Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat), on Thursday, 4 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 47 members in total.

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ECGD AND THE WESTERN GREY WHALE

That this House notes the application for support currently under consideration by the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) for the Sakhalin II phase 2 gas and oil project on Russia's ecologically sensitive Sakhalin Island; further notes that the project involves the construction of two offshore production platforms, an onshore processing facility, on and offshore pipelines, a LNG plant and an export terminal; hopes that the ECGD will reject the application if the Sakhalin Energy Investment Company cannot convincingly guarantee that the mitigation measures it has proposed will protect from extinction the critically endangered Western Grey Whale, whose population numbers as few as 100 individuals and whose summer feeding grounds are restricted to the shallow water around the coast of the island.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

778 

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Conservation Oil Natural gas Pipelines Russia Whales

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk