Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Navendu Mishra (Labour), on Monday, 28 November 2022, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 45 members in total.

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Campaign for justice for the victims of the Bhopal gas leak

That this House remembers the terrible disaster that took place on 2 December 1984 in Bhopal, India, when a major poisonous gas leak from the Union Carbide pesticide plant resulted in more than 600,000 people being exposed to the highly toxic methyl isocyanate gas; notes that Amnesty International has stated that more than 100,000 people now live with contaminated water supplies and exposure to the chemicals, as well as a range of health problems and chronic illnesses caused by the disaster; commends the work of the late journalist Mr Rajkumar Keswani who reported on inadequate safety measures at the plant several years before the disaster; further notes that current owners, Dow Chemicals, need to urgently rectify the environmental damage and properly compensate the victims, survivors and their families; commends the work of Indian civil society groups, the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, the TUC, UNISON and Action for Bhopal in campaigning on this issue; and calls for those responsible to be brought to justice so that the victims who have been waiting 38 years for justice finally receive closure.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

621 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

Virendra Sharma

Jim Shannon

Chris Law

Ben Lake

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Subjects

Chemicals Industrial accidents India Union Carbide

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk