Dame Joan Ruddock 
Former MP for Lewisham Deptford
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Early Day Motions
 

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Early Day Motions (EDMs) are formal motions submitted for debate in the House of Commons.  Although in practice very few are actually debated, they allow MPs to draw attention to a particular event or cause.  MPs may register their support by signing individual EDMs.

Below is a list of EDMs I have recently supported; for a full list, you can search the EDM database on the Parliament website. 

2014-2015 Session


EDM  882: India's Daughter & Ending Violence Against Women (signed 17/03/15)
EDM  880: Urban Development (signed 17/03/15)
EDM  856: Parity of Terms & Conditions in the Public Sector (signed 16/03/15)
EDM  851: Funding of Further Education Colleges (signed 12/03/15)
EDM  837: Sikh Soldiers in the First World War (signed 10/03/15)
EDM  827: Humanitarian Situation in Gaza (signed 05/03/15)
EDM  821: UK Offshore Oil Industry (signed 03/03/15)
EDM  819: Access to Treatments for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Tuberous Sclerosis & Morquio Disease 
                  (signed 03/03/15) 
EDM  817: Royal British Legion Insult to Injury Campaign (signed 03/03/15)
EDM  800: Statelessness & Terrorism Laws in Bahrain (signed 03/03/15)

EDM  782: Betting, Gaming & Lotteries (signed 06/03/15)
EDM  746: The Big Ride for Palestinian Children (signed 03/03/15)
EDM  739: International Students & Net Migration Targets (signed 23/02/15)
EDM  735: Protection of Abortion Services (signed 02/02/15)
EDM  714: Change to Rules on Submitting New Evidence in Asylum Cases (signed 02/02/15)
EDM  701: Imprisonment of Human Rights Activists in Mauritania (signed 23/02/15)

EDM  673: Effect of the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on Insolvency Litigation                           (signed 22/01/15)
EDM  670: Defence of Journalists & Freedom of Expression (signed 13/01/15)
EDM  662: NHS Walk-In Centres (signed 09/01/15)
EDM  660: Detention of Sheikh Ali Salman in Bahrain (signed 23/02/15)
EDM  659: Austrian Government Nuclear Disarmament Initiative (tabled 05/01/15)
EDM  653: Domestic Abuse in the LGBT Community (signed 09/01/15)
EDM  648: Employment of Supply Teachers (signed 05/01/15)
EDM  643: Ending Cold Homes (signed 15/01/15)
EDM  642: Humanitarian Impact of Trident & Non-Treaty Proliferation (signed 05/01/15)
EDM  636: Animal Experiments (No.2) (signed 23/02/15)
EDM  626: Centralisation of British Visa Services in India & Bangladesh (signed 05/01/15)
EDM  612: Buffer Zones Around Abortion Clinics & Pregnancy Advisory Bureaux (signed 05/02/15)
EDM  609: Bahrain Base (signed 27/01/15)
EDM  607: Access to Duodopa for People with Parkinson's Disease (signed 05/01/15)

EDM  598: Breakthrough Breast Cancer (signed 15/12/14)
EDM  590: Humanist Marriages (signed 15/12/14)
EDM  566: Pheasant & Partridges Reared to Be Shot (signed 05/01/15)
EDM  552: Robotic Surgery for Kidney Cancer or Bladder Cancer Patients (signed 23/02/15)
EDM  523: Stars in Our School Campaign (signed 26/11/14)
EDM  505: UK Representation at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons                             (signed 25/11/14)
EDM  504: Abortion Services in Blackfriars (signed 05/02/15)

EDM  488: Youth Services (signed 25/11/14)
EDM  459: US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement (signed 05/11/14)
EDM  454: Public Service Pensions (signed 17/11/14)
EDM  403: Counterfeit Personal Protective Equipment (signed 25/11/14)

EDM  394: St Mungo's Broadway Pay Dispute (signed 05/11/2014)
EDM  368: Flood Insurance for Small Businesses (signed 26/11/14)
EDM  338: Case of Ricky Reel (signed 20/10/14) 
EDM  331: Intensive Indoor Dairy Farms (signed 05/02/15)
EDM  321: Energy (Buildings & Reduction of Fuel Use) Bill (signed 08/09/14)
EDM  318: Duchenne Awareness Day (signed 09/09/14)
EDM  309: Women's Aid Save Our Services Campaign (signed 04/09/14)
EDM  303: Later Life Ambitions Campaign (signed 03/09/14)
EDM  300: National Gallery's Visitor Services & Security (signed 27/01/15)

EDM  265: Farm Animal Cloning & Offspring of Clones (signed 25/11/14)
EDM  264: Daily Mail Coverage of Cabinet Reshuffle (signed 22/07/14)
EDM  259: White Ribbon Campaign (signed 22/07/14)
EDM  255: Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Report 2013 (signed 14/07/14)
EDM  251: Children & the Countryside (signed 22/07/14)
EDM  250: Israeli Military Strikes on the Gaza Strip (signed 03/09/14)
EDM  245: Detention of Andargachew Tsege in Ethiopia (signed 16/10/14)
EDM  239: International Development Spending Target (signed 03/09/14) 
EDM  236: Second Chance Initiative (signed 03/09/14)
EDM  234: National Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week (signed 22/07/14)
EDM  213: Bahrain Justice System (signed 04/09/14)
EDM  212: Local Government & School Support Workers' Pay (signed 14/07/14)
EDM  208: Demolition & Change of Use of Pub Buildings (signed 04/09/14)
EDM  204: Destruction of Palestinian Homes in the West Bank by Israel (signed 14/07/14)
EDM  202: Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership, Democracy, Rights & the Rule of Law (signed
                  01/07/14)

