DUMPING OF WASTE IN RAINFOREST ECOSYSTEMS

Early day motion 814, tabled 8 February 2010 by Bob Spink (Independent). Signed by 42 members.

That this House recognises the detrimental effects of decisions to dump billions of gallons of poisonous waste in rainforest ecosystems by multi-national companies; believes that any profit-making organisation is accountable for damage caused to the environment in the past, present and future; and calls on the Government to press multi-national companies to compensate nations in which they have employed bad environmental practices and to fight for this in the international community.

Signatures by party: Labour 25, Liberal Democrat 8, Independent 3, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1, Scottish National Party 1.