palmer (Labour). Signed by 58 members.

leave out from 'and urges the Government to support regulations' to end and add 'and for consumers to have a right to know which chemicals are in products they buy; notes that the Charter is backed by over 70 consumer and environmental groups across Europe; and urges the Government to support regulations based on the Charter and introduce these regulations in a way which avoids a resulting increase in the number of animal experiments, through investment in the development of alternative, non-animal tests and regulating chemicals using validated alternative techniques wherever possible.'.

Signatures by party: Labour 42, Conservative 6, Labour/Co-operative 4, Liberal Democrat 4, Plaid Cymru 2.