EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING AT NEWPORT

Early day motion 749, tabled 22 February 2005 by Paul Flynn (Labour). Signed by 22 members.

That this House applauds the inspired choice of Newport as the venue for the European Union's Foreign Ministers' September meeting on global warming and Africa; notes the city's leading environmental work, including Europe's largest and most efficient fridge disposal plant, handling 700,000 units a year, the new rail link that has moved 50,000 lorry journeys from road to rail, the world's largest industrial shredder, which recycles material from 450 end-of-life vehicles an hour, and Wales's most successful household waste recyclers, Newport Wastesavers; and urges visiting ministers to inspect the city's unique potential for renewable power enterprises by harnessing the world's second highest tidal range.

Signatures by party: Labour 17, Liberal Democrat 3, Plaid Cymru 2.