EDM  195: UN World Refugee Day & Internally Displaced Persons (signed 14/07/14)
EDM  189: Wildlife Crime (signed 07/07/14)
EDM  178: Continued Use of Torture Worldwide (signed 01/07/14)
EDM  177: Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses (signed 03/09/14)
EDM  175: Pancreatic Cancer Research (signed 07/07/14)
EDM  159: Dog Meat Trade Cruelty (signed 03/09/14)
EDM  153: Debate on US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement (signed 19/06/14)
EDM  152: Care Home Top Up Fees (signed 22/07/14)
EDM  151: End-to-End Competition & the Universal Postal Service (signed 22/07/14)
EDM  146: Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (signed 19/06/14)
EDM  142: Domestic Violence (signed 26/06/14)
EDM  128: Mis-selling of Cashback Warranties by Scottish Power (signed 25/06/14)
EDM  117: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (signed 01/07/14)
EDM  115: Stephen Sutton MBE (signed 19/06/14) 
EDM  113: Decision to Close the Independent Living Fund (signed 01/07/14)
EDM  111: IT & Probation (signed 01/07/14)

EDM    99: High Court Judgement on Asylum Support (signed 01/07/14) 
EDM    95: Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Private Rented Homes (signed 14/07/14)
EDM    93: Mesothelioma Research Funding (signed 03/09/14)
EDM    92: 10th Anniversary of Breaking the Silence (signed 18/06/14)
EDM    89: Energy Demand Reduction Bill (signed 12/06/14)
EDM    76: Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (signed 19/06/14)
EDM    51: Defence Reciew 2015 & Trident Replacement (signed 16/06/14)
EDM    50: Marshall Islands & Nuclear Disarmament (signed 05/06/14)
EDM    49: Treatment of Palestinian Children (signed 01/07/14) 
EDM    48: Changes to Disabled Students' Allowances (signed 16/06/14)
EDM    47: Legal Recognition for Those Who Do Not Associate With a Particular Gender (signed 16/06/14)
EDM    39: UK Attendance at Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons Conference (signed 04/06/14)
EDM    37: Trident Replacement (signed 16/06/14)
EDM    29: Safety of Polypropylene Mesh Devices (signed 04/06/14)
EDM    27: Mothers' Names & Marriage Certificates (signed 04/06/14)
EDM    25: Recall of Honourable Members (signed 16/06/14)
EDM    21: Municipal Bus Companies (signed 01/07/14)
EDM      5: Statistics on Reconsideration of Employment & Support Allowance Refusals (signed 16/06/14)
EDM      4: Support for People During Reconsideration of Employment & Support Allowance Refusals (signed
                  16/06/14)

2013-2014 Session


EDM 1323: Marshall Islands & Nuclear Disarmament (signed 13/05/14)
EDM 1322: UK Attendance at Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons Conference in Austria (signed                          13/05/14)
EDM 1320: Municipal Bus Companies (signed 13/05/14)
EDM 1312: Schoolgirls in Nigeria (signed 13/05/14)

EDM 1294: Safety Concerns About Polypropylene Mesh Devices (signed 07/05/14) 
EDM 1282: Cuts at Kew Gardens (signed 08/05/14)
EDM 1274: MS Week (signed 30/04/14)
EDM 1273: Media Pluralism (signed 10/04/14)
EDM 1257: 175th Anniversary of Anti-Slavery International (signed 10/04/14)
EDM 1248: Energy in Buildings Bill (signed 02/04/14)
EDM 1246: Raising Literacy Levels in Prisons (signed 10/04/14)
EDM 1244: Qatar World Cup & Migrant Workers (signed 07/04/14)
EDM 1226: Public Services Pensions (signed 02/04/14)
EDM 1220: Legal Aid & Advice (signed 02/04/14)
EDM 1216: Cuts to the Fire & Rescue Service (signed 10/04/14)
EDM 1208: Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (signed 26/03/14)

EDM 1198: Legal Aid Spending (signed 07/04/14)
EDM 1194: Bahrain Formula One GP 2014 (signed 10/04/14)
EDM 1190: Defence Review 2015 & Trident Replacement (signed 07/04/14)
EDM 1184: Accountability for Human Rights Violations in North Korea (signed 30/04/14)
EDM 1161: Firearms Licence Fee (signed 18/03/14)
EDM 1160: Future of BBC Three (signed 02/04/14)
EDM 1142: Armed Forces Service Memorial (signed 26/03/14)
EDM 1130: Terms & Conditions of Employment (signed 11/03/14)
EDM 1127: Working to Reduce the Use of Animals in Scientific Research (signed 10/03/14)
EDM 1123: Fair Tax Mark (signed 04/03/14)
EDM 1121: Ugandan Government's Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender People 
                   (signed 04/03/14)
EDM 1106: Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill (No. 2) (signed 27/02/14)
EDM 1105: Future of HM Land Registry (signed 10/03/14)
EDM 1100: UN Anti-Racism Day (signed 04/03/14)

EDM 1098: Fire Sprinklers (signed 02/04/14)
EDM 1086: UK Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (signed 24/02/14)
EDM 1081: Human Rights in Bahrain (No.2) (signed 10/04/14)
EDM 1080: Power Cuts in Gaza (signed 24/02/14)
EDM 1073: Down's Syndrome Awareness Week (17-23 March) & World Down Syndrome Day (21 March) 
                   (signed 24/02/14)
EDM 1070: Which? Clean Up Credit Campaign & Excessive Default Fees Charged by Payday Lenders 
                   (signed 27/02/14)
EDM 1069: Use of Dogs in Pharmaceutical Testing (signed 10/03/14)
EDM 1063: Access to Psychological Therapies (signed 26/03/14)
EDM 1057: Social Security (signed 24/02/14)
EDM 1056: Check-Off of Union Subscriptions (27/02/14)
EDM 1046: Ineos & Trades Unions (signed 13/02/14)
EDM 1029: Haass Talks on Northern Ireland (signed 05/02/14)
EDM 1028: National Libraries Day (signed 06/02/14)
EDM 1008: Anniversary of the 1984-5 Miners' Strike (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 1003: 10th Anniversary of Morecambe Bay Cockle Picker Tragedy (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 1002: 130th Anniversary of CCHF All About the Kids (signed 06/02/14)

