Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lembit Opik (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 21 July 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 11 members in total.

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TRACKING NEAR EARTH OBJECTS

That this House notes the collision of a large object with the planet Jupiter, causing an impact scar in the Jovian atmosphere the size of the earth; believes it is a matter of scientific fact that earth will, sooner or later, be hit by a large near earth object capable of destroying a significant proportion of life on earth; further notes such an impact would be more damaging to the British economy than the failure of a bank, but that the Government has spent more on preventing the bankruptcy of Royal Bank of Scotland than the entire cost of tracking and diverting any near earth object capable of incinerating the United Kingdom; and calls on the Government to implement all 14 recommendations of the Near Earth Object Task Group which published its report and recommendations in 2000.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1962 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Lindsay Hoyle

Lynne Jones

Frank Cook

David Drew

Subjects

Environment protection Emergencies

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk