INTERNATIONAL BAN ON ASBESTOS

Early day motion 227, tabled 25 May 2005 by Michael Clapham (Labour). Signed by 91 members.

That this House notes that the report from 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 73, Liberal Democrat 10, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1, Respect 1, Scottish National Party 1, UUP 1.