150th Anniversary Of The Great Famine In Ireland

EDM number 967 in 1994-95, proposed by Robert Parry on 04/04/1995.

That this House recalls that 1995 marks the 150th anniversary of the great famine that followed the failure of the potato harvest which devastated Ireland, and is one of the most tragic events in Irish history with an estimated loss of life due to fever and starvation at one and a half million, although the full numbers will never be known as it was not compulsory to record births or deaths before 1864; notes that at least another million fled to other countries for fear of starvation, and notes the population went down from eight million in 1841 to four million 1871, as a direct result of the famine which had a catastropic effect on the population; and further notes the the geographical position of Liverpool as a major seaport led to hundreds of thousands of Irish people flooding into the city, creating huge problems of overcrowding and disease which inevitably led to the typhus epidemic of 1847 and the cholera epidemic of 1849 which claimed 6,394 deaths in Liverpool; and realising the great cultural and historical connections between Ireland and Liverpool hopes that the year will not pass without some action by both governments or government agencies to record this historic event.

This motion has been signed by a total of 152 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Robert Parry	04/04/1995	Liverpool, Riverside		Proposed
Robin Corbett	04/04/1995	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Frank Cook	04/04/1995	Stockton North		Signed
Eric Clarke	04/04/1995	Midlothian		Signed
Judith Church	04/04/1995	Dagenham		Signed
Bill Olner	04/04/1995	Nuneaton		Signed
Bill O'Brien	04/04/1995	Normanton		Signed
Paul Murphy	04/04/1995	Torfaen		Signed
Alf Morris	04/04/1995	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
Alan Meale	04/04/1995	Mansfield		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	04/04/1995	Islington North		Signed
Neil Gerrard	04/04/1995	Walthamstow		Signed
Robert Wareing	04/04/1995	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Don Touhig	04/04/1995	Islwyn		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	04/04/1995	St Helens South		Signed
John Battle	04/04/1995	Leeds West		Signed
Harry Barnes	04/04/1995	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Janet Anderson	04/04/1995	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Mike Hall	04/04/1995	Warrington South		Signed
John Gunnell	04/04/1995	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Irene Adams	04/04/1995	Paisley North		Signed
John McWilliam	04/04/1995	Blaydon		Signed
Kevin McNamara	04/04/1995	Kingston upon Hull North		Signed
David Hinchliffe	04/04/1995	Wakefield		Signed
John Heppell	04/04/1995	Nottingham East		Signed
Peter Snape	04/04/1995	West Bromwich East		Signed
Llew Smith	04/04/1995	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
Alan Simpson	04/04/1995	Nottingham South		Signed
Clare Short	04/04/1995	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
Ken Purchase	04/04/1995	Wolverhampton North East		Signed
Greg Pope	04/04/1995	Hyndburn		Signed
Colin Pickthall	04/04/1995	West Lancashire		Signed
George Howarth	04/04/1995	Knowsley North		Signed
Terry Lewis	04/04/1995	Worsley		Signed
Ian McCartney	04/04/1995	Makerfield		Signed
Thomas McAvoy	04/04/1995	Glasgow, Rutherglen		Signed
Jim Marshall	04/04/1995	Leicester South		Signed
Alice Mahon	04/04/1995	Halifax		Signed
Denis MacShane	04/04/1995	Rotherham		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	04/04/1995	Thurrock		Signed
Eddie Loyden	04/04/1995	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Tony Lloyd	04/04/1995	Stretford		Signed
Robert Litherland	04/04/1995	Manchester Central		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	05/04/1995	Leigh		Signed
Jim Dowd	05/04/1995	Lewisham West		Signed
Tony Banks	05/04/1995	Newham North West		Signed
Paddy Tipping	05/04/1995	Sherwood		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	05/04/1995	Caernarfon		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	05/04/1995	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Keith Bradley	05/04/1995	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Peter Hardy	05/04/1995	Wentworth		Signed
Eric Illsley	05/04/1995	Barnsley Central		Signed
Lynne Jones	05/04/1995	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Bill Michie	05/04/1995	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Edward O'Hara	05/04/1995	Knowsley South		Signed
Jean Corston	18/04/1995	Bristol East		Signed
John Cummings	18/04/1995	Easington		Signed
Jim Cunningham	18/04/1995	Coventry South East		Signed
Win Griffiths	18/04/1995	Bridgend		Signed
Keith Vaz	18/04/1995	Leicester East		Signed
Alan Williams	18/04/1995	Swansea West		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	18/04/1995	Carmarthen		Signed
David Winnick	18/04/1995	Walsall North		Signed
David Young	18/04/1995	Bolton South East		Signed
