Early Day Motions

FIRE AND RESCUE IN CORNWALL

EDM (Early Day Motion) 73: tabled on 06 November 2007

Tabled in the 2007-08 session.

This motion has been signed by 46 Members. It has received 1 amendment.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

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Motion text

That this House condemns the proposals by the Liberal Democrat Group on Cornwall County Council for re-organising and so reducing the effectiveness of fire-service cover; strongly commends the excellent fire service personnel; notes the grave concerns of people in Newquay about the recent tragic fire at the Penhallow Hotel and the ability of the fire service to respond; further notes with great concern plans to now remove 24 hour whole-time cover in Falmouth and Camborne; and calls on the Liberal Democrat-run county council to listen to local people and use the available resources to prioritise front line services.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

Prisk, Mr Mark
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Hertford and Stortford
Primary
Widdecombe, Miss Ann
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Maidstone and The Weald
Binley, Mr Brian
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Northampton South
Gummer, Mr John
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Suffolk Coastal
Butterfill, Sir John
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Bournemouth West
O'Brien, Mr Stephen
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Eddisbury

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Ainsworth, Mr Peter
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
East Surrey
Atkinson, Mr Peter
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Hexham
Barker, Gregory
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Bexhill and Battle
Benyon, Mr Richard
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Newbury
Boswell, Mr Tim
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Daventry
Bottomley, Sir Peter
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Worthing West
Brazier, Mr Julian
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Canterbury
Brokenshire, James
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Hornchurch
Conway, Derek
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Old Bexley and Sidcup
Dismore, Mr Andrew
Labour
Signed on 7 November 2007
Hendon
Duddridge, James
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Rochford and Southend East
Field, Mr Mark
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Cities of London and Westminster
Fraser, Mr Christopher
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
South West Norfolk
Gauke, Mr David
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
South West Hertfordshire
Gray, Mr James
Conservative
Signed on 8 November 2007
North Wiltshire
Greenway, Mr John
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Ryedale
Hammond, Stephen
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Wimbledon
Hands, Mr Greg
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Hammersmith and Fulham
Harper, Mr Mark
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Forest of Dean
Holloway, Mr Adam
Conservative
Signed on 13 November 2007
Gravesham
Hunt, Mr Jeremy
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
South West Surrey
Jenkin, Mr Bernard
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
North Essex
Lewis, Dr Julian
Conservative
Signed on 7 November 2007
New Forest East
Loughton, Tim
Conservative
Signed on 7 November 2007
East Worthing and Shoreham
Mates, Mr Michael
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
East Hampshire
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on 11 December 2007
Hayes and Harlington
Moss, Mr Malcolm
Conservative
Signed on 14 November 2007
North East Cambridgeshire
Neill, Bob
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Bromley and Chislehurst
Paice, Mr James
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
South East Cambridgeshire
Penning, Mike
Conservative
Signed on 14 November 2007
Hemel Hempstead
Robertson, Hugh
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Faversham and Mid Kent
Selous, Andrew
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
South West Bedfordshire
Swire, Mr Hugo
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
East Devon
Vaizey, Mr Edward
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Wantage
Wareing, Mr Robert N.
Independent
Signed on 18 December 2007
Liverpool, West Derby
Watkinson, Angela
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Upminster
Wiggin, Bill
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
Leominster
Winterton, Ann
Conservative
Signed on 7 November 2007
Congleton
Yeo, Mr Tim
Conservative
Signed on 6 November 2007
South Suffolk

These members had previously signed the motion, but have now withdrawn their support. The date shown is when the Member withdrew their signature from the motion.

Djanogly, Mr Jonathan
Conservative
Signature withdrawn on 25 January 2008
Huntingdon

After a motion has been tabled, other Members can table amendments to it. Amendments to this motion are shown below.

FIRE AND RESCUE IN CORNWALL (Amendment 1)
leave out from `House' to end and insert `commends the excellent work of full time and retained fire service personnel in Cornwall; welcomes the thorough inquiry into the Penhallow fire and the decision that no changes will be made to fire cover until the full circumstances are known; notes with concern the historic inadequate funding from successive Conservative and Labour Governments, which has forced the local authority to consider downgrading Falmouth and Camborne stations to day manned only; further notes that Conservative proposals for fire cover in Cornwall make no mention of which local services they would cut to fund their plans; and urges the Government to improve the funding of Cornwall's fire service, bearing in mind the unique geographical and seasonal pressures on fire services in the county.'.
Julia Goldsworthy
Liberal Democrat, Falmouth and Camborne
10
signatures
EDM 73A1: tabled on 7 November 2007