PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
SOLAR POWER IN SILVERTOWN (23 June 1997)

Motion Details

That this House congratulates Peabody Trust, the capital's largest housing association providing homes for 27,000 Londoners, for its joint initiative with Greenpeace on a benchmark solar project which has furnished three terraced home in Silvertown in London's docklands with completely solar-powered resources; notes that each house is expected to save a third of its electricity bills a year - around ú60 - resulting not just in savings for people on low incomes but also helping to protect the climate by utilising a safe and clean renewable resource; and calls on the Government to re-direct the monies currently spent supporting the fossil fuel industry in the United Kingdom to provide capital grants for a national solar programme to deliver a minimum of 50,000 solar-powered homes by 2010.

Sponsored by:
Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
30
64%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
9
19%
 
 
Independent
5
11%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
2
4%
 
 
Conservative
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (47 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
John Austin
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Lord Bilston
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
John Cummings
PC
Cynog Dafis
Lab
Bill Etherington
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick (Sponsor)
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Simon Hughes
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
LD
Mr Charles Kennedy
Lab
Andy King
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
Lab
Mr John McAllion
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Tony McNulty
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Mr Chris Mullin
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Lord Soley
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
LD
Lord Stunell
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Lab
Gareth Thomas
Harrow West
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
PC
Lord Wigley
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Lab
Mr Alan Williams
Lab
Derek Wyatt

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