Gm Contamination Of Organic Products
EDM number 1599 in 2005-06, proposed by Alan Simpson on 07/02/2006.
That this House notes the proposal by the European Commission to revise the EU Organic Regulation and impose on organic products a threshold of 0.9 per cent. for contamination by genetically modified (GM) organisms; further notes the expansion of organic farming in the last decade and its positive contribution to the farming economy and the environment; further notes the wishes of the majority of European consumers to avoid any GM content in food; recognises that most organic certification bodies operate to the practical detection limit of 0.1 per cent.; is concerned that the imposition of a GM threshold for organic food above the detectable level will damage the reputation of organic produce and lead to increasing GM contamination over time; and calls upon the Secretary of State to support non-GM food production and farmer and consumer choice by opposing the use of a 0.9 per cent. threshold as a reference in co-existence measures or in the EU Organic Regulation, ensuring that strict liability rules put the cost of GM contamination on the polluters and not on taxpayers or the non-GM sector, recognising the importance of independent organic certification and the need to protect this system by ensuring that organic means no GMOs, and ensuring that the threshold for all non-GM seed is set at the practical limit of detection.
This motion has been signed by a total of 228 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Alan Simpson | 07/02/2006 | Nottingham South | Labour | Proposed |
Chris McCafferty | 08/02/2006 | Calder Valley | Labour | Seconded |
David Taylor | 08/02/2006 | North West Leicestershire | Labour | Seconded |
Alan Meale | 08/02/2006 | Mansfield | Labour | Seconded |
Jeremy Corbyn | 08/02/2006 | Islington North | Labour | Seconded |
Glenda Jackson | 08/02/2006 | Hampstead and Highgate | Labour | Seconded |
Elfyn Llwyd | 08/02/2006 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Martin Caton | 08/02/2006 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
John Pugh | 09/02/2006 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Tony Lloyd | 09/02/2006 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
David Drew | 09/02/2006 | Stroud | Labour | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 09/02/2006 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
Diane Abbott | 09/02/2006 | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
Richard Younger-Ross | 09/02/2006 | Teignbridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Paul Keetch | 13/02/2006 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 13/02/2006 | Barnsley West and Penistone | Labour | Signed |
Derek Conway | 13/02/2006 | Old Bexley & Sidcup | Conservative | Signed |
Mike Hancock | 13/02/2006 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John Leech | 13/02/2006 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Joan Ruddock | 14/02/2006 | Lewisham, Deptford | Labour | Signed |
Nick Harvey | 14/02/2006 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
James Paice | 14/02/2006 | South East Cambridgeshire | Conservative | Signed |
Colin Breed | 14/02/2006 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Andrew Dismore | 14/02/2006 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 14/02/2006 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
Neil Gerrard | 14/02/2006 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
Peter Ainsworth | 14/02/2006 | East Surrey | Conservative | Signed |
Norman Baker | 14/02/2006 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Gregory Barker | 14/02/2006 | Bexhill and Battle | Conservative | Signed |
Hywel Williams | 14/02/2006 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Ann Cryer | 15/02/2006 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
Rudi Vis | 15/02/2006 | Finchley and Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
Roger Williams | 15/02/2006 | Brecon and Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John Hemming | 16/02/2006 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Martin Horwood | 16/02/2006 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Bob Spink | 27/02/2006 | Castle Point | Conservative | Signed |
Roger Godsiff | 27/02/2006 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
Kate Hoey | 28/02/2006 | Vauxhall | Labour | Signed |
Janet Dean | 28/02/2006 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
Humfrey Malins | 01/03/2006 | Woking | Conservative | Signed |
Tom Brake | 01/03/2006 | Carshalton and Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Liam Fox | 01/03/2006 | Woodspring | Conservative | Signed |
