WORLD-WIDE BAN ON ASBESTOS

Early day motion 837, tabled 7 March 2005 by Michael Clapham (Labour). Signed by 88 members.

That this House notes that a couple of years ago the Interim Chemical Review Committee, a part of the United Nations Environmental Programme, recommended that all forms of asbestos should be subject to strict international trade controls to eliminate the risk associated with the material; and calls on the UK Government to use its presidency of the G8 and the EU to take the lead in pressing for a worldwide ban on all forms of asbestos, because death and disability caused by exposure to these fatal fibres in the developing world increases world poverty.

Signatures by party: Labour 62, Liberal Democrat 11, Labour/Co-operative 8, Conservative 2, UUP 2, DUP 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Scottish National Party 1.