Senator Syvret And The States Of Jersey

EDM number 589 in 1996-97, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 27/02/1997.

That this House, concerned that the States of Jersey have suspended Senator Stuart Syvret for drawing attention to the vested interest of former Senator Jeune, President of the Policy and Resources Committee, whose law firm Mourant du Feu and Jeune was promoting a controversial Limited Liability Partnership Bill on behalf of Price Waterhouse and Ernst and Young, and participating in a speeded up passage for it; notes with regret that the States have agreed to a proposal by Senator F H Walker, proprietor of the Jersey newspaper, to force Senator Syvret to withdraw allegations which are essentially true, and to expel him if he refuses, a draconian penalty that would never be used in similar circumstances in this House and which defies the UN Convention on Human Rights, guaranteeing the rights of citizens to take part in public affairs through their freely chosen representatives and the European Convention on Human Rights, specifying that all citizens are entitled to a fair and public hearing which Senator Syvret has not had; further notes that the indictment quotes extracts from Syvret's letters to the Home Office and regrets that the representative of the British Government, the Lieutenant Governor, instead of acting independently, has acted with the Jersey establishment of which he is a part in condemning Syvret; and calls on the States to act with sense, and a due regard for democratic rights by restoring Senator Syvret to full membership and on the Home Secretary to ensure good democratic governance in Jersey.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	27/02/1997	Great Grimsby		Proposed
Paul Tyler	27/02/1997	North Cornwall		Signed
Teddy Taylor	27/02/1997	Southend East		Signed
Richard Body	27/02/1997	Holland with Boston		Signed
Tony Benn	27/02/1997	Chesterfield		Signed
Jim Cousins	27/02/1997	Newcastle upon Tyne Central		Signed
Michael Brown	27/02/1997	Brigg and Cleethorpes		Signed
Jack Thompson	28/02/1997	Wansbeck		Signed
Joe Ashton	28/02/1997	Bassetlaw		Signed
George Foulkes	28/02/1997	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Signed
Paul Flynn	28/02/1997	Newport West		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	28/02/1997	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Terry Davis	28/02/1997	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Frank Cook	28/02/1997	Stockton North		Signed
Ken Livingstone	28/02/1997	Brent East		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	03/03/1997	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
John Evans	03/03/1997	St Helens North		Signed
Norman Godman	03/03/1997	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	03/03/1997	Carmarthen		Signed
Tony Wright	03/03/1997	Cannock and Burntwood		Signed
Chris Davies	03/03/1997	Littleborough and Saddleworth		Signed
Ian Davidson	03/03/1997	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
John Cummings	03/03/1997	Easington		Signed
Bill Michie	03/03/1997	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Denis MacShane	03/03/1997	Rotherham		Signed
Keith Hill	03/03/1997	Streatham		Signed
Peter Hardy	03/03/1997	Wentworth		Signed
Alan Simpson	03/03/1997	Nottingham South		Signed
John Wilkinson	04/03/1997	Ruislip - Northwood		Signed
Peter Bottomley	04/03/1997	Eltham		Signed
Angela Eagle	04/03/1997	Wallasey		Signed
Jim Cunningham	04/03/1997	Coventry South East		Signed
Richard Burden	04/03/1997	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Lynne Jones	04/03/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Dennis Skinner	04/03/1