Write to your MP at House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
or via the FOE website
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Bills backed by FoE
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Companies (Impact on Communities Abroad) Bill - A bill to make UK companies legally accountable for damage to communities and environments abroad has been backed by the CORE coalition, including Friends of the Earth. Details: www.corporate-responsibility.org. A Corporate Responsibility Bill was proposed by Andy King MP last year but blocked by the Government in January 2004.
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Renewable Heat Bill - to comabt climate change and tackle fuel poverty. Details: national FoE website.
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Household Waste Recycling Act - In 2003 Joan Ruddock MP got government support for a private members bill which will require doorstep recycling collections for almost everyone by 2011. The campaign now is to get local authorities to provide better services now. (See our recycling page.)
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Early Day Motions
One of the ways you can ask your MP to influence the government is through supporting Early Day Motions (EDMs). Some EDMs you can ask them to support are:
- EDM 25 (Alan Duncan MP) - Climate Change.
- EDM 94 (Malcolm Bruce MP) and EDM 187 (Andrew George MP) - Supermarket Code of Practice. See national FoE website.
- EDM 114 (James Paice MP) - GM Crops (rules on cross contamination).
- EDM 22 (Tim Yeo MP) - Microgeneration.
- EDM 28 (Tim Yeo MP) - Biomass.
- EDM 163 (Stephen O'Brien MP) - Energy Efficiency.
- EDM 272 (Bob Blizzard MP) - Wind Energy.
- EDM 340 (Sue Doughty MP) - Micro Wind Generators.
Alan Simpson, MP for Nottingham South, has signed all but the last of these.
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