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Reduction Of Debt For Third World Countries

EDM number 137 in 1995-96, proposed by William Cash on 29/11/1995.

That this House urges Her Majesty's Government to recommend the IMF and the World Bank to consider amending their charters and policies so that a measure of staged debt forgiveness be made available to individual least developed countries which are fully implementing IMF and World Bank structural reform programmes and which have agreed to further self-imposed stringent conditions to ensure full transparency of government; believes that, in the spirit of the recent G7 discussions in Halifax, these conditions should include the acceptance of residential auditors approved by the IMF and the World Bank, to conduct a continued monitoring of those countries' economic performance under their duly approved national development plans; notes that Uganda, under the leadership of President Museveni, has met these criteria, and was the first heavily indebted country to have been offered expanded bilateral Trinidad Terms debt forgiveness up from 33 per cent. to 67 per cent. on the qualifying portion of its bi-lateral debt, in recognition of the fact that the debt was largely accumulated under previous Ugandan administrations and during the civil war and has demonstrated its commitment to good governance and on inflation and economic probity; further notes that President Museveni has agreed to invite external auditors to encourage the IMF and the World Bank to make necessary changes to their charters and policies; and notes that the Early Day Motion in session 1994-95, which was in similar terms, was supported by Debt Crisis Network; and urges Her Majesty's Government to consider the initiative now proposed to facilitate long term measures of debt forgiveness from the IMF and World Bank to countries like Uganda and to enable them to achieve self-sufficiency.

