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Human Rights Of Kurds In Turkey;amdt. Line 1:

EDM number 1426A1 in 1992-93, proposed by Jim Spicer on 08/03/1993.

leave out from 'House' to end and add 'welcomes the measures taken by the Turkish Government to recognise the rights of citizens of Kurdish origin; notes that all restrictions on the use of Kurdish dialects - imposed during the internal unrest in the early 1980s - have been lifted and that Kurdish newspapers and magazines are freely published; welcomes the establishment of the Kurdish Institute in Istanbul; further welcomes the participation of Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin in the social, economic and political life of turkey including serving as Members of Parliament; and believes that the Turkish Government must remain strong in the face of PKK terrorists whose aim is to destroy the territorial integrity of Turkey through violence and bloodshed.'.

This is a ammendment to 1426.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
James Spicer08/03/1993West DorsetProposed
James Pawsey09/03/1993Rugby & KenilworthSigned
Robert Banks09/03/1993HarrogateSigned
David Nicholson10/03/1993TauntonSigned
Nicholas Winterton10/03/1993MacclesfieldSigned
Dudley Smith11/03/1993Warwick & LeamingtonSigned
Keith Speed11/03/1993AshfordSigned
Cecil Walker11/03/1993Belfast NorthSigned
Bill Walker11/03/1993North TaysideSigned
Ann Winterton11/03/1993CongletonSigned
Harold Elletson12/03/1993Blackpool NorthSigned
George Gardiner12/03/1993ReigateSigned
Nirj Deva12/03/1993Brentford & IsleworthSigned
Toby Jessel12/03/1993TwickenhamSigned
Michael Clark15/03/1993RochfordSigned
Patrick Cormack15/03/1993South StaffordshireSigned
Gerard Vaughan16/03/1993Reading EastSigned
John Ward16/03/1993PooleSigned
Andrew Hunter18/03/1993BasingstokeSigned
John D Taylor19/03/1993StrangfordSigned
John Townend22/03/1993BridlingtonSigned
Ken Maginnis24/03/1993Fermanagh & South TyroneSigned
Stephen Day14/04/1993CheadleSigned
William McCrea14/04/1993Mid UlsterSigned

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