Bob Russell | 02/03/2006 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Adrian Sanders | 02/03/2006 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Gerald Kaufman | 02/03/2006 | Manchester, Gorton | Labour | Signed |
Michael Mates | 02/03/2006 | East Hampshire | Conservative | Signed |
Gavin Strang | 02/03/2006 | Edinburgh East | Labour | Signed |
Paul Truswell | 02/03/2006 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
Sammy Wilson | 02/03/2006 | East Antrim | DUP | Signed |
Philip Davies | 02/03/2006 | Shipley | Conservative | Signed |
John Barrett | 03/03/2006 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Mark Tami | 03/03/2006 | Alyn and Deeside | Labour | Signed |
Nick Hurd | 03/03/2006 | Ruislip - Northwood | Conservative | Signed |
Andrew Selous | 06/03/2006 | South West Bedfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
Clare Short | 06/03/2006 | Birmingham, Ladywood | Labour | Signed |
Dennis Skinner | 06/03/2006 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | 06/03/2006 | Medway | Labour | Signed |
Mark Oaten | 06/03/2006 | Winchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Andrew George | 06/03/2006 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Sandra Gidley | 06/03/2006 | Romsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Robert Syms | 06/03/2006 | Poole | Conservative | Signed |
Simon Hughes | 07/03/2006 | North Southwark and Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jacqui Lait | 07/03/2006 | Beckenham | Conservative | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 07/03/2006 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
Frank Doran | 07/03/2006 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
Clive Efford | 07/03/2006 | Eltham | Labour | Signed |
James Gray | 07/03/2006 | North Wiltshire | Conservative | Signed |
Ben Wallace | 07/03/2006 | Lancaster and Wyre | Conservative | Signed |
Nigel Waterson | 07/03/2006 | Eastbourne | Conservative | Signed |
Mike Wood | 07/03/2006 | Batley and Spen | Labour | Signed |
Tobias Ellwood | 07/03/2006 | Bournemouth East | Conservative | Signed |
John Penrose | 07/03/2006 | Weston-Super-Mare | Conservative | Signed |
Alex Salmond | 08/03/2006 | Banff and Buchan | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Charles Hendry | 08/03/2006 | Wealden | Conservative | Signed |
Mark Lazarowicz | 08/03/2006 | Edinburgh North and Leith | Labour | Signed |
Andrew MacKay | 08/03/2006 | Bracknell | Conservative | Signed |
Andrew Mitchell | 08/03/2006 | Sutton Coldfield | Conservative | Signed |
Paul Burstow | 08/03/2006 | Sutton and Cheam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Desmond Swayne | 08/03/2006 | New Forest West | Conservative | Signed |
Lynne Featherstone | 08/03/2006 | Hornsey and Wood Green | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Graham Stuart | 08/03/2006 | Beverley and Holderness | Conservative | Signed |
Dan Rogerson | 08/03/2006 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Paul Holmes | 09/03/2006 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Bernard Jenkin | 09/03/2006 | North Essex | Conservative | Signed |
David Lidington | 09/03/2006 | Aylesbury | Conservative | Signed |
David Marshall | 09/03/2006 | Glasgow East | Labour | Signed |
Jeff Ennis | 09/03/2006 | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
Dominic Grieve | 09/03/2006 | Beaconsfield | Conservative | Signed |
Danny Alexander | 09/03/2006 | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jeremy Browne | 09/03/2006 | Taunton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jim McGovern | 09/03/2006 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
Rob Wilson | 09/03/2006 | Reading East | Conservative | Signed |
Adam Price | 10/03/2006 | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Keith Simpson | 10/03/2006 | Mid Norfolk | Conservative | Signed |
Alistair Burt | 10/03/2006 | North East Bedfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
Stephen Hammond | 10/03/2006 | Wimbledon | Conservative | Signed |
James Arbuthnot | 13/03/2006 | North East Hampshire | Conservative | Signed |
Alan Beith | 13/03/2006 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Michael Weir | 13/03/2006 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Mark Harper | 13/03/2006 | Forest of Dean | Conservative | Signed |
Jo Swinson | 13/03/2006 | East Dunbartonshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Brooks Newmark | 13/03/2006 | Braintree | Conservative | Signed |
Mark Williams | 13/03/2006 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Nicholas Soames | 14/03/2006 | Mid Sussex | Conservative | Signed |
David Mundell | 14/03/2006 | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Conservative | Signed |