This motion has been signed by a total of 175 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bill Cash29/11/1995StaffordProposed
Ted Rowlands29/11/1995Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneySigned
James Lester29/11/1995BroxtoweSigned
Malcolm Bruce29/11/1995GordonSigned
Nirj Deva29/11/1995Brentford & IsleworthSigned
Win Griffiths29/11/1995BridgendSigned
Martin Smyth30/11/1995Belfast SouthSigned
Nick Harvey30/11/1995North DevonSigned
Keith Hill30/11/1995StreathamSigned
Eric Illsley30/11/1995Barnsley CentralSigned
John Cummings30/11/1995EasingtonSigned
Chris Davies30/11/1995Littleborough and SaddleworthSigned
John Battle30/11/1995Leeds WestSigned
Paddy Tipping30/11/1995SherwoodSigned
Max Madden04/12/1995Bradford WestSigned
Robert Parry04/12/1995Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Bridget Prentice04/12/1995Lewisham EastSigned
Piara S Khabra04/12/1995Ealing, SouthallSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe04/12/1995LeighSigned
Norman Godman04/12/1995Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Peter Hardy05/12/1995WentworthSigned
Robert Hughes05/12/1995Aberdeen NorthSigned
Barry Jones05/12/1995Alyn & DeesideSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones05/12/1995Ynys MSigned
Menzies Campbell05/12/1995Fife North EastSigned
Tom Cox05/12/1995TootingSigned
John Evans05/12/1995St Helens NorthSigned
Maria Fyfe05/12/1995Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Peter Griffiths05/12/1995Portsmouth NorthSigned
Tom Arnold05/12/1995Hazel GroveSigned
Hugh Bayley05/12/1995York, City ofSigned
Don Touhig05/12/1995IslwynSigned
Dennis Turner05/12/1995Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Bill Walker05/12/1995North TaysideSigned
Ann Winterton05/12/1995CongletonSigned
Glenda Jackson06/12/1995Hampstead & HighgateSigned
David Nicholson06/12/1995TauntonSigned
Edward O'Hara06/12/1995Knowsley SouthSigned
Roland Boyes06/12/1995Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Keith Bradley06/12/1995Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Richard Burden06/12/1995Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Alex Carlile06/12/1995MontgomerySigned
John Gunnell06/12/1995Leeds South and MorleySigned
Mike Hall06/12/1995Warrington SouthSigned
Jack Thompson06/12/1995WansbeckSigned
Jim Wallace06/12/1995Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Colin Pickthall07/12/1995West LancashireSigned
Alex Salmond07/12/1995Banff & BuchanSigned
Mike Gapes07/12/1995Ilford SouthSigned
Dafydd Wigley07/12/1995CaernarfonSigned
Mark Wolfson07/12/1995SevenoaksSigned
Roy Beggs11/12/1995East AntrimSigned
Simon Hughes12/12/1995Southwark and BermondseySigned
Toby Jessel12/12/1995TwickenhamSigned
Austin Mitchell12/12/1995Great GrimsbySigned
David Chidgey12/12/1995EastleighSigned
John Heppell13/12/1995Nottingham EastSigned
John Home Robertson13/12/1995East LothianSigned
Michael Clapham13/12/1995Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Terry Davis13/12/1995Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Mike Watson13/12/1995Glasgow CentralSigned
Nick Ainger14/12/1995PembrokeSigned
Martyn Jones19/12/1995Clwyd South WestSigned
Llin Golding19/12/1995Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Russell Johnston09/01/1996Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
David Steel11/01/1996Tweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleSigned
Nigel Griffiths31/01/1996Edinburgh SouthSigned
Peter Pike31/01/1996BurnleySigned
Greg Pope31/01/1996HyndburnSigned
Raymond Powell31/01/1996OgmoreSigned
Gordon Prentice31/01/1996PendleSigned
Ken Purchase31/01/1996Wolverhampton North EastSigned
Joyce Quin31/01/1996Gateshead EastSigned
Stuart Randall31/01/1996Kingston upon Hull WestSigned
Nick Raynsford31/01/1996GreenwichSigned
Martin Redmond31/01/1996Don ValleySigned
Barbara Roche31/01/1996Hornsey & Wood GreenSigned
Allan Rogers31/01/1996RhonddaSigned
Ernie Ross31/01/1996Dundee WestSigned
Alan Simpson31/01/1996Nottingham SouthSigned
Llew Smith31/01/1996Blaenau GwentSigned
Clive Soley31/01/1996HammersmithSigned
Nigel Spearing31/01/1996Newham SouthSigned
Rachel Squire31/01/1996Dunfermline WestSigned
David Hinchliffe31/01/1996WakefieldSigned
Kate Hoey31/01/1996VauxhallSigned
Jimmy Hood31/01/1996ClydesdaleSigned
Kevin Hughes31/01/1996Doncaster NorthSigned
Roy Hughes31/01/1996Newport EastSigned
Adam Ingram31/01/1996East KilbrideSigned
Helen Jackson31/01/1996Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
David Jamieson31/01/1996Plymouth, DevonportSigned
Jon Owen Jones31/01/1996Cardiff CentralSigned
Alan Keen31/01/1996Feltham & HestonSigned
Jane Kennedy31/01/1996Liverpool BroadgreenSigned
Peter Kilfoyle31/01/1996Liverpool, WaltonSigned
Robert Litherland31/01/1996Manchester CentralSigned
Tony Lloyd31/01/1996StretfordSigned
Elfyn Llwyd31/01/1996Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Eddie Loyden31/01/1996Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Calum MacDonald31/01/1996Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Denis MacShane31/01/1996RotherhamSigned
David Marshall31/01/1996Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Michael Martin31/01/1996Glasgow, SpringburnSigned
Eric Martlew31/01/1996CarlisleSigned
John McAllion31/01/1996Dundee EastSigned
Thomas McAvoy31/01/1996Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
Ian McCartney31/01/1996MakerfieldSigned
John McFall31/01/1996DumbartonSigned
William McKelvey31/01/1996Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Kevin McNamara31/01/1996Kingston upon Hull NorthSigned
John McWilliam31/01/1996BlaydonSigned
Alun Michael31/01/1996Cardiff South & PenarthSigned
Lewis Moonie31/01/1996KirkcaldySigned
Rhodri Morgan31/01/1996Cardiff WestSigned
Elliot Morley31/01/1996Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Alf Morris31/01/1996Manchester WythenshaweSigned
Estelle Morris31/01/1996Birmingham, YardleySigned
Bill Olner31/01/1996NuneatonSigned
Martin O'Neill31/01/1996ClackmannanSigned
James Callaghan31/01/1996Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Anne Campbell31/01/1996CambridgeSigned
Ronnie Campbell31/01/1996Blyth ValleySigned
Dale Campbell-Savours31/01/1996WorkingtonSigned
Malcolm Chisholm31/01/1996Edinburgh LeithSigned
Judith Church31/01/1996DagenhamSigned
Eric Clarke31/01/1996MidlothianSigned
Ann Clwyd31/01/1996Cynon ValleySigned
Ann Coffey31/01/1996StockportSigned
Harry Cohen31/01/1996LeytonSigned
Robin Corbett31/01/1996Birmingham, ErdingtonSigned
Jean Corston31/01/1996Bristol EastSigned
Bryan Davies31/01/1996Oldham Central and RoytonSigned
John Denham31/01/1996Southampton, ItchenSigned
Brian H Donohoe31/01/1996Cunninghame SouthSigned
Jim Dowd31/01/1996Lewisham WestSigned
Angela Eagle31/01/1996WallaseySigned
Kenneth Eastham31/01/1996Manchester, BlackleySigned
Bill Etherington31/01/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
Paul Flynn31/01/1996Newport WestSigned
John Garrett31/01/1996Norwich SouthSigned
Bruce George31/01/1996Walsall SouthSigned
Neil Gerrard31/01/1996WalthamstowSigned
Mildred Gordon31/01/1996Bow and PoplarSigned
Irene Adams31/01/1996Paisley NorthSigned
Peter Hain31/01/1996NeathSigned
Donald Anderson31/01/1996Swansea EastSigned
Janet Anderson31/01/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Hilary Armstrong31/01/1996North West DurhamSigned
Tony Banks31/01/1996Newham North WestSigned
Harry Barnes31/01/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Kevin Barron31/01/1996Rother ValleySigned
Joe Benton31/01/1996BootleSigned
Clive Betts31/01/1996Sheffield, AttercliffeSigned
Paul Boateng31/01/1996Brent SouthSigned
Gerry Steinberg31/01/1996Durham, City ofSigned
George Stevenson31/01/1996Stoke-on-Trent SouthSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe31/01/1996Bradford SouthSigned
Stephen Timms31/01/1996Newham North EastSigned
Keith Vaz31/01/1996Leicester EastSigned
Gareth Wardell31/01/1996GowerSigned
Robert Wareing31/01/1996Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Malcolm Wicks31/01/1996Croydon North WestSigned
Alan Wynne Williams31/01/1996CarmarthenSigned
Brian Wilson31/01/1996Cunninghame NorthSigned
David Winnick31/01/1996Walsall NorthSigned
Tony Worthington31/01/1996Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
James Wray31/01/1996Glasgow ProvanSigned
Tony Wright31/01/1996Cannock and BurntwoodSigned
David Young31/01/1996Bolton South EastSigned
Paul Murphy01/02/1996TorfaenSigned
Graham Allen01/02/1996Nottingham NorthSigned
Alan Williams01/02/1996Swansea WestSigned
Andrew Faulds06/02/1996Warley EastSigned
Roger Berry08/02/1996KingswoodSigned

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