Plastic Shopping Bag Tax (EDM1730)

Plastic Shopping Bag Tax

EDM number 1730 in 2001-02, proposed by Mark Lazarowicz on 24/09/2002.

That this House notes the success in Ireland of the 10 pence charge for plastic shopping bags payable by the user, which has led to significant reductions in the numbers dispensed to consumers since the charge was introduced; and, considering the environmental harm caused by plastic bag litter, in particular the risk it poses to animal life and as an eyesore in both the urban and rural landscape, calls on the Government to introduce a similar tax in the United Kingdom, in order to encourage greater re-use and recycling of plastic bags, which are currently consumed at a rate of approximately 12 billion a year, equivalent to 200 bags per person; and urges all major United Kingdom retailers to contribute to this effort by providing customers with access to plastic bag recycling points in their stores and greater incentives to re-use bags, including the easy availability of strong and environmentally-friendly 'bags for life'.

This motion has been signed by a total of 74 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mark Lazarowicz	24/09/2002	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Proposed
Alan Simpson	15/10/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/10/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	15/10/2002	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	15/10/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	15/10/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	15/10/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	15/10/2002	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Ross Cranston	15/10/2002	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	15/10/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	15/10/2002	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	15/10/2002	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	15/10/2002	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kevin Brennan	15/10/2002	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	15/10/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	15/10/2002	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	15/10/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Jim Knight	15/10/2002	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	15/10/2002	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ian Lucas	15/10/2002	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Fiona Mactaggart	15/10/2002	Slough	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	15/10/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	15/10/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	16/10/2002	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	16/10/2002	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Desmond Turner	16/10/2002	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	16/10/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Denis Murphy	16/10/2002	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	16/10/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	16/10/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	16/10/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Vincent Cable	16/10/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	16/10/2002	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	16/10/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Huw Irranca-Davies	16/10/2002	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	16/10/2002	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	16/10/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	17/10/2002	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	17/10/2002	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	17/10/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	17/10/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Harry Barnes	17/10/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	17/10/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	17/10/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Chris Mole	17/10/2002	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	17/10/2002	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/10/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/10/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	21/10/2002	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/10/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	21/10/2002	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Bryant	21/10/2002	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	21/10/2002	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	22/10/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/10/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	22/10/2002	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Meg Munn	23/10/2002	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Whitehead	23/10/2002	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	23/10/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	23/10/2002	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Huw Edwards	23/10/2002	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	23/10/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/10/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	24/10/2002	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	24/10/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	28/10/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	28/10/2002	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	30/10/2002	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	31/10/2002	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony McWalter	31/10/2002	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	04/11/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	05/11/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	07/11/2002	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	07/11/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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