Solar Energy (EDM689)

Solar Energy

EDM number 689 in 2008-09, proposed by Colin Challen on 04/02/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Renewable energy.

That this House welcomes the launch of the We Support Solar campaign; notes that globally solar photovoltaic (PV) will be a key climate change mitigation technology and that solar PV in the UK can play an important role in contributing to the UK 2020 renewable energy target; expresses its concern at the negative treatment of solar photovoltaics in the Government's 2008 renewable energy strategy consultation; and urges Ministers to ensure that the potential of the technology to deliver significant carbon dioxide reductions in the built environment, to make a significant contribution to the 2020 target and to deliver many tens of thousands of new green UK jobs is supported in the final renewable energy strategy document.

This motion has been signed by a total of 289 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Colin Challen	04/02/2009	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Proposed
John Hemming	04/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Chaytor	04/02/2009	Bury North	Labour	Seconded
Kate Hoey	04/02/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Seconded
Roger Williams	04/02/2009	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Ainsworth	04/02/2009	East Surrey	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	04/02/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	04/02/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	04/02/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	04/02/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Linton	04/02/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	04/02/2009	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Lembit	04/02/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	04/02/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	04/02/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paddy Tipping	04/02/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Dan Rogerson	04/02/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	05/02/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	05/02/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	05/02/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	05/02/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	05/02/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	05/02/2009	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	05/02/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
David Drew	05/02/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	05/02/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	05/02/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jo Swinson	05/02/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	05/02/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	09/02/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	09/02/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	09/02/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/02/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	09/02/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	09/02/2009	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Key	09/02/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
David Laws	09/02/2009	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oliver Letwin	09/02/2009	West Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/02/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/02/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/02/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Michael Fallon	09/02/2009	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	09/02/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	09/02/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Leech	09/02/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	09/02/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	10/02/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	10/02/2009	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	10/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	10/02/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	10/02/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	10/02/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	10/02/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	10/02/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Andrew Selous	11/02/2009	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	11/02/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Chris McCafferty	11/02/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	11/02/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	11/02/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	11/02/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	11/02/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	11/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	11/02/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	11/02/2009	Esher and Walton	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	11/02/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	11/02/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Katy Clark	11/02/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	11/02/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Peter Soulsby	11/02/2009	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	12/02/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	12/02/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Meacher	12/02/2009	Oldham West and Royton	Labour	Signed
John Horam	23/02/2009	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Joan Humble	23/02/2009	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/02/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	23/02/2009	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
John Mann	23/02/2009	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	23/02/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Malcolm Moss	23/02/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Frank Dobson	23/02/2009	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	23/02/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	23/02/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Gregory Barker	23/02/2009	Bexhill and Battle	Conservative	Signed
Steve Webb	23/02/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	23/02/2009	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Clark	23/02/2009	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
David Howarth	23/02/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	23/02/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	24/02/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/02/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	24/02/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Michael Fabricant	24/02/2009	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Fraser	24/02/2009	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	24/02/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/02/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Jones	24/02/2009	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	24/02/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	25/02/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Oliver Heald	27/02/2009	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Eleanor Laing	27/02/2009	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
David Lidington	27/02/2009	Aylesbury	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	27/02/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Boswell	02/03/2009	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	02/03/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	03/03/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Mercer	03/03/2009	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	03/03/2009	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	03/03/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Nick Palmer	04/03/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	04/03/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Mark Prisk	05/03/2009	Hertford and Stortford	Conservative	Signed
John Barrett	06/03/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	06/03/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	06/03/2009	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	06/03/2009	Falmouth and Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	06/03/2009	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	09/03/2009	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Edward Leigh	10/03/2009	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Joe Benton	10/03/2009	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	11/03/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	11/03/2009	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	12/03/2009	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	16/03/2009	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Willetts	17/03/2009	Havant	Conservative	Signed
Adam Holloway	17/03/2009	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	18/03/2009	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Hendry	19/03/2009	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Evans	19/03/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Hugo Swire	19/03/2009	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Helen Southworth	20/03/2009	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	20/03/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Damian Green	20/03/2009	Ashford	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Taylor	23/03/2009	Truro and St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Penning	24/03/2009	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	26/03/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julian Lewis	30/03/2009	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