Eddie McGrady	18/04/1995	South Down		Signed
Eric Martlew	18/04/1995	Carlisle		Signed
Helen Liddell	18/04/1995	Monklands East		Signed
Max Madden	18/04/1995	Bradford West		Signed
Mike O'Brien	18/04/1995	North Warwickshire		Signed
Jeff Rooker	18/04/1995	Birmingham, Perry Barr		Signed
Barry Sheerman	18/04/1995	Huddersfield		Signed
John Spellar	18/04/1995	Warley West		Signed
John Hutton	18/04/1995	Barrow & Furness		Signed
Adam Ingram	18/04/1995	East Kilbride		Signed
Barry Jones	18/04/1995	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Martyn Jones	18/04/1995	Clwyd South West		Signed
Hugh Bayley	19/04/1995	York, City of		Signed
John Evans	19/04/1995	St Helens North		Signed
Michael Clapham	19/04/1995	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Helen Jackson	19/04/1995	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Roy Hughes	19/04/1995	Newport East		Signed
Martin Smyth	19/04/1995	Belfast South		Signed
Dennis Skinner	19/04/1995	Bolsover		Signed
Bridget Prentice	19/04/1995	Lewisham East		Signed
Peter Pike	19/04/1995	Burnley		Signed
Norman Godman	20/04/1995	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Bill Etherington	20/04/1995	Sunderland North		Signed
Ian Davidson	20/04/1995	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Alex Carlile	20/04/1995	Montgomery		Signed
Martin Redmond	20/04/1995	Don Valley		Signed
James Wray	21/04/1995	Glasgow Provan		Signed
Tommy Graham	21/04/1995	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Paul Flynn	21/04/1995	Newport West		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	21/04/1995	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
James Callaghan	21/04/1995	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
John Reid	21/04/1995	Motherwell North		Signed
Terry Patchett	21/04/1995	Barnsley East		Signed
Audrey Wise	24/04/1995	Preston		Signed
Tom Clarke	24/04/1995	Monklands West		Signed
Kim Howells	24/04/1995	Pontypridd		Signed
Clive Soley	24/04/1995	Hammersmith		Signed
John McFall	25/04/1995	Dumbarton		Signed
Michael Connarty	25/04/1995	Falkirk East		Signed
Angela Eagle	25/04/1995	Wallasey		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	25/04/1995	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Mildred Gordon	26/04/1995	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Nick Ainger	27/04/1995	Pembroke		Signed
Diane Abbott	27/04/1995	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
Ken Livingstone	27/04/1995	Brent East		Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	28/04/1995	Ynys M		Signed
Harry Cohen	01/05/1995	Leyton		Signed
Llin Golding	01/05/1995	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Chris Mullin	02/05/1995	Sunderland South		Signed
Simon Hughes	04/05/1995	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	04/05/1995	Durham, City of		Signed
Dennis Turner	04/05/1995	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Seamus Mallon	05/05/1995	Newry & Armagh		Signed
Rachel Squire	09/05/1995	Dunfermline West		Signed
Tony Benn	11/05/1995	Chesterfield		Signed
Joe Benton	11/05/1995	Bootle		Signed
Nigel Jones	16/05/1995	Cheltenham		Signed
Terry Davis	17/05/1995	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Bryan Davies	17/05/1995	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	17/05/1995	Gordon		Signed
Andrew Miller	17/05/1995	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
Doug Hoyle	17/05/1995	Warrington North		Signed
Ted Rowlands	17/05/1995	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney		Signed
Kevin Barron	18/05/1995	Rother Valley		Signed
Graham Allen	18/05/1995	Nottingham North		Signed
Denzil Davies	18/05/1995	Llanelli		Signed
Glenda Jackson	18/05/1995	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Nick Harvey	22/05/1995	North Devon		Signed
Andrew Faulds	22/05/1995	Warley East		Signed
David Alton	22/05/1995	Liverpool Mossley Hill		Signed
Joan Walley	31/05/1995	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Stuart Bell	31/05/1995	Middlesbrough		Signed
Richard Caborn	31/05/1995	Sheffield Central		Signed
Roland Boyes	31/05/1995	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Stan Orme	31/05/1995	Salford East		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	31/05/1995	Cardiff West		Signed
John Hume	31/05/1995	Foyle		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	31/05/1995	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Joan Ruddock	06/06/1995	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Ernie Ross	08/06/1995	Dundee West		Signed
William McKelvey	08/06/1995	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Tom Cox	22/06/1995	Tooting		Signed
Michael Martin	22/06/1995	Glasgow, Springburn		Signed
David Marshall	22/06/1995	Glasgow, Shettleston		Signed
Piara S Khabra	22/06/1995	Ealing, Southall		Signed
Gordon Oakes	05/07/1995	Halton		Signed
George Foulkes	05/07/1995	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Signed
Derek Enright	Unknown			Withdrawn

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