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Hostage Release

EDM number 901 in 1995-96, proposed by Ann Clwyd on 16/05/1996.

That this House welcomes the safe release of nine hostages, including four British students, who were held in West Papua by forces of the Free Papua Movement; deeply regrets the killing of the other two hostages, both Indonesians, and also the killing of several members of the Free Papua Movement by the Indonesian armed forces; calls upon the British Government to impress upon the Indonesian Government the need to refrain from any future acts of violence or reprisals against members of the Free Papua Movement and local inhabitants; and finally calls upon the British Government to press for a full investigation into the deaths of the Indonesian hostages and to make a full report on the current situation in the country.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ann Clwyd16/05/1996Cynon ValleyProposed
Alan Keen16/05/1996Feltham & HestonSigned
Alice Mahon16/05/1996HalifaxSigned
John Marek16/05/1996WrexhamSigned
Chris Mullin16/05/1996Sunderland SouthSigned
John Battle16/05/1996Leeds WestSigned
Robert Wareing17/05/1996Liverpool, West DerbySigned
John Cummings20/05/1996EasingtonSigned
Lynne Jones21/05/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Norman Godman21/05/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Andrew Faulds21/05/1996Warley EastSigned
John Evans21/05/1996St Helens NorthSigned
Angela Eagle21/05/1996WallaseySigned
Michael Clapham21/05/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Eric Illsley21/05/1996Barnsley CentralSigned
Ken Livingstone22/05/1996Brent EastSigned
Tony Banks22/05/1996Newham North WestSigned
John Gunnell22/05/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Bill Etherington22/05/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
Bill Michie22/05/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Eddie Loyden22/05/1996Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Helen Jackson22/05/1996Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
John Heppell04/06/1996Nottingham EastSigned
Roland Boyes04/06/1996Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Jean Corston05/06/1996Bristol EastSigned
Paul Flynn05/06/1996Newport WestSigned
Mike Hall05/06/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Anne Campbell06/06/1996CambridgeSigned
Audrey Wise18/06/1996PrestonSigned
Alan Simpson24/06/1996Nottingham SouthSigned
Janet Anderson02/07/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Martyn Jones18/07/1996Clwyd South WestSigned

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