Twentieth Anniversary Of The Bhopal Disaster (EDM234)

Twentieth Anniversary Of The Bhopal Disaster

EDM number 234 in 2004-05, proposed by Harry Cohen on 30/11/2004.

That this House is aware that on 3rd December 1984 poisonous gas leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India; notes that Amnesty International has reported that 7,000 people died in the immediate aftermath, that a further, 15,000 have died of related diseases since 1984, and that 100,000 people still suffer from chronic and debilitating illnesses as a consequence of the leak; further notes that Union Carbide was guilty of storing this ultra hazardous gas without regard to proper safety arrangements, that no individuals, including in management, have been brought to account for the leak and its consequences, and that neither Union Carbide nor the subsequent purchaser Dow Chemicals has done enough to clean up the site or compensate the victims; further notes that toxic wastes still pollute the environment and contaminate the water that communities in the area depend on, that the 1989 deal between the Indian Government and Union Carbide of Ãº470 million in exchange for an end to legal proceedings was not in the best interest of victims and the successful claimants have only received a pittance in compensation, that thousands of claims remain outstanding, and that the Reserve Bank of Inda has pocketed Ãº330 million of the Ãº470 million which should have been paid to survivors; and believes that not enough has been done in the last 20 years to ensure there is no repeat of a Bhopal disaster in either the developing or developed world and that the findings and judgment of the Permanent People's Tribunal on Industrial Hazards and Human Rights, disclosed on 2nd December 1994, still represents the best analysis and recommendations for law changes and enforcement in individual states and internationally to avoid any recurrence.

This motion has been signed by a total of 72 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Harry Cohen	30/11/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Proposed
Andrew George	30/11/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	01/12/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	01/12/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	01/12/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	01/12/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	01/12/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	01/12/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	01/12/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/12/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	01/12/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	01/12/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	01/12/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	01/12/2004	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	01/12/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	01/12/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	01/12/2004	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	02/12/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	02/12/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	02/12/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	02/12/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/12/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Janet Dean	02/12/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	02/12/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	02/12/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	02/12/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	02/12/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Lepper	02/12/2004	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/12/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	02/12/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	02/12/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	02/12/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Austin Mitchell	06/12/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	06/12/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Brian White	06/12/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	06/12/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	06/12/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	06/12/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	06/12/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	06/12/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	06/12/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	06/12/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	06/12/2004	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	06/12/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	06/12/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	06/12/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	06/12/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	07/12/2004	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	07/12/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Terry Lewis	07/12/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	07/12/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	07/12/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	07/12/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	07/12/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	08/12/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	08/12/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jeff Ennis	08/12/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	08/12/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	08/12/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/12/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	13/12/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	16/12/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	20/12/2004	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	21/12/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	10/01/2005	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	17/01/2005	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	31/01/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	03/02/2005	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	09/02/2005	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	25/02/2005	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jon Cruddas	23/03/2005	Dagenham	Labour	Signed

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