Rio Tinto Zinc (EDM627)

Rio Tinto Zinc

EDM number 627 in 1998-99, proposed by Tony Benn on 11/05/1999.

That this House, concerned at the reports it has received of major contamination of workers, residents and the environment by arsenic, lead, heavy metals and radioactive material, causing leukaemia, cancers and other serious illnesses all deriving from the activities of Rio Tinto plc and the operation of its former Capper Pass smelting plant near Hull, invites Her Majesty's Government to institute a full public inquiry and report back to the House.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tony Benn	11/05/1999	Chesterfield	Labour	Proposed
Michael Clapham	11/05/1999	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	12/05/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	12/05/1999	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	12/05/1999	Gower	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	12/05/1999	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	12/05/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Hancock	12/05/1999	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	12/05/1999	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Audrey Wise	13/05/1999	Preston	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	13/05/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	13/05/1999	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	13/05/1999	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	13/05/1999	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	13/05/1999	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ian Gibson	13/05/1999	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/05/1999	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	14/05/1999	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	14/05/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	14/05/1999	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	14/05/1999	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	17/05/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	17/05/1999	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	17/05/1999	Easington	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	18/05/1999	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	18/05/1999	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/05/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	20/05/1999	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Cryer	25/05/1999	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	25/05/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Austin	08/06/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed

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