Cheryl Gillan | 14/03/2006 | Chesham and Amersham | Conservative | Signed |
John Grogan | 14/03/2006 | Selby | Labour | Signed |
Peter Atkinson | 14/03/2006 | Hexham | Conservative | Signed |
Crispin Blunt | 14/03/2006 | Reigate | Conservative | Signed |
John Whittingdale | 14/03/2006 | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Conservative | Signed |
Peter Soulsby | 14/03/2006 | Leicester South | Labour | Signed |
Anne Milton | 14/03/2006 | Guildford | Conservative | Signed |
Kitty Ussher | 14/03/2006 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
Doug Henderson | 15/03/2006 | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Labour | Signed |
Lindsay Hoyle | 15/03/2006 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
Piara S Khabra | 15/03/2006 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
Bob Laxton | 15/03/2006 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
Andrew Murrison | 15/03/2006 | Westbury | Conservative | Signed |
Sandra Osborne | 15/03/2006 | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Labour | Signed |
David Davies | 15/03/2006 | Monmouth | Conservative | Signed |
John Greenway | 15/03/2006 | Ryedale | Conservative | Signed |
Michael Ancram | 15/03/2006 | Devizes | Conservative | Signed |
Jeremy Wright | 15/03/2006 | Rugby and Kenilworth | Conservative | Signed |
Julian Brazier | 16/03/2006 | Canterbury | Conservative | Signed |
David Chaytor | 16/03/2006 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
David Borrow | 16/03/2006 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
Steve Webb | 16/03/2006 | Northavon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Tim Yeo | 16/03/2006 | South Suffolk | Conservative | Signed |
Meg Hillier | 16/03/2006 | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Labour | Signed |
Richard Benyon | 16/03/2006 | Newbury | Conservative | Signed |
Philip Dunne | 16/03/2006 | Ludlow | Conservative | Signed |
Geraldine Smith | 17/03/2006 | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Labour | Signed |
Charles Kennedy | 17/03/2006 | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Andrew Love | 17/03/2006 | Edmonton | Labour | Signed |
Nicholas Clegg | 17/03/2006 | Sheffield, Hallam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Edward Davey | 17/03/2006 | Kingston and Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Mary Creagh | 17/03/2006 | Wakefield | Labour | Signed |
Edward Vaizey | 17/03/2006 | Wantage | Conservative | Signed |
Christopher Huhne | 20/03/2006 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Paul Goodman | 20/03/2006 | Wycombe | Conservative | Signed |
Desmond Turner | 20/03/2006 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
Natascha Engel | 20/03/2006 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
Lady Hermon | 21/03/2006 | North Down | UUP | Signed |
Jim Dowd | 21/03/2006 | Lewisham West | Labour | Signed |
Gary Streeter | 22/03/2006 | South West Devon | Conservative | Signed |
Andrew Pelling | 23/03/2006 | Croydon Central | Conservative | Signed |
Brian Jenkins | 27/03/2006 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
Ann McKechin | 27/03/2006 | Glasgow North | Labour | Signed |
Michael Meacher | 27/03/2006 | Oldham West and Royton | Labour | Signed |
Richard Bacon | 27/03/2006 | South Norfolk | Conservative | Signed |
Brian Binley | 27/03/2006 | Northampton South | Conservative | Signed |
Tim Farron | 27/03/2006 | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Angus MacNeil | 27/03/2006 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Scottish National Party | Signed |
John Battle | 28/03/2006 | Leeds West | Labour | Signed |
Mark Francois | 29/03/2006 | Rayleigh | Conservative | Signed |
Laurence Robertson | 30/03/2006 | Tewkesbury | Conservative | Signed |
Daniel Kawczynski | 30/03/2006 | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Conservative | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 18/04/2006 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
Karen Buck | 18/04/2006 | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Labour | Signed |
John Bercow | 18/04/2006 | Buckingham | Conservative | Signed |
Dari Taylor | 18/04/2006 | Stockton South | Labour | Signed |
Joan Walley | 18/04/2006 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
David Burrowes | 18/04/2006 | Enfield, Southgate | Conservative | Signed |
Susan Kramer | 18/04/2006 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Anne Main | 18/04/2006 | St Albans | Conservative | Signed |
Stephen Williams | 18/04/2006 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alan Reid | 19/04/2006 | Argyll and Bute | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Michael Moore | 19/04/2006 | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Tom Clarke | 19/04/2006 | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Labour | Signed |