David Maclean	31/03/2009	Penrith and The Border	Conservative	Signed
Ian Cawsey	01/04/2009	Brigg and Goole	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	01/04/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Caroline Spelman	20/04/2009	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	20/04/2009	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	20/04/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	20/04/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Murrison	20/04/2009	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	20/04/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	20/04/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	20/04/2009	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Liam Fox	20/04/2009	Woodspring	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	20/04/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Philip Hammond	20/04/2009	Runnymede and Weybridge	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	20/04/2009	City of York	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	20/04/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	20/04/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	20/04/2009	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
David Anderson	20/04/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	21/04/2009	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Shepherd	21/04/2009	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Dai Havard	21/04/2009	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	21/04/2009	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	21/04/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Laxton	21/04/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	21/04/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	21/04/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	21/04/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Ancram	21/04/2009	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Robert Smith	22/04/2009	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	22/04/2009	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/04/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Mitchell	22/04/2009	Sutton Coldfield	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	22/04/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Brooks Newmark	22/04/2009	Braintree	Conservative	Signed
Michael Howard	23/04/2009	Folkestone and Hythe	Conservative	Signed
Kim Howells	23/04/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	23/04/2009	Feltham and Heston	Labour	Signed
John Butterfill	23/04/2009	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
David Crausby	23/04/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
David Curry	23/04/2009	Skipton and Ripon	Conservative	Signed
David Lepper	24/04/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Robert Goodwill	24/04/2009	Scarborough and Whitby	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Hall	24/04/2009	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Nadine Dorries	24/04/2009	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
David Davies	27/04/2009	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Mark Durkan	27/04/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
James Arbuthnot	27/04/2009	North East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Howard Stoate	27/04/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	27/04/2009	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	27/04/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Ryan	28/04/2009	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	28/04/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	28/04/2009	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Whittingdale	28/04/2009	Maldon and East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Tom Levitt	29/04/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Alan Duncan	29/04/2009	Rutland and Melton	Conservative	Signed
Ian Stewart	29/04/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	29/04/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Edward Vaizey	30/04/2009	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	05/05/2009	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	05/05/2009	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Soames	05/05/2009	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Gerald Howarth	05/05/2009	Aldershot	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	05/05/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	05/05/2009	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Tim Yeo	05/05/2009	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
Russell Brown	06/05/2009	Dumfries and Galloway	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	07/05/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Bernard Jenkin	08/05/2009	North Essex	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	08/05/2009	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	08/05/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	08/05/2009	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	12/05/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	12/05/2009	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Richard Caborn	13/05/2009	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	15/05/2009	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	20/05/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Alan Meale	20/05/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
David Ruffley	01/06/2009	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Dodds	01/06/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
John Gummer	01/06/2009	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	01/06/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Theresa May	02/06/2009	Maidenhead	Conservative	Signed
George Galloway	02/06/2009	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Alistair Burt	03/06/2009	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Stewart Jackson	03/06/2009	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	04/06/2009	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	04/06/2009	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	04/06/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	04/06/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Burns	08/06/2009	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Edward Garnier	08/06/2009	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Richard Taylor	08/06/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Julie Morgan	09/06/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	09/06/2009	Houghton and Washington East	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	09/06/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
David Evennett	09/06/2009			Signed
Tobias Ellwood	09/06/2009	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Angela Smith	09/06/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	10/06/2009	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	10/06/2009	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	10/06/2009	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	10/06/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	10/06/2009	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Mike Gapes	11/06/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Grant Shapps	11/06/2009	Welwyn Hatfield	Conservative	Signed
Martyn Jones	12/06/2009	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Bill Wiggin	12/06/2009	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
Geraldine Smith	15/06/2009	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	15/06/2009	Selby	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	15/06/2009	Ochil and South Perthshire	Labour	Signed
Keith Simpson	16/06/2009	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Philip Dunne	16/06/2009	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
John Penrose	16/06/2009	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
Joan Walley	18/06/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	22/06/2009	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Janet Anderson	22/06/2009	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	23/06/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	23/06/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	23/06/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	24/06/2009	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Laura Moffatt	25/06/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	26/06/2009	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Paul Murphy	30/06/2009	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	01/07/2009	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	01/07/2009	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	01/07/2009	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	14/07/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	20/07/2009	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	21/07/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Wright	21/07/2009	Rugby and Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Anne Begg	12/10/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Angela Watkinson	12/10/2009	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Hunt	12/10/2009	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Maria Miller	12/10/2009	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Frank Cook	13/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	19/10/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Michael Moore	22/10/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Mundell	28/10/2009	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	29/10/2009	Mitcham and Morden	Labour	Signed
David Tredinnick	10/11/2009	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Heppell	Unknown			Withdrawn

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