EDM 953: Defibrillators (signed 29/01/14)
EDM 948: MenB Vaccine & Childhood Immunisation Schedule (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 947: Environment Energy Budget (signed 13/02/14)
EDM 946: Firefighters' Additional Pension Contributions (signed 10/09/14)
EDM 936: Pilot Scheme for Transforming Rehabilitation Agenda (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 932: Holocaust Memorial Day (signed 15/01/14)
EDM 930: Healthcare Services for Hon. Members, Members of the House of Lords and Staff (signed 06/02/14)
EDM 928: Publication of DEFRA Review on Food Aid Provision in the UK (signed 15/01/14)
EDM 918: Release of Documentation About the 1984-5 Miners' Strike (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 917: Domestic Abuse (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 916: East London River Crossings (signed 15/01/14)
EDM 907: Legal Recognition for Those Who Do Not Associate with a Particular Gender (No.2) (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 904: Energy Demand Reduction (signed 13/02/14)
EDM 901: Human Rights in Bahrain (signed 10/03/14)
EDM 900: Eve's Law & Victims of Domestic Violence (signed 13/01/14)

EDM 892: Beer Duty & the 2014 Budget (signed 27/02/14)
EDM 859: Property Management Companies (signed 19/12/13)
EDM 855: Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free-Zone (signed 15/01/14)
EDM 854: Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons (signed 19/12/13)
EDM 839: Imperial War Museums' Privatisation of Visitor Services & Security (signed 19/12/13)
EDM 818: Recognition of Work Done by the Charity, Independent Age (signed 09/12/13)
EDM 814: Put Us in the Picture: Report on Including People with Disabilities in International Development 
                 (signed 24/02/14)

EDM 787: London Underground Ticket Offices (27/11/13)
EDM 777: Child Contact Centres (signed 27/11/13)
EDM 773: African Elephants & the Ivory Trade (signed 26/11/13)
EDM 754: Unite the Union's Back Home Safe Campaign (signed 18/11/13)
EDM 753: Teaching Assistants in Schools (signed 26/11/13)
EDM 752: Review of Financial Assistance Scheme (signed 04/12/13)
EDM 739: Freedom of Movement for Palestinian Journalists (signed 20/11/13)
EDM 706: Commemoration of John F. Kennedy (signed 21/11/13)
EDM 704: Health Funding & Economic Deprivation (signed 20/11/13)
EDM 701: Progressive Illnesses and ESA (signed 19/12/13)

EDM 677: Compensation for Environmental Damage in Ecuadorian Amazon (signed 27/11/13)
EDM 668: 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (signed 20/11/13)
EDM 667: Lobbying Register (signed 20/11/13)
EDM 666: Vulture Funds (signed 13/01/14)
EDM 665: Neuroblastoma Treatment (signed 21/11/13)
EDM 662: Under-Occupancy Penalty (signed 18/11/13)
EDM 661: Pilot Badger Cull Parliamentary Assessment & Vote (No. 2) (signed 20/11/13)
EDM 656: Closure of NHS Services (signed 31/10/13)
EDM 635: Female Genital Mutilation (signed 01/11/13)
EDM 631: Testing of Household Products on Animals (signed 12/05/14)
EDM 620: Support for People During Reconsideration of Employment & Support Allowance Refusals 
                 (signed 01/11/13)
EDM 613: Extension of Freedom of Information Act 2000 (signed 25/11/13)
EDM 607: Detention of Greenpeace Activists in Russia (signed 20/11/13)
EDM 600: Detention of Kieron Bryan in Russia (signed 04/11/13)

EDM 588: Independent Prescribing for Physiotherapists (signed 20/11/13)
EDM 583: School Support Staff (signed 17/01/14)
EDM 580: Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (signed 07/11/13)
EDM 559: Standardised Packaging of Tobacco (signed 18/11/13)
EDM 558: Hearing Screening Programme for People Aged 65 (signed 16/01/14)
EDM 557: Supporting Irish Immigrants (signed 24/10/13)
EDM 554: Keep Me Posted Campaign (signed 13/01/14)
EDM 542: Sale of Student Loans (signed 15/10/13)
EDM 529: Protection of Workers Serving the Public (signed 15/10/13)
EDM 516: Transport for London Fares for 2014 (sponsored 11/09/13)
EDM 514: Cats & Dogs in Scientific Experiments (signed 10/03/14)
EDM 503: Arms Sales to Authoritarian Regimes (signed 14/10/13)

EDM 498: Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Direct Negotiations (sponsored 10/09/13)
EDM 486: US Congress Vote Against Military Action in Syria (signed 05/09/13)
EDM 483: UK Disabled People's Manifesto (signed 10/10/13)
EDM 463: Seamus Heaney (signed 11/09/13)
EDM 450: Parliamentary Right to Debate Military Action (signed 29/08/13)
EDM 449: Shrewsbury 24 (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 442: Publication of Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals 2012 Report (signed 02/09/13)
EDM 436: Probation Service (sponsored 17/07/13)
EDM 433: Murder of Hilda Murrell (signed 16/07/13)
EDM 431: Regulation of Counsellors & Psychotherapists (signed 01/11/13)
EDM 430: Celebrating Magna Carta 800th Anniversary (signed 02/09/13)
EDM 419: Public Ownership of Rail (signed 02/09/13)
EDM 413: Knowledge Economy (signed 03/09/13)
EDM 408: Meningitis B: Beat It Now Campaign (signed 16/07/13)
EDM 406: Barnado's & Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation (signed 20/11/13)

EDM 358: G4S & Palestinian Prisoners (signed 02/09/13)
EDM 353: UK Music Skills Academy (signed 15/07/13)
EDM 339: Public Sector Investments in Tobacco Firms (signed 02/07/13)
EDM 337: Bow Match Women's Strike of 1888 (signed 02/07/13)
EDM 324: Reform of Civil Legal Aid (signed 11/07/13)
EDM 319: Marketing on Maternity Wards (signed 03/07/13)
EDM 317: Buzz the Little Honey Bee Publication on Bees and Biodiversity (signed 11/07/13)
EDM 313: Millwall Shirt Sponsorship & Prostate Cancer UK (signed 02/07/13)

