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Galloway on Edward Snowden, Food Banks and Hedgehogs…

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The MP has tabled a number of important EDMs and parliamentary questions in the last few days, from food banks to Edward Snowden and hedgehogs.

Early Day Motions

EDMs

The Prime Minister and food banks

That this House concurs with the conclusion of 27 Anglican bishops that the Prime Minister is responsible for a national crisis which has seen 500,000 people visit food banks since Easter last year; notes with shame the bishops’ concern that in the world’s seventh richest country people are still going hungry; further notes with grave concern that in the last year 5,500 people have been admitted to hospital with malnutrition; concludes that the welfare system is failing to provide a robust last line of defence against hunger and that the government’s cuts policy has made hundreds of thousands of poor people more vulnerable and dependent on charity.

DWP demands

That this House believes that the requirement by the Department of Work and Pensions that claimants must send off at least 50 job applications a week or risk having their benefits stopped is unreasonable, punitive and fruitless; concludes that it is a way of removing people from unemployment register both to save money and to artificially deflate the figures; and concludes that the only honourable way to slash the numbers is to create meaningful jobs, which this government has signally failed to do.

Saving hedgehogs 

That this House is concerned that the population of hedgehogs is declining at the same rate as tigers; notes that a quarter of Britons have never seen a hedgehog; supports the People’s Trust for Endangered Species in its project Hedgehog Street which aims to reverse the decline; and urges widespread support for the campaign and commends the website www.hedgehogstreet.org where people can sign up to become citizen scientists.

Edward Snowden rector success

That this House congratulates whistleblower Edward Snowden on his overwhelming election win in becoming the new Glasgow University rector; applauds the students at the university for sending out such a clear and unequivocal statement that mass surveillance is more than a matter of intruding on privacy but an attack on academic freedom and human liberty; and urges this government to use what powers of persuasion it has to urge the United States government to drop the threat of prosecution against Snowden so that he will be able to carry out his duties representing students in Glasgow for the three-year term.

Google and unofficial charging sites

That this House notes that Google has now agreed to co-operate with Transport for London to remove unofficial congestion charge sites; notes that up to 1,000 people a day have been conned into paying an additional charge of up to £8 each as a result of the con being perpetrated by these unofficial sites with confidential financial information being unintentionally passed to persons unknown; believes Google’s decision is welcome but long overdue; and calls on all government departments and bodies such as the Land Registry and DVLA to seek a similar agreement from Google in relation to unofficial sites charging for their services as a matter of urgency.

Myanmar and the persecution of the Rohingya community

That this House notes that a recent report by the human rights organisation Fortify Rights concluded that the government of Myanmar systematically discriminated against the minority Rohingya Muslim community restricting their family size and mobility; further notes that the United Nations concluded that the Rohingya community is one of the most persecuted in the world, further notes that many members of the Rohingya community have fled to neighbouring countries where they are now living in very precarious circumstances; deplores the persecution of the Rohingya community and calls on the British government to make urgent representations to the Myanmar government to change policy towards the Rohingya community and accept them as full citizens of Myanmar with equal rights.

 

Parliamentary Questions

Ordinary Written question to: Health for answer on 27 Feb 2014 12:00 AM
To ask the Secretary of State what information the Department of Health has about synthetic chemicals used in the processing, packaging and storing of food which could be doing long-term damage to health.

Ordinary Written question to: Health for answer on 27 Feb 2014 12:00 AM
To ask the Secretary of State whether he will institute a population-based assessment and bio-monitoring to establish any potential links between food-contact chemicals and chronic conditions such as cancer, diabetes and neurological disorders..

Ordinary Written question to: Work and Pensions for answer on 27 Feb 2014 12:00 AM
To ask the Secretary of State how many people have died within six weeks of having support withdrawn under the work capability assessment in the years 2012 and 2013.

Ordinary Written question to: Education for answer on 26 Feb 2014 12:00 AM
To ask the Secretary of State if the DfE will be carrying out a teacher workload survey for 2014.

Ordinary Written question to: Education for answer on 26 Feb 2014 12:00 AM
To ask the Secretary of State when the results of the teacher workload survey for 2014 will be published.

Ordinary Written question to: Education for answer on 26 Feb 2014 12:00 AM
To ask the Secretary of State why he has not published the Teacher Workload Diary Survey 2013.

Ordinary Written question to: Education for answer on 26 Feb 2014 12:00 AM
To ask the Secretary of State if he will now publish the Teacher Workload Diary Survey 2013.

Ordinary Written question to: Education for answer on 26 Feb 2014 12:00 AM
To ask the Secretary of State if he will conduct an investigation into why pupils are being removed from school rolls in advance of completing GCSE courses.

 


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