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British Coal And Vibration White Finger

EDM number 373 in 1996-97, proposed by Michael Clapham on 18/12/1996.

That this House if gravely concerned about British Coal's decision to continue litigation despite having lost a case in the High Court, confirmed in the Appeal Court, which may make it liable for damages to coal miners from exposure to vibration white finger (VWF) which took place after 1975; and calls on British Coal and its backers at the Department of Trade and Industry to introduce a no-fault liability scheme settlement of VWF claims.

This motion has been signed by a total of 60 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Michael Clapham18/12/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneProposed
Dennis Skinner18/12/1996BolsoverSigned
Jack Thompson18/12/1996WansbeckSigned
Bill Etherington18/12/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
Jeff Ennis18/12/1996Barnsley EastSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe18/12/1996LeighSigned
John Cummings18/12/1996EasingtonSigned
Eric Clarke18/12/1996MidlothianSigned
Ronnie Campbell18/12/1996Blyth ValleySigned
Eric Illsley18/12/1996Barnsley CentralSigned
Kevin Hughes18/12/1996Doncaster NorthSigned
Jimmy Hood18/12/1996ClydesdaleSigned
Peter Hardy13/01/1997WentworthSigned
John Heppell13/01/1997Nottingham EastSigned
Terry Lewis14/01/1997WorsleySigned
Mike Watson14/01/1997Glasgow CentralSigned
Dennis Turner14/01/1997Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Paddy Tipping14/01/1997SherwoodSigned
Gerry Steinberg14/01/1997Durham, City ofSigned
Harry Barnes14/01/1997North East DerbyshireSigned
John Evans14/01/1997St Helens NorthSigned
Kenneth Eastham14/01/1997Manchester, BlackleySigned
Jim Cunningham14/01/1997Coventry South EastSigned
Keith Bradley14/01/1997Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Bill Michie14/01/1997Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Alan Meale14/01/1997MansfieldSigned
Alice Mahon14/01/1997HalifaxSigned
Lynne Jones14/01/1997Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Roy Hughes14/01/1997Newport EastSigned
Colin Pickthall14/01/1997West LancashireSigned
Helen Jackson15/01/1997Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
Don Touhig15/01/1997IslwynSigned
Mike Hall15/01/1997Warrington SouthSigned
John Gunnell15/01/1997Leeds South and MorleySigned
Donald Dixon15/01/1997JarrowSigned
Gordon Oakes15/01/1997HaltonSigned
Joan Lestor15/01/1997EcclesSigned
Brian Jenkins15/01/1997Staffordshire South EastSigned
Jean Corston15/01/1997Bristol EastSigned
Peter Pike16/01/1997BurnleySigned
Raymond Powell16/01/1997OgmoreSigned
Nick Harvey16/01/1997North DevonSigned
David Clelland16/01/1997Tyne BridgeSigned
Maria Fyfe16/01/1997Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Neil Gerrard16/01/1997WalthamstowSigned
Norman Godman16/01/1997Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Win Griffiths16/01/1997BridgendSigned
Rachel Squire20/01/1997Dunfermline WestSigned
Andrew MacKinlay20/01/1997ThurrockSigned
Ken Livingstone20/01/1997Brent EastSigned
Terry Rooney21/01/1997Bradford NorthSigned
Eddie Loyden21/01/1997Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Michael Connarty21/01/1997Falkirk EastSigned
Jeremy Corbyn21/01/1997Islington NorthSigned
Ian Davidson21/01/1997Glasgow, GovanSigned
Ted Rowlands22/01/1997Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneySigned
Kim Howells22/01/1997PontypriddSigned
Martyn Jones30/01/1997Clwyd South WestSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe30/01/1997Bradford SouthSigned
Martin RedmondUnknownWithdrawn

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