EDM 299: Pilot Badger Cull Parliamentary Assessment & Vote (signed 02/07/13)
EDM 292: Execution of Professor Devinderpal Singh Bhullar (signed 11/07/13)
EDM 279: New Product Rules Required to Limit the Damage Caused by Unaffordable Payday Loans 
                 (signed 15/07/13)
EDM 270: Safety at Work (signed 26/06/13)
EDM 268: Improvements to the Working Conditions of Betting Shop Staff (signed 25/06/13)
EDM 253: No More Page 3 (signed 26/06/13)
EDM 240: Tar Sands & the Fuel Quality Directive (signed 25/06/13)
EDM 238: Sepsis (signed 19/06/13)
EDM 232: Protests in Turkey (signed 19/06/13)
EDM 220: Public Sector Equality Duty (signed 17/07/13)
EDM 219: Gay-To-Straight Conversion Therapy in the UK (signed 11/07/13)
EDM 205: Regulation of Herbal Practitioners (signed 26/06/13)
EDM 202: Victims of Rape in Situations of Armed Conflict (signed 10/06/13)

EDM 199: Scientific Procedures on Animals & the Use of Non-Animal Alternatives (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 191: Importance of Arts & Creative Industries (sponsored 05/06/13)
EDM 187: Emily Davison (signed 04/06/13)
EDM 171: House of Commons Nursery (No. 2) (signed 04/06/13)
EDM 158: National Stop Cyberbullying Day (signed 25/06/13)
EDM 153: Town & Country Planning (signed 11/06/13)
EDM 150: Trident Replacement (signed 05/06/13)
EDM 143: Hernia Rationing & Outcomes (signed 24/10/13)
EDM 126: Respect at Work in the Media & Entertainment Industries (signed 03/09/13)
EDM 107: Love Your Local Market 2013 Campaign (signed 03/06/13)

EDM   98: Tackling UK Wildlife Crime (signed 10/06/13)
EDM   93: Adult Learners' Week & Part-Time Education (signed 14/05/13)
EDM   92: Right of Abode for Former British-Hong Kong Servicemen (signed 19/12/13)
EDM   82: Overseas Domestic Worker Visa (signed 14/05/13)
EDM   80: Freedom of Information Act 2000 (signed 12/06/13)
EDM   72: International Wildlife Crime (signed 19/06/13)
EDM   62: New Unite Community Centre in Tower Hamlets (signed 20/05/13)
EDM   58: East Coast Main Line (signed 14/05/13)
EDM   57: Fair Deal for Your Local Campaign (signed 10/06/13)
EDM   55: Childcare Ratios (signed 15/05/13)
EDM   53: Safety of Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (sponsored 13/06/13)
EDM   36: Reform of Legal Aid (signed 05/06/13)

signed
EDM 1190: Defence Review 2015 & Trident Replacement (signed 07/04/14)
EDM 1161: Firearms Licence Fee (signed 18/03/14)
EDM 1160: Future of BBC Three (signed 02/04/14)
EDM 1142: Armed Forces Service Memorial (26/03/14)
EDM 1130: Terms & Conditions of Employment (11/03/14)
EDM 1127: Working to Reduce the Use of Animals in Scientific Research (signed 10/03/14)
EDM 1123: Fair Tax Mark (signed 04/03/14)
EDM 1121: Ugandan Government's Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender People 
                   (signed 04/03/14)
EDM 1106: Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill (No. 2) (signed 27/02/14)
EDM 1105: Future of HM Land Registry (signed 10/03/14)
EDM 1100: UN Anti-Racism Day (signed 04/03/14)

EDM 1098: Fire Sprinklers (signed 02/04/14)
EDM 1086: UK Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (signed 24/02/14)
EDM 1081: Human Rights in Bahrain (No.2) (10/04/14)
EDM 1080: Power Cuts in Gaza (signed 24/02/14)
EDM 1073: Down's Syndrome Awareness Week (17-23 March) & World Down Syndrome Day (21 March) 
                   (signed 24/02/14)
EDM 1070: Which? Clean Up Credit Campaign & Excessive Default Fees Charged by Payday Lenders 
                   (signed 27/02/14)
EDM 1069: Use of Dogs in Pharmaceutical Testing (signed 10/03/14)
EDM 1063: Access to Psychological Therapies (signed 26/03/14)
EDM 1057: Social Security (signed 24/02/14)
EDM 1056: Check-Off of Union Subscriptions (27/02/14)
EDM 1046: Ineos & Trades Unions (signed 13/02/14)
EDM 1029: Haass Talks on Northern Ireland (signed 05/02/14)
EDM 1028: National Libraries Day (signed 06/02/14)
EDM 1008: Anniversary of the 1984-5 Miners' Strike (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 1003: 10th Anniversary of Morecambe Bay Cockle Picker Tragedy (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 1002: 130th Anniversary of CCHF All About the Kids (signed 06/02/14)

EDM 953: Defibrillators (signed 29/01/14)
EDM 948: MenB Vaccine & Childhood Immunisation Schedule (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 947: Environment Energy Budget (signed 13/02/14)
EDM 946: Firefighters' Additional Pension Contributions (10/09/14)
EDM 936: Pilot Scheme for Transforming Rehabilitation Agenda (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 932: Holocaust Memorial Day (signed 15/01/14)
EDM 930: Healthcare Services for Hon. Members, Members of the House of Lords and Staff (signed 06/02/14)
EDM 928: Publication of DEFRA Review on Food Aid Provision in the UK (signed 15/01/14)
EDM 918: Release of Documentation About the 1984-5 Miners' Strike (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 917: Domestic Abuse (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 916: East London River Crossings (signed 15/01/14)
EDM 907: Legal Recognition for Those Who Do Not Associate with a Particular Gender (No.2) (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 904: Energy Demand Reduction (signed 13/02/14)
EDM 901: Human Rights in Bahrain (signed 10/03/14)
EDM 900: Eve's Law & Victims of Domestic Violence (signed 13/01/14)

