UN COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ON MEASURES TO ELIMINATE ASBESTOS RISK

Early day motion 903, tabled 27 February 2002 by Michael Clapham (Labour). Signed by 66 members.

That this House welcomes the report of the Interim Chemical Review Committee, a part of the United Nations Environment Programme; notes its recommendation that all forms of asbestos should be subject to international trade controls to eliminate the risk associated with the material; and calls on the United Kingdom Government to take the lead at the Monterey Conference on financing development and the Johannesburg World Summit on sustainable development to call for a world wide ban of asbestos and products containing it to be an integral part of the sustainable development agenda.

Signatures by party: Labour 48, Liberal Democrat 8, Labour/Co-operative 4, UUP 3, DUP 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Scottish National Party 1.