Adam Price MP
Early Day Motions
The Parliament website has more information about EDM's and publishes a daily list of EDM's. A list of all EDM's signed by Adam in the current Parliamentary Session can be viewed here .
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An Early Day Motion, or EDM, is a motion put down ("tabled") on the order paper by a group of Members of Parliament calling for a debate on a particular subject.
In recent years the increasing number of EDMs has meant that time is very rarely found for them to be debated and their true purpose is to enable MPs to draw attention to an issue and to canvass support for their views by inviting other Members to add their signatures in support of the motion. Members may also table amendments to existing EDMs.
As a general rule, EDMs will only be debated if they can gain the support of over half the MPs in the House.
EDM's where Adam is the Primary Sponsor
EDM 1095 - MAE HEN WLAD FY NHADAU - NATIONAL ANTHEM OF WALES - 23.11.2005
That this House joins the Welsh nation in celebrating the 150th anniversary of the composition of the Welsh national anthem in January; notes that the words and tune to the anthem were composed by father and son Evan and James James from Pontypridd in 1856; further notes that Royal Mail speedily produced stamps to mark the recent Ashes victory; calls on Royal Mail to issue specific stamps to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the National Anthem for Wales; and further calls on the Department for Trade and Industry to devolve responsibility for issuing stamps if Royal Mail continue to fail to reflect Wales' historical and cultural differences.
EDM 699 - CHRISTIAN AID REPORT ON TAX HAVENS -10.10.2005
That this House notes the report by Christian Aid and the Tax Justice Network drawing attention to the negative effect of offshore financial havens on the economies of developing countries; further notes that according to the report the economies of developing countries are deprived of $500 billion a year in lost revenue via tax evasion and offshore banking; further notes that of the 72 tax havens in the world, 35 are British territories or Commonwealth members; and calls on the Government to address this issue as a key part of efforts to alleviate poverty in developing countries.
EDM 312 - ACTION AID REPORT - 13.06.2005
That this House notes with deep concern the report by Action Aid which highlights that only 40 per cent. of funds from the global aid system ends up helping to eradicate poverty in developing countries; further notes that the report states that 90 per cent. of development aid in countries such as the United States and France is phantom; further notes that the report states that the bulk of money currently allocated was wasted, misdirected or recycled within rich countries; recognises that the UK is one of the better performing countries with a phantom aid rate of 29 per cent.; welcomes the commitment of the Government to secure a doubling of aid at the forthcoming G8 conference; but calls on the Government at the Gleneagles summit to ensure a far greater share of global aid is directed towards developing countries.
EDM 311 - WATER PRIVATISATION IN AFRICA - 13.06.2005
That this House notes that the Tanzanian Government has cancelled its agreement with UK private water company, Biwater, only two years into a 10 year contract and that the company delivered less than half of promised investment during the first two years of the contract; further notes that the Department for International Development paid the Adam Smith Institute £273,000 from the UK aid budget to run a public relations campaign aimed at persuading the Tanzanian public to support privatisation; believes it is scandalous that public money meant to reduce proverty is being used to force the failed policy of privatisation of water supplies on the developing world; and calls on the Government to protect Tanzania from any legal proceedings initiated by Biwater and to desist from using the aid budget to force privatisation on developing countries.
EDM 284 - OBJECTIVE 1 FUNDING FOR WEST WALES AND THE VALLEYS - 08.06.2005
That this House notes that the latest gross domestic product figures place West Wales and the Valleys at 73.8 per cent. of the EU 25 average; further notes that West Wales and the Valleys is poorer than former areas of the Soviet Bloc such as Slovenia and that the region qualifies for a further round of structural funding which could be worth £3 billion between 2007 and 2013; believes that the Government is attempting to scrap structural funding for the old EU 15 member states; further notes that under New Labour regional wealth inequalities have soared in the UK; believes that structural funds are an invaluable redistributive tool and should be available to all parts of the EU; and calls on the Government to change its position and to ensure that West Wales and the Valleys get the European funding to which they are entitled.