EDM 892: Beer Duty & the 2014 Budget (signed 27/02/14)
EDM 859: Property Management Companies (signed 19/12/13)
EDM 855: Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free-Zone (signed 15/01/14)
EDM 854: Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons (signed 19/12/13)
EDM 839: Imperial War Museums' Privatisation of Visitor Services & Security (signed 19/12/13)
EDM 818: Recognition of Work Done by the Charity, Independent Age (signed 09/12/13)
EDM 814: Put Us in the Picture: Report on Including People with Disabilities in International Development 
                 (signed 24/02/14)

EDM 787: London Underground Ticket Offices (27/11/13)
EDM 777: Child Contact Centres (signed 27/11/13)
EDM 773: African Elephants & the Ivory Trade (signed 26/11/13)
EDM 754: Unite the Union's Back Home Safe Campaign (signed 18/11/13)
EDM 753: Teaching Assistants in Schools (signed 26/11/13)
EDM 752: Review of Financial Assistance Scheme (signed 04/12/13)
EDM 739: Freedom of Movement for Palestinian Journalists (signed 20/11/13)
EDM 706: Commemoration of John F. Kennedy (signed 21/11/13)
EDM 704: Health Funding & Economic Deprivation (signed 20/11/13)
EDM 701: Progressive Illnesses and ESA (signed 19/12/13)

EDM 677: Compensation for Environmental Damage in Ecuadorian Amazon (signed 27/11/13)
EDM 668: 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (signed 20/11/13)
EDM 667: Lobbying Register (signed 20/11/13)
EDM 666: Vulture Funds (signed 13/01/14)
EDM 665: Neuroblastoma Treatment (signed 21/11/13)
EDM 662: Under-Occupancy Penalty (signed 18/11/13)
EDM 661: Pilot Badger Cull Parliamentary Assessment & Vote (No. 2) (signed 20/11/13)
EDM 656: Closure of NHS Services (signed 31/10/13)
EDM 635: Female Genital Mutilation (signed 01/11/13)
EDM 620: Support for People During Reconsideration of Employment & Support Allowance Refusals 
                 (signed 01/11/13)
EDM 613: Extension of Freedom of Information Act 2000 (signed 25/11/13)
EDM 607: Detention of Greenpeace Activists in Russia (signed 20/11/13)
EDM 600: Detention of Kieron Bryan in Russia (signed 04/11/13)

EDM 588: Independent Prescribing for Physiotherapists (signed 20/11/13)
EDM 583: School Support Staff (signed 17/01/14)
EDM 580: Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (signed 07/11/13)
EDM 559: Standardised Packaging of Tobacco (signed 18/11/13)
EDM 558: Hearing Screening Programme for People Aged 65 (signed 16/01/14)
EDM 557: Supporting Irish Immigrants (signed 24/10/13)
EDM 554: Keep Me Posted Campaign (signed 13/01/14)
EDM 542: Sale of Student Loans (signed 15/10/13)
EDM 529: Protection of Workers Serving the Public (signed 15/10/13)
EDM 516: Transport for London Fares for 2014 (sponsored 11/09/13)
EDM 514: Cats & Dogs in Scientific Experiments (signed 10/03/14)
EDM 503: Arms Sales to Authoritarian Regimes (signed 14/10/13)

EDM 498: Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Direct Negotiations (sponsored 10/09/13)
EDM 486: US Congress Vote Against Military Action in Syria (signed 05/09/13)
EDM 483: UK Disabled People's Manifesto (signed 10/10/13)
EDM 463: Seamus Heaney (signed 11/09/13)
EDM 450: Parliamentary Right to Debate Military Action (signed 29/08/13)
EDM 449: Shrewsbury 24 (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 442: Publication of Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals 2012 Report (signed 02/09/13)
EDM 436: Probation Service (sponsored 17/07/13)
EDM 433: Murder of Hilda Murrell (signed 16/07/13)
EDM 431: Regulation of Counsellors & Psychotherapists (signed 01/11/13)
EDM 430: Celebrating Magna Carta 800th Anniversary (signed 02/09/13)
EDM 419: Public Ownership of Rail (signed 02/09/13)
EDM 413: Knowledge Economy (signed 03/09/13)
EDM 408: Meningitis B: Beat It Now Campaign (signed 16/07/13)
EDM 406: Barnado's & Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation (signed 20/11/13)

EDM 358: G4S & Palestinian Prisoners (signed 02/09/13)
EDM 353: UK Music Skills Academy (signed 15/07/13)
EDM 339: Public Sector Investments in Tobacco Firms (signed 02/07/13)
EDM 337: Bow Match Women's Strike of 1888 (signed 02/07/13)
EDM 324: Reform of Civil Legal Aid (signed 11/07/13)
EDM 319: Marketing on Maternity Wards (signed 03/07/13)
EDM 317: Buzz the Little Honey Bee Publication on Bees and Biodiversity (signed 11/07/13)
EDM 313: Millwall Shirt Sponsorship & Prostate Cancer UK (signed 02/07/13)

EDM 299: Pilot Badger Cull Parliamentary Assessment & Vote (signed 02/07/13)
EDM 292: Execution of Professor Devinderpal Singh Bhullar (signed 11/07/13)
EDM 279: New Product Rules Required to Limit the Damage Caused by Unaffordable Payday Loans 
                 (signed 15/07/13)
EDM 270: Safety at Work (signed 26/06/13)
EDM 268: Improvements to the Working Conditions of Betting Shop Staff (signed 25/06/13)
EDM 253: No More Page 3 (signed 26/06/13)
EDM 240: Tar Sands & the Fuel Quality Directive (signed 25/06/13)
EDM 238: Sepsis (signed 19/06/13)
EDM 232: Protests in Turkey (signed 19/06/13)
EDM 220: Public Sector Equality Duty (signed 17/07/13)
EDM 219: Gay-To-Straight Conversion Therapy in the UK (signed 11/07/13)
EDM 205: Regulation of Herbal Practitioners (signed 26/06/13)
EDM 202: Victims of Rape in Situations of Armed Conflict (signed 10/06/13)

EDM 199: Scientific Procedures on Animals & the Use of Non-Animal Alternatives (signed 30/01/14)
EDM 191: Importance of Arts & Creative Industries (sponsored 05/06/13)
EDM 187: Emily Davison (signed 04/06/13)
EDM 171: House of Commons Nursery (No. 2) (signed 04/06/13)
EDM 158: National Stop Cyberbullying Day (signed 25/06/13)
EDM 153: Town & Country Planning (signed 11/06/13)
EDM 150: Trident Replacement (signed 05/06/13)
EDM 143: Hernia Rationing & Outcomes (signed 24/10/13)
EDM 126: Respect at Work in the Media & Entertainment Industries (signed 03/09/13)
EDM 107: Love Your Local Market 2013 Campaign (signed 03/06/13)

EDM   98: Tackling UK Wildlife Crime (signed 10/06/13)
EDM   93: Adult Learners' Week & Part-Time Education (signed 14/05/13)
EDM   92: Right of Abode for Former British-Hong Kong Servicemen (signed 19/12/13)
EDM   82: Overseas Domestic Worker Visa (signed 14/05/13)
EDM   80: Freedom of Information Act 2000 (signed 12/06/13)
EDM   72: International Wildlife Crime (signed 19/06/13)
EDM   62: New Unite Community Centre in Tower Hamlets (signed 20/05/13)
EDM   58: East Coast Main Line (signed 14/05/13)
EDM   57: Fair Deal for Your Local Campaign (signed 10/06/13)
EDM   55: Childcare Ratios (signed 15/05/13)
EDM   53: Safety of Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (sponsored 13/06/13)
EDM   36: Reform of Legal Aid (signed 05/06/13)

2012-2013 Session


EDM 1222: Treatment of Palestinian Prisoners (signed 18/04/13)
EDM 1216: University Outsourcing (signed 18/04/13)

EDM 1196: Treatment of Parliamentary Estate Staff (signed 26/03/13)
EDM 1193: Internet Take-Up Amongst Vulnerable Groups (signed 19/03/13)
EDM 1188: National Health Service (No. 2) (signed 19/03/13)
EDM 1185: Manufacture of Crossrail Trains (signed 19/03/13)
EDM 1183: Caste Discrimination in the UK (signed 22/03/13)
EDM 1181: No Smoking Day 2013 (signed 19/03/13)
EDM 1177: Differences in Pay for Parliamentary Estate Staff (signed 21/03/13)
EDM 1174: Imprisoned Iranian Pastor (signed 18/04/13)
EDM 1126: Blood, Organ & Bone Marrow Donation (signed 06/03/13)
EDM 1104: National Health Service (signed 28/02/13)

EDM 1095: Human Rights in Bangladesh (signed 18/04/13)
EDM 1084: Outsourcing of the Probation Service (signed 19/03/13)
EDM 1067: Restoration of Education Maintenance Allowance (signed 05/03/13)
EDM 1047: Anti-Coagulation Self-Monitoring Alliance (signed 13/02/13)
EDM 1022: Tax Exemptions for Private Healthcare Providers (signed 28/02/13)
EDM 1003: Trinity Mirror Job Losses (signed 05/02/13)

EDM 997: Co-operative Protected Savings & Prepayment Regulation (signed 13/02/13)
EDM 990: Whittington Hospital (signed 07/02/13)
EDM 980: Gender-Neutral Human Papilloma Virus Immunisation Programme (signed 05/02/13)
EDM 959: Communication Workers Union Close the Loophole Campaign (signed 31/01/13) 
EDM 951: CCTV in UK Slaughterhouses (signed 05/02/13)
EDM 945: Recording of Islamophobia as a Crime (signed 13/02/13)
EDM 919: Recognition of Mary Seacole (signed 22/01/13)

EDM 894: University Marine Biological Station Millport (signed 30/01/13)
EDM 889: Holocaust Memorial Day 2013 (signed 18/02/13)
EDM 877: Brutal Gang Rape & Murder in New Delhi, India (signed 25/01/13)
EDM 867: Corporation Tax & Google (signed 30/01/13)
EDM 841: Energy Efficiency & Reduction of Energy Costs Bill (signed 11/12/12)
EDM 838: Attacks Against Rohingya in Burma (signed 22/01/13)
EDM 831: Human Rights Abuse in Iran (signed 30/01/13)
EDM 830: Mobile Cranes & MOTs (signed 17/01/13)
EDM 822: Tackling Dog Attacks on Postmen & Postwomen (signed 06/03/13)
EDM 818: Future of the Universal Service Obligation (signed 18/01/13)
EDM 815: Regulatory Framework for Lettings Agents (signed 13/12/12)

EDM 786: Rights of the Child (signed 28/11/12)
EDM 773: Private Healthcare Companies & Freedom of Information (signed 29/11/12)
EDM 753: Trident Alternatives (signed 29/11/12)
EDM 750: Diabetes UK 4 TS Campaign (signed 29/11/12)
EDM 747: Big Lottery Fund & London 2012 Olympic Games (signed 29/11/12)
EDM 736: Graduated Driver Licensing (signed 29/11/12)
EDM 722: US Federal Funding for Students at UK Conservatoires (tabled 13/11/12)
EDM 720: Sanitation in the Developing World (signed 28/11/12)
EDM 716: Transparency in Scientific Procedures (signed 22/01/13)
EDM 713: London Transport Museum (signed 13/12/12)

