Extreme Solar Weather (EDM1187)

Extreme Solar Weather

EDM number 1187 in 2008-09, proposed by Graham Stringer on 25/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Electricity.

That this House notes that a repeat of the 1859 Carrington event, an ejection of solar plasma, which hit the earth and caused severe disruption to the telegraph system, could knock out the National Grid, which would lead to a loss of water supply, transport and food, and therefore create a national emergency; and calls on the Government to make contingency plans for such an event.

This motion has been signed by a total of 19 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Graham Stringer	25/03/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Proposed
Lindsay Hoyle	25/03/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Ian Stewart	25/03/2009	Eccles	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	26/03/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Ian Taylor	27/03/2009	Esher and Walton	Conservative	Seconded
David Drew	27/03/2009	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
David Crausby	27/03/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	30/03/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	31/03/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	31/03/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	01/04/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	01/04/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/04/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	01/04/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	20/04/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/04/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/04/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/05/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed

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