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Escalation Of Violence In Sri Lanka

EDM number 1403 in 1994-95, proposed by Elfyn Llwyd on 13/07/1995.

That this House views with regret the escalation of violence in Sri Lanka due to the Government's decision to launch a major offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam in the densely populated northern Jaffna peninsula; notes that while President Kumaratunga has been provoked by the LTTE, the blatant disregard for Tamil civilians shown by some members of the Sinhalese military is a grave cause of concern; utterly condemns the deliberate and gratuitous bombing of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church at Navaly which resulted in the deaths of 65 innocent civilians seeking refuge; is further alarmed by the spate of necklace killings in Colombo; recognises that the series of pogroms against Tamils suggests that a significant section of Sinhalese society has concluded that ethnic cleansing is the only solution to the problems of Sri Lanka; and therefore calls on the government to impose a moratorium on all removal notices on Tamil people until social stability returns to Sri Lanka.

This motion has been signed by a total of 19 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Elfyn Llwyd13/07/1995Meirionnydd Nant ConwyProposed
Alex Salmond13/07/1995Banff & BuchanSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones13/07/1995Ynys MSigned
Roseanna Cunningham13/07/1995Perth and KinrossSigned
Margaret Ewing13/07/1995MoraySigned
Dafydd Wigley13/07/1995CaernarfonSigned
Lynne Jones14/07/1995Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Robert Wareing17/07/1995Liverpool, West DerbySigned
John Gunnell17/07/1995Leeds South and MorleySigned
Jim Dowd17/07/1995Lewisham WestSigned
Jeremy Corbyn18/07/1995Islington NorthSigned
Win Griffiths18/07/1995BridgendSigned
Colin Pickthall19/07/1995West LancashireSigned
Dennis Turner19/07/1995Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Ken Livingstone18/10/1995Brent EastSigned
Robert Parry23/10/1995Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Mike Hall26/10/1995Warrington SouthSigned
Keith Bradley07/11/1995Manchester, WithingtonSigned
David Alton07/11/1995Liverpool Mossley HillSigned

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