EDM 684: Community Energy (signed 07/02/13)
EDM 679: Get Britain Cycling (signed 29/11/12)
EDM 651: Independent Living Fund (signed 17/01/13)
EDM 633: Michael Marra (signed 19/11/12)
EDM 629: Depleted Uranium Munitions (signed 19/11/12) 
EDM 622: Probation Services in England and Wales (signed 06/11/12)
EDM 615: Group B Streptococcus Infection (signed 24/10/12)
EDM 612: Cayman Turtle Farm (signed 01/11/12)
EDM 611: Turtle Farming in Cayman (signed 01/11/12)
EDM 609: Blacklisted Workers (signed 19/11/12)
EDM 603: UK National Wildlife Crime Unit (signed 22/11/12)

EDM 585: Shifting Perspectives Down's Syndrome Exhibition (signed 18/10/12)
EDM 574: Protection of Workers Bill (signed 01/11/12)
EDM 570: Excess Winter Deaths (signed 28/11/12)
EDM 567: Feebate Scheme (signed 28/02/13)
EDM 550: Teaching Life-Saving Skills at School (signed 08/01/13)
EDM 542: Coroners' Court Support Service (signed 15/10/12)
EDM 533: UN House Scotland (signed 18/10/12)
EDM 502: UN Recognition of Palestine (signed 11/09/12)

EDM 497: Humanitarian Appeal for Visitation Rights for Wives of Miami Five (signed 15/10/12)
EDM 487: Renewable Energy: Made in Britain Report (signed 15/10/12)
EDM 470: Sepsis Awareness (signed 22/01/13)
EDM 437: London Metropolitan University & the UK Border Agency (signed 07/09/12)
EDM 431: Urinary Tract Infections (signed 06/11/12)
EDM 422: Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (signed 17/07/12)
EDM 419: Privatisation of Scottish Ferry Services (signed 16/07/12)
EDM 418: Baka People (signed 16/07/12)
EDM 407: Victims of Road Accidents (signed 12/09/12)
EDM 406: Fiscal Incentives for Energy Efficiency (signed 15/10/12)
EDM 405: Animals Used in Scientific Procedures (signed 22/01/13)
EDM 402: Killing of Female Afghan Politician Hanifa Safi (tabled 16/07/12)

EDM 396: Virgin Trains (signed 16/07/12)
EDM 390: Elephant Protection (signed 08/11/12)
EDM 373: Universal Pensioner Benefits (signed 13/12/12)
EDM 368: Sub-Post Office Funding (signed 10/07/12)
EDM 363: Youth Select Committee (signed 17/07/12)
EDM 362: Save Harry the Hedgehog Campaign (signed 19/11/12)
EDM 328: DVLA Office Network Closures (signed 17/07/12)
EDM 314: Murder of Hilda Murrell (signed 17/07/12)

EDM 299: Payday Loan Companies (signed 05/07/12)
EDM 296: Kesri Lehar Petition (signed 04/12/12)
EDM 295: ATOS (signed 03/07/12)
EDM 289: Further Education Loans (signed 04/07/12)
EDM 282: Renewal of Energy Contracts (signed 15/10/12)
EDM 280: Report of Inquiry into Palestinian Children in Israeli Military Custody (signed 27/06/12)
EDM 276: Preventing the Exploitation of Staff in UK Hotels (signed 11/07/12)
EDM 271: President Lugo of Paraguay (signed 17/07/12)
EDM 257: Armed Services Advice Project: Taking the First Step (signed 02/07/12)
EDM 255: Closure of the Intensive Care Unit at Royal Brompton Hospital (signed 02/07/12)
EDM 250: Hormone Pregnancy Testing Drugs (signed 21/06/12)
EDM 249: Asthma & the NHS Commissioning Board Mandate (signed 17/07/12)
EDM 243: Obesity & the Quality & Outcomes Framework (signed 17/07/12)
EDM 222: Register of Lobbyists (signed 15/10/12)
EDM 219: Reduction in Funding for Urban Parks (signed 17/07/12)
EDM 200: Cervical Screening Awareness Week (signed 03/09/12)

EDM 196: Gangmasters Licensing Authority (signed 20/06/12)
EDM 193: Transposition of EU Directive 2010/63/EU & Animal Experiments (signed 20/06/12)
EDM 190: Armed Forces Day (signed 20/06/12)
EDM 187: Future of Help for Victims & Witnesses (signed 27/06/12)
EDM 182: G4S (signed 21/06/12)
EDM 170: Shrewsbury 24 (signed 21/06/12)
EDM 166: Coryton Refinery, Essex (signed 14/06/12)
EDM 163: Funding of the Equality & Human Rights Commission (signed 14/06/12)
EDM 150: Reducing Discrimination Against Armed Forces Personnel (signed 21/06/12)
EDM 142: Military Amputees & the NHS (signed 20/12/12)
EDM 136: Deportation of Tamils to Sri Lanka (signed 12/06/12)
EDM 133: Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strike (signed 30/04/14)
EDM 132: Beecroft Reports Proposal for No Fault Dismissal (signed 11/06/12)
EDM 128: Extradition (signed 21/06/12)
EDM 117: Human Rights Development & Arms Trade Treaty (signed 11/06/12)
EDM 107: Musicians & Air Travel (signed 21/06/12)
EDM 103: Parents Circle - Families Forum and Reconciliation in the Middle East (signed 21/05/12)

EDM   96: Trident Replacement (signed 24/05/12)
EDM   95: Detention of Torture Survivors (signed 12/06/12)
EDM   92: Forced Child Adoption (signed 02/07/12)
EDM   84: Protection of the Women's Library, London Metropolitan University (signed 22/05/12)
EDM   79: Henry Spink Foundation (signed 11/06/12)
EDM   74: Supporting Mothers at Risk of Perinatal Depression (signed 17/07/12)
EDM   69: Global Food Security (signed 24/05/12)
EDM   66: Health Inequality & Clinical Care Commissioning Groups (signed 24/05/12)
EDM   65: Climate Jobs Caravan (signed 11/06/12)
EDM   64: Group B Streptococcus (No. 2) (signed 17/07/12)
EDM   62: Group B Streptococcus (signed 17/07/12)
EDM   54: School Food Standards (signed 24/05/12)
EDM   51: Digital Terrestrial Television and 4G Mobile Broadband Services (signed 11/06/12)
EDM   48: Time for Action Campaign (signed 24/05/12)
EDM   47: Reducing Fuel Bills Through Energy Efficiency (signed 17/05/12)
EDM   46: Funding for Thalidomide Victims Pilot Scheme (signed 22/05/12)
EDM   34: Administrative Detention in Palestine (signed 17/05/12)
EDM   24: Scout Community Week 2012 (signed 22/05/12)
EDM   22: National Implementation Plan for Diabetes (signed 11/06/12)
EDM     4: First Aid in the National Curriculum (signed 19/03/13)


