RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
EDM number 549 in 1993-94, proposed by David Alton on 08/02/1994.
That this House is deeply concerned at new laws recently introduced in the People's Republic of China, which sharply increase state control on Chinese and foreign religious adherents, such laws including requirements that foreigners do not establish religious organisations or organs for managing religious affairs or centres or schools for religious activity and the banning of underground house churches; is appalled at the recent imprisonment of 14 Catholics and Protestants for their beliefs, who are Bishop Julius Jia Zhigua, Bishop Johannes Han Dingxiang, Auxiliary Bishop Shi Hong-Zhen, Father Pei Ronggui, Father Miao Lehua, Father Guo Xijian, Father Chu Tai, Li Haochen, Ge Xinliang, Dai Guillang, Dai Lanmei, Guo Mengshan, Liu Wenjie and Zhang Lanyun; notes the continued imprisonment of many others simply because of their religious beliefs; and urges the government of the People's Republic of China to repeal the new laws on religion, release the above mentioned prisoners and all others who have been imprisoned for their faith, and to ensure that religious freedom is allowed in China.
This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Alton | 08/02/1994 | Liverpool Mossley Hill | Proposed | |
| Jimmy Dunnachie | 09/02/1994 | Glasgow, Pollok | Signed | |
| Paul Tyler | 09/02/1994 | North Cornwall | Signed | |
| Harry Barnes | 09/02/1994 | North East Derbyshire | Signed | |
| David Atkinson | 09/02/1994 | Bournemouth East | Signed | |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 09/02/1994 | Leigh | Signed | |
| Eric Clarke | 09/02/1994 | Midlothian | Signed | |
| Alan Meale | 09/02/1994 | Mansfield | Signed | |
| Ken Maginnis | 09/02/1994 | Fermanagh & South Tyrone | Signed | |
| Liz Lynne | 09/02/1994 | Rochdale | Signed | |
| Lynne Jones | 09/02/1994 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Signed | |
| John Heppell | 09/02/1994 | Nottingham East | Signed | |
| Martin Smyth | 09/02/1994 | Belfast South | Signed | |
| David Nicholson | 10/02/1994 | Taunton | Signed | |
| Peter Bottomley | 10/02/1994 | Eltham | Signed | |
| Norman Godman | 10/02/1994 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | Signed | |
| John Evans | 10/02/1994 | St Helens North | Signed | |
| Robin Corbett | 10/02/1994 | Birmingham, Erdington | Signed | |
| Alex Carlile | 10/02/1994 | Montgomery | Signed | |
| Ken Livingstone | 10/02/1994 | Brent East | Signed | |
| Nigel Jones | 10/02/1994 | Cheltenham | Signed | |
| Bridget Prentice | 10/02/1994 | Lewisham East | Signed | |
| Robert Parry | 10/02/1994 | Liverpool, Riverside | Signed | |
| Calum MacDonald | 10/02/1994 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Signed | |
| Richard Burden | 11/02/1994 | Birmingham, Northfield | Signed | |
| Jim Wallace | 11/02/1994 | Orkney & Shetland | Signed | |
| Mike Gapes | 15/02/1994 | Ilford South | Signed | |
| Martyn Jones | 15/02/1994 | Clwyd South West | Signed | |
| Max Madden | 15/02/1994 | Bradford West | Signed | |
| Jean Corston | 16/02/1994 | Bristol East | Signed | |
| John Gunnell | 16/02/1994 | Leeds South and Morley | Signed | |
| Win Griffiths | 17/02/1994 | Bridgend | Signed | |
| Kim Howells | 23/02/1994 | Pontypridd | Signed | |
| Tony Wright | 23/02/1994 | Cannock and Burntwood | Signed | |
| Simon Hughes | 24/02/1994 | Southwark and Bermondsey | Signed | |
| Mike Hall | 28/02/1994 | Warrington South | Signed | |
| Michael Bates | Unknown | Withdrawn |
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