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Water Privatisation In Africa

EDM number 311 in 2005-06, proposed by Adam Price on 13/06/2005.

That this House notes that the Tanzanian Government has cancelled its agreement with UK private water company, Biwater, only two years into a 10 year contract and that the company delivered less than half of promised investment during the first two years of the contract; further notes that the Department for International Development paid the Adam Smith Institute £273,000 from the UK aid budget to run a public relations campaign aimed at persuading the Tanzanian public to support privatisation; believes it is scandalous that public money meant to reduce proverty is being used to force the failed policy of privatisation of water supplies on the developing world; and calls on the Government to protect Tanzania from any legal proceedings initiated by Biwater and to desist from using the aid budget to force privatisation on developing countries.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Adam Price13/06/2005Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruProposed
Bob Russell13/06/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Taylor14/06/2005North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
Martin Caton14/06/2005GowerLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones14/06/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Hywel Williams14/06/2005CaernarfonPlaid CymruSeconded
Paul Holmes14/06/2005ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh15/06/2005Bradford WestLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn15/06/2005JarrowLabourSigned
Annette Brooke15/06/2005Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing15/06/2005Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins16/06/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Michael Weir16/06/2005AngusScottish National PartySigned
Rudi Vis16/06/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Mike Hancock16/06/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Hamilton16/06/2005MidlothianLabourSigned
David Drew16/06/2005StroudLabourSigned
Ann Cryer16/06/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd16/06/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Brian Jenkins16/06/2005TamworthLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson20/06/2005North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
David Anderson20/06/2005BlaydonLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell20/06/2005Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed20/06/2005South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Rob Marris20/06/2005Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn20/06/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Frank Cook21/06/2005Stockton NorthLabourSigned
George Galloway21/06/2005Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
John Leech21/06/2005Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes22/06/2005North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George22/06/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis22/06/2005Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Goodwill23/06/2005Scarborough and WhitbyConservativeSigned
Lorely Burt23/06/2005SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell27/06/2005PudseyLabourSigned
John Pugh27/06/2005SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean28/06/2005BurtonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson30/06/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Nick Harvey04/07/2005North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell04/07/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
John Barrett05/07/2005Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Mohammad Sarwar14/07/2005Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Bill Etherington14/07/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne19/07/2005Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Mark Durkan21/07/2005FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Edward Davey29/11/2005Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams07/12/2005CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland18/04/2006Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned

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