Climate Change, Darfur and other top issues
Posted by Karen Buck, MP for Regent's Park and Kensington North, at 13:44, Thu 12 October 2006:
Upon my return to Parliament this week I've been faced with a large number of important subjects. Earlier this week I took part in a photo shoot on Tuesday to show my support for cutting carbon emissions - a concern that many local residents contact me about on a regular basis. There were other top issues where Parliamentary colleagues had tabled Early Day Motions. Below are details of three that I have signed to show my support, including calls for action in Darfur. If there are any Early Day Motions that you feel I should be supporting then please do let me know by contacting me at k.buck@rpkn-labour.co.uk
DARFUR "That this House welcomes the Global Action for Darfur Day initiative undertaken by Crisis Action and supporting organisations; welcomes UN Security Council Resolution 1706, which provides for a UN mandated force in Darfur; is seriously concerned by the deteriorating security situation in the country, which has lead to the recent and abhorrent killings of civilians and of humanitarian aid workers; agrees with the African Union’s own assessment that the AMIS force is under-resourced to fulfil its role and condemns the Sudanese government for its failure to protect its citizens from an escalation of violence; therefore calls on the international community, especially the UK Government, to place pressure on China and Russia at the UN Security Council to ensure that the Sudanese government adheres to the Darfur Peace Agreement and allows UN forces to take over from AMIS in the region once its mandate has expired; calls on the government of Sudan to provide unimpeded humanitarian access to the victims of the conflict; and further calls on the European Union to consider targeted sanctions in the event of continuous breaches of the peace agreement by Khartoum, thereby demonstrating a true and lasting commitment to ending a conflict that has cost over 180,000 lives and affected four million others."
CARBON EMISSIONS IN LONDON "That this House notes that driving a 13 miles per gallon (Mpg) 4×4 rather than a 25mpg car for a year will waste more energy than leaving the refrigerator open for seven years, leaving the television on for 32 years or leaving the light on for 34 years; notes with concern that urban 4×4s are involved in 25 per cent. more accidents than saloon cars and that if a pedestrian is hit by a 4×4 they are twice as likely to be killed as if they are hit by a saloon car; further notes that sales of 4×4s grew by 12.8 per cent. in 2004 but only five per cent. are ever taken off road; and congratulates the Mayor of London on his plan to impose a higher congestion charge on 4×4s in order to cut carbon emissions in the capital."
GOOD CHILDHOOD INQUIRY "That this House warmly welcomes the Good Childhood Inquiry recently launched by the Children’s Society to renew society’s understanding of childhood for the twenty-first century; congratulates the Government for its achievements in improving the lives of children, including lifting more than 800,000 children from poverty and creating Sure Start; nevertheless is concerned by the increasing pressure on young people and the British Medical Association’s finding that one in 10 children aged under 16 now suffer from mental health problems; and looks forward to an inclusive and balanced national debate about how to give every child a good childhood."
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