Tropical Rainforest Destruction And Biofuel Sourcing (EDM1568)

Tropical Rainforest Destruction And Biofuel Sourcing

EDM number 1568 in 2005-06, proposed by Rudi Vis on 06/02/2006.

That this House notes that tropical rainforests are a crucial part of the world's remaining carbon sinks as well as home to indigenous peoples and a wealth of natural heritage; further notes that growing markets for palm oil, soya oil and bioethanol are among the key drivers of further rainforest clearance, and yet such imports for biofuel currently will qualify towards the fulfilment of the EU biofuels directive and the UK renewable transport fuels obligation, in particular South East Asian palm oil and the cheap biodiesel derived from it; further notes the huge carbon dioxide releases occurring from peatlands in deforested areas; therefore urges the Government to make the strongest protestations to the relevant EU bodies in order to remove, throughout the EU, the application of this incentive for such imports from tropical rainforest belt countries; and calls on the Government and EU further to explore ways of helping to improve protection of the world's remaining rainforest and to minimise carbon dioxide releases associated with clearances.

This motion has been signed by a total of 69 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Rudi Vis	06/02/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	06/02/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	07/02/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	07/02/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
David Taylor	07/02/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	07/02/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	07/02/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	07/02/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	07/02/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	07/02/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	07/02/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	07/02/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	07/02/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	07/02/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	08/02/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	08/02/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Drew	08/02/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	08/02/2006	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
John McDonnell	08/02/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	08/02/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	08/02/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Gordon Prentice	08/02/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	08/02/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	09/02/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	09/02/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	09/02/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Annette Brooke	09/02/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/02/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	09/02/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	09/02/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	09/02/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	13/02/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Penning	13/02/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	13/02/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	13/02/2006	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/02/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	13/02/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	13/02/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/02/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	14/02/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Marshall	14/02/2006	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	14/02/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/02/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	14/02/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/02/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gary Streeter	14/02/2006	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	14/02/2006	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	15/02/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	15/02/2006	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	15/02/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	16/02/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	16/02/2006	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	16/02/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	27/02/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Roger Godsiff	27/02/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	27/02/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	27/02/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	27/02/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	28/02/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	07/03/2006	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/03/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	13/03/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Soulsby	14/03/2006	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	15/03/2006	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	16/03/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	20/03/2006	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	02/05/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	15/05/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	23/05/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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