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Sri Lankan Peace Initiative

EDM number 299 in 1994-95, proposed by Elfyn Llwyd on 15/12/1994.

That this House, while recognising the bold initiative of the Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga in opening up an unconditional dialogue with the Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabaharan, urges both parties to continue the second round of talks to forge mutual understanding and respect towards peaceful co-existence so that fundamental human rights such as self-determination may be afforded to peoples of all races in Sri Lanka; furthermore urges Her Majesty's Government to support the moves towards a peaceful settlement which will allow Tamils to return to their homelands in the north east of Sri Lanka; and calls for a review of the workings of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 in relation to genuine asylum seekers from Sri Lanka and elsewhere.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Elfyn Llwyd15/12/1994Meirionnydd Nant ConwyProposed
Ieuan Wyn Jones15/12/1994Ynys MSigned
Dafydd Wigley15/12/1994CaernarfonSigned
Harry Barnes16/12/1994North East DerbyshireSigned
Max Madden19/12/1994Bradford WestSigned
Tom Cox19/12/1994TootingSigned
Jim Dowd19/12/1994Lewisham WestSigned
Lynne Jones20/12/1994Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Ken Livingstone10/01/1995Brent EastSigned
John Cummings10/01/1995EasingtonSigned
Mike Gapes16/01/1995Ilford SouthSigned
Harry Cohen17/01/1995LeytonSigned
Norman Godman17/01/1995Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Harry Greenway17/01/1995Ealing NorthSigned
Mike Hall18/01/1995Warrington SouthSigned
Piara S Khabra19/01/1995Ealing, SouthallSigned
Bill Etherington19/01/1995Sunderland NorthSigned
Roland Boyes19/01/1995Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Martyn Jones20/01/1995Clwyd South WestSigned
Margaret Hodge23/01/1995BarkingSigned
Margaret Ewing23/01/1995MoraySigned
Bridget Prentice24/01/1995Lewisham EastSigned
Joan Ruddock24/01/1995Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Tony Benn26/01/1995ChesterfieldSigned
Neil Gerrard09/02/1995WalthamstowSigned
Alex Salmond15/02/1995Banff & BuchanSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours16/02/1995WorkingtonSigned
Keith Bradley20/02/1995Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Stephen Timms24/02/1995Newham North EastSigned
Tony Lloyd18/04/1995StretfordSigned
George Stevenson20/04/1995Stoke-on-Trent SouthSigned

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