2010-2012 Session

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EDM 2996: Retail Sector Slump (signed 24/04/12)
EDM 2984: Freedom of Speech for Honourable Members (signed 19/04/12)
EDM 2977: Time for Action Campaign (signed 25/04/12)
EDM 2973: 80th Anniversary of the Kinder Scout Trespass (signed 23/04/12)
EDM 2966: Parents Circle - Families Forum & Reconciliation in the Middle East (signed 25/04/12)
EDM 2953: Higher Education (No. 2) (signed 19/04/12)
EDM 2942: Burma (No. 2) (tabled 16/04/12)
EDM 2941: Violence Against the Nuba People (signed 25/04/12)
EDM 2930: Funding for the Thalidomide Victims Pilot Scheme (signed 26/04/12)
EDM 2910: Peabody's 150th Anniversary (signed 16/04/12)
EDM 2907: Devolving Remploy Factory Subsidy & Assets to Welsh Government (signed 20/03/12)  
EDM 2905: Visions for Micro CHP Document (signed 20/03/12)
EDM 2904: Cuts to the Equalities & Human Rights Commission (signed 16/04/12)

EDM 2867: West Midlands & Surrey Police Forces & the Business Partnership Programme (signed 20/03/12)
EDM 2855: Syria & the International Criminal Court (signed 09/03/12)
EDM 2854: School Food Standards (signed 22/03/12)
EDM 2848: Coastguard Station Closure (No. 3) (signed 09/03/12)
EDM 2841: Future of the Post Office (signed 20/03/12)
EDM 2811: Local Authority Action on Fuel Poverty & the Home Energy Conservation Act (signed 01/03/12)
EDM 2803: Trade Union Recognition in Qinetiq (signed 05/03/12)

EDM 2795: Hormone Pregnancy Test Drugs (signed 26/04/12)
EDM 2775: No Smoking Day 2012 (signed 05/03/12)
EDM 2769: Reducing Fuel Bills Through Energy Efficiency (signed 29/02/12)
EDM 2767: Battersea Dogs & Cats Home Dog Fostering Scheme (signed 05/03/12)
EDM 2762: Destitution (signed 28/02/12)
EDM 2755: Big Switch Campaign (signed 28/02/12)
EDM 2751: Justice Committee Report on Support for Families of Missing People (signed 05/03/12)
EDM 2743: Newcastle United & the Renaming of St James' Park (signed 28/02/12)
EDM 2734: Removal of Violent Ex-Partners from Joint Tenancies (signed 05/03/12)
EDM 2730: Big Six Energy Companies (signed 28/02/12)
EDM 2724: Plain Packaging on Tobacco Products (signed 28/02/12)
EDM 2719: Aid to Victims of Conflict in Burma (signed 09/03/12)
EDM 2717: Proposed EU Legislation on Financing of Illegal Activity in the West Bank (signed 28/02/12)
EDM 2716: Bangladesh, Democracy & the Rule of Law (signed 16/04/12)
EDM 2715: Deteriorating Human Rights in Tibet (signed 20/03/12)
EDM 2710: Burma (signed 14/03/12)

EDM 2691: Government's Calorie Reduction Expert Group & Low Calorie Drinks (signed 06/02/12)
EDM 2690: 20th Anniversary of the Khojaly Tragedy (signed 29/02/12)
EDM 2689: The Times' Cities Fit for Cycling Campaign (signed 08/02/12)
EDM 2665: Means-Testing Free Bus Passes (signed 29/02/12)
EDM 2659: Publication of the Risk Register on Health & Social Care Bill Reforms (signed 08/02/12)
EDM 2650: Woolworths Tribunal Decision (signed 31/01/12)
EDM 2638: Safety of Journalists in Somalia (signed 31/01/12)
EDM 2634: High Street Bookmakers & B2 Gaming Machines (signed 24/01/12)
EDM 2632: Forced Academies in Primary Schools (signed 02/02/12)
EDM 2611: Department of Health Advertising Guidelines (signed 23/01/12)
EDM 2605: Janey Buchan MEP (signed 19/01/12)
EDM 2603: Violence Against Children (signed 16/04/12)

EDM 2598: Care for People Living with Allergic Disease (signed 31/01/12)
EDM 2590: Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East (signed 24/01/12)
EDM 2579: National Outcomes Strategy for Neurological Conditions (signed 24/01/12)
EDM 2566: Holocaust Memorial Day 2012 (signed 24/01/12)
EDM 2565: International Whaling (signed 18/01/12)
EDM 2556: Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (signed 17/01/12)
EDM 2554: Procurement of Electric Multiple Unit Rail Vehicles for Southern Railway (tabled 20/12/11)
EDM 2544: Fiscal Incentives for Energy Efficiency (signed 25/01/12)
EDM 2541: Living Wage for Cleaners (signed 10/01/12)
EDM 2538: Crisis at Christmas (signed 15/12/11)
EDM 2531: Close Season for Hare Shooting (signed 08/02/12)
EDM 2527: Killing of Mustafa Tamimi by Israeli Soldiers (signed 10/01/12)
EDM 2520: Armed Forces Pay (signed 20/03/12)
EDM 2502: Green Deal & VAT (signed 13/12/11)
EDM 2501: General Anti-Avoidance Rule for Taxation (signed 29/02/12)

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