That this House notes the findings of the recent Final Draft Report on the Risk Posed by Asbestos and Substitute Fibres prepared for the European Commission DG 111, which concludes that exposure to white asbestos poses increased risks of asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma and that there is no threshold level of exposure which does not pose carcinogenic risks and which takes the view that a ban on asbestos imports is necessary if future generations are to be protected; and therefore welcomes the Government's current discussion with the Health and Safety Commission about the mechanism for introducing a domestic ban on the import, supply and use of all asbestos.

That this House notes the findings of the recent Final Draft Report on the Risk Posed by Asbestos and Substitute Fibres prepared for the European Commission DG 111, which concludes that exposure to white asbestos poses increased risks of asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma and that there is no threshold...

That this House is deeply concerned that eleven people will die today and every day this year of asbestos-related diseases and therefore welcomes the Construction Safety Campaign lobby of Parliament, backed by the TUC and calling for an immediate ban on imports of asbestos products into the United Kingdom as well as fair compensation for those suffering from asbestos-induced diseases, along with a system of registering asbestos products in public buildings; and, in view of the Health and Safety Commission's statement about the need for action, calls on Her Majesty's Government to take the lead and press for a European-wide ban on the import of asbestos and asbestos products and to introduce a legal duty on owners to audit the asbestos in their premises, together with a tightening up of the asbestos removal licensing system.

That this House is deeply concerned that eleven people will die today and every day this year of asbestos-related diseases and therefore welcomes the Construction Safety Campaign lobby of Parliament, backed by the TUC and calling for an immediate ban on imports of asbestos products into the United Kingdom as...

That this House notes with grave concern that British taxpayers are subsidising the dumping of French nuclear-generated electricity under a protocol signed in 1981; and calls on the President of the Board of Trade to unravel the deal and keep open British pits by substituting an arrangement whereby French electricity ceases to be non-leviable and the EDF's ability to supply base load electricity from 1993 is made conditional on the United Kingdom generators having access to the French market and through the French transmission network to other countries.

That this House notes with grave concern that British taxpayers are subsidising the dumping of French nuclear-generated electricity under a protocol signed in 1981; and calls on the President of the Board of Trade to unravel the deal and keep open British pits by substituting an arrangement whereby French electricity...