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Bee Diseases Insurance Ltd (Bdi)

EDM number 370 in 2002-03, proposed by Richard Younger-Ross on 12/12/2002.

That this House notes the immeasurable environmental role played by the honey bee in pollinating both wild flowers and many agricultural crops; further notes that there are approximately 9,000 amateur beekeepers in Britain; further notes the requirement for all beekeepers to comply with the Bee Diseases Control Order 1982 and the consequent potential destruction of both bees and equipment if a notifiable disease is confirmed; further notes that the BDI is a voluntary self-help organisation set up to compensate beekeepers for the loss of bees and equipment that may result upon notification of a specified disease, and commends the BDI for the valuable role it has played in supporting and encouraging the notification of bee diseases to DEFRA; decries the fact that, despite being a voluntary self-help organisation, the BDI is subject to the same onerous FSA requirements, in terms of both costs and red tape, as a commercial organisation; is concerned that, if the BDI is no longer able to function, notification rates for specified bee diseases will fall; and calls upon the Government to review the FSA guidelines in this area and their application to small voluntary self-help organisations such as the BDI.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Richard Younger-Ross12/12/2002TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratProposed
Vincent Cable16/12/2002TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Thomas16/12/2002CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Rudi Vis16/12/2002Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt16/12/2002Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Lynne Jones17/12/2002Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Colin Breed17/12/2002South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George17/12/2002St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Roy Beggs17/12/2002East AntrimUUPSigned
John McDonnell18/12/2002Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Paul Tyler18/12/2002North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Harold Best18/12/2002Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden18/12/2002Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Rob Marris18/12/2002Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Alan Simpson18/12/2002Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Bob Spink19/12/2002Castle PointConservativeSigned
Win Griffiths19/12/2002BridgendLabourSigned
Nigel Jones13/01/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Patsy Calton14/01/2003CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington21/01/2003Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Bill Wiggin23/01/2003LeominsterConservativeSigned
David Rendel24/02/2003NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Lamb24/02/2003North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey04/03/2003North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned

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