John Gummer | 19/04/2006 | Suffolk Coastal | Conservative | Signed |
Richard Taylor | 19/04/2006 | Wyre Forest | Independent | Signed |
Matthew Taylor | 20/04/2006 | Truro and St Austell | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Helen Jones | 24/04/2006 | Warrington North | Labour | Signed |
Shailesh Vara | 24/04/2006 | North West Cambridgeshire | Conservative | Signed |
Norman Lamb | 25/04/2006 | North Norfolk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Michael Gove | 25/04/2006 | Surrey Heath | Conservative | Signed |
Edward Garnier | 26/04/2006 | Harborough | Conservative | Signed |
John Smith | 27/04/2006 | Vale of Glamorgan | Labour | Signed |
Michael Howard | 27/04/2006 | Folkestone and Hythe | Conservative | Signed |
Patrick Hall | 27/04/2006 | Bedford | Labour | Signed |
Nadine Dorries | 27/04/2006 | Mid Bedfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
Lee Scott | 27/04/2006 | Ilford North | Conservative | Signed |
Martin Salter | 02/05/2006 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
Mohammad Sarwar | 02/05/2006 | Glasgow Central | Labour | Signed |
Simon Burns | 02/05/2006 | West Chelmsford | Conservative | Signed |
Mark Hunter | 02/05/2006 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
David Heath | 04/05/2006 | Somerton & Frome | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Julie Kirkbride | 08/05/2006 | Bromsgrove | Conservative | Signed |
David Crausby | 09/05/2006 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
Anne Begg | 09/05/2006 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
Robert Walter | 09/05/2006 | North Dorset | Conservative | Signed |
Gordon Banks | 10/05/2006 | Ochil and South Perthshire | Labour | Signed |
Jim Cousins | 12/05/2006 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Labour | Signed |
Denis Murphy | 16/05/2006 | Wansbeck | Labour | Signed |
Albert Owen | 16/05/2006 | Ynys M | Labour | Signed |
Angus Robertson | 17/05/2006 | Moray | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Oliver Heald | 17/05/2006 | North East Hertfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
Andrew Stunell | 17/05/2006 | Hazel Grove | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Emily Thornberry | 17/05/2006 | Islington South and Finsbury | Labour | Signed |
Joan Humble | 22/05/2006 | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
Lembit | 22/05/2006 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Annette Brooke | 23/05/2006 | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
David Maclean | 24/05/2006 | Penrith and The Border | Conservative | Signed |
James Clappison | 24/05/2006 | Hertsmere | Conservative | Signed |
John Randall | 05/06/2006 | Uxbridge | Conservative | Signed |
Don Foster | 05/06/2006 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jennifer Willott | 05/06/2006 | Cardiff Central | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Sarah Teather | 06/06/2006 | Brent East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Lorely Burt | 07/06/2006 | Solihull | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Austin Mitchell | 12/06/2006 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
Stephen Hepburn | 20/06/2006 | Jarrow | Labour | Signed |
John Horam | 18/07/2006 | Orpington | Conservative | Signed |
Julie Morgan | 09/10/2006 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
Edward Leigh | 09/10/2006 | Gainsborough | Conservative | Signed |
Bill Olner | 09/10/2006 | Nuneaton | Labour | Signed |
Richard Ottaway | 09/10/2006 | Croydon South | Conservative | Signed |
Damian Green | 09/10/2006 | Ashford | Conservative | Signed |
Nick Herbert | 09/10/2006 | Arundel and South Downs | Conservative | Signed |
Greg Mulholland | 09/10/2006 | Leeds North West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
David Lepper | 11/10/2006 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
Ian Stewart | 16/10/2006 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
Pete Wishart | 16/10/2006 | Perth and North Perthshire | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Colin Burgon | 23/10/2006 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
Christopher Fraser | 24/10/2006 | South West Norfolk | Conservative | Signed |
Bob Neill | 24/10/2006 | Bromley and Chislehurst | Conservative | Signed |
John McDonnell | 06/11/2006 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Signed |
Steve McCabe | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
Vera Baird | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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