COPENHAGEN CHARTER AND SAFER CHEMICALS

Early day motion 173A1, tabled 18 July 2001 by Nick Palmer (Labour). Signed by 24 members.

leave out from 'environment;' to end and add 'notes however that calls under the Copenhagen Charter to test every known chemical would require the sacrifice of millions of laboratory animals in a programme of unprecedented dimensions for substances which have proved safe in decades of use; and therefore favours a test programme focused on those chemicals for which there is a reason to suspect possible adverse effects.'.

Signatures by party: Labour 19, Labour/Co-operative 2, Liberal Democrat 2, Conservative 1.