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Health Consequences In The Use Of Depleted Uranium

EDM number 377 in 2016-17, proposed by Roger Mullin on 21/07/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Defence policy and Military operations.

That this House recognises that exposure to residual particles from weaponry containing the radioactive metal depleted uranium (DU), used in the invasions of both Iraq and Afghanistan, continues to produce serious and long-term health problems, not only for Iraqi and Afghani citizens living close to conflict zones, but also for British army personnel who were exposed to the weaponry during those wars; notes that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has indicated that exposure to DU can lead to serious health consequences, including kidney failure, lung damage and lung cancer; understands that, as well as producing damage through the impact of the weaponry, exposure to this radioactive metal can also lead to painful health conditions which can manifest many years after initial exposure, and which become exacerbated over time, before eventually culminating in the fatality of the exposed individual; is aware that the WHO has recommended that clean-up operations are commissioned in conflict zones with high concentrations of DU, and that further research is required to understand the full extent of its potential impact on the health of exposed individuals; and, given the seriousness of its health consequences which we are already aware of, calls on the Government to consider legislating to prohibit the use of DU in the manufacturing of any future weaponry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Roger Mullin21/07/2016Kirkcaldy and CowdenbeathScottish National PartyProposed
Michelle Thomson21/07/2016Edinburgh WestScottish National PartySeconded
Yasmin Qureshi05/09/2016Bolton South EastLabourSeconded
Phil Boswell05/09/2016Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySeconded
Chris Stephens05/09/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySeconded
Martyn Day05/09/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySeconded
Jim Shannon06/09/2016StrangfordDUPSigned
Alan Meale06/09/2016MansfieldLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie06/09/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Ian Blackford06/09/2016Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySigned
Paul Monaghan06/09/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Alex Salmond07/09/2016Signed
Hywel Williams07/09/2016ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Douglas Chapman07/09/2016Dunfermline and West FifeScottish National PartySigned
Patrick Grady07/09/2016Glasgow NorthScottish National PartySigned
Jim Cunningham07/09/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Natalie McGarry08/09/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Deidre Brock08/09/2016Edinburgh North and LeithScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law12/09/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Marion Fellows15/09/2016Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartySigned
Gavin Newlands15/09/2016Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Margaret Ferrier15/09/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySigned
Barry Sheerman10/10/2016HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Tasmina Sheikh10/10/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil10/10/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry10/10/2016Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Kelvin Hopkins10/10/2016Luton NorthLabourSigned
Owen Thompson10/10/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Hannah Bardell10/10/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Caroline Lucas10/10/2016Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Angela Crawley11/10/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Roger Godsiff12/10/2016Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
John Nicolson24/10/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned

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