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Winter Gas Prices And Security Of Supply

EDM number 1348 in 2005-06, proposed by John Grogan on 11/01/2006.

That this House notes with great concern the sustained rise in the wholesale price of gas since October 2003, culminating in the spot price for wholesale gas peaking around £1.70 a therm in November 2005, more than 10 times the price on 1st October 2003; recognises the severe impact this increase is having on many industrial and commercial users; expresses concern that the supply of gas into the UK through the gas supply Interconnector between Bacton in East Anglia and Zeebrugge in Belgium has been operating recently at only 60 to 75 per cent. of capacity despite domestic gas prices reaching record levels; views with extreme alarm continuing allegations of the restriction of supply through the Interconnector by companies who both own, operate and supply gas through the Interconnector; urges the Government to adopt a robust approach in order to ensure that measures to liberalise the European gas market as contained in directive 2003/55/EC are implemented for future winters; welcomes the announcement by the Chancellor in his Pre-Budget Report that gas importers either use or lose their capacity to import gas; offers full support to the request made to the European Commission by Ofgem for an urgent investigation to make sure there are no blockages to the full use of the Interconnector; and calls on the Government and Ofgem to take steps to ensure the fullest deliveries possible of gas to the UK this winter and to make all interventions necessary to ensure the operation of a fully functioning market and gas supply to the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 86 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Grogan11/01/2006SelbyLabourProposed
Bob Spink11/01/2006Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Nick Harvey11/01/2006North DevonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Richard Taylor11/01/2006Wyre ForestIndependentSeconded
Marsha Singh11/01/2006Bradford WestLabourSeconded
Joan Walley11/01/2006Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSeconded
David Drew11/01/2006StroudLabourSigned
Betty Williams11/01/2006ConwyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis11/01/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Taylor11/01/2006North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Mike Hancock11/01/2006Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington11/01/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Mark Durkan11/01/2006FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jim Dobbin11/01/2006Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham11/01/2006Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Bill Olner11/01/2006NuneatonLabourSigned
Alan Meale11/01/2006MansfieldLabourSigned
John McDonnell11/01/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Eric Illsley11/01/2006Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Lady Hermon11/01/2006North DownUUPSigned
Lynne Jones12/01/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Phil Willis12/01/2006Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley12/01/2006Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Borrow12/01/2006South RibbleLabourSigned
Paul Flynn12/01/2006Newport WestLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore12/01/2006HendonLabourSigned
Janet Dean12/01/2006BurtonLabourSigned
Colin Burgon12/01/2006ElmetLabourSigned
David Lepper12/01/2006Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz12/01/2006Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/01/2006Luton NorthLabourSigned
Brian Iddon12/01/2006Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Joan Humble12/01/2006Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Harry Cohen12/01/2006Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd16/01/2006Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn16/01/2006Islington NorthLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell16/01/2006East LondonderryDUPSigned
Chris McCafferty16/01/2006Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden16/01/2006Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle16/01/2006ChorleyLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders16/01/2006TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell17/01/2006PudseyLabourSigned
Jon Trickett17/01/2006HemsworthLabourSigned
Colin Breed17/01/2006South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
David Hamilton17/01/2006MidlothianLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff17/01/2006Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds17/01/2006Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Jeff Ennis17/01/2006Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd17/01/2006Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Ann Cryer17/01/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell17/01/2006Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice18/01/2006PendleLabourSigned
Richard Shepherd18/01/2006Aldridge-BrownhillsConservativeSigned
William McCrea18/01/2006South AntrimDUPSigned
Paul Farrelly18/01/2006Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt18/01/2006Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
David Anderson18/01/2006BlaydonLabourSigned
Mark Hunter18/01/2006CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh19/01/2006SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams19/01/2006CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Sharon Hodgson19/01/2006Gateshead East and Washington WestLabourSigned
Janet Anderson19/01/2006Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Vincent Cable19/01/2006TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Albert Owen19/01/2006Ynys MLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce20/01/2006GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Howard Stoate23/01/2006DartfordLabourSigned
Alan Beith23/01/2006Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake23/01/2006Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Simpson24/01/2006Upper BannDUPSigned
Brian Jenkins24/01/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell24/01/2006Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John Hemming24/01/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen24/01/2006RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson25/01/2006Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Mohammad Sarwar30/01/2006Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Gary Streeter30/01/2006South West DevonConservativeSigned
Norman Lamb01/02/2006North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Fabian Hamilton06/02/2006Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Alan Simpson07/02/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Gordon Banks07/02/2006Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
David Crausby08/02/2006Bolton North EastLabourSigned
George Galloway13/02/2006Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Richard Younger-Ross28/02/2006TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Rosie Cooper01/03/2006West LancashireLabourSigned
John Austin30/03/2006Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
John Barrett15/05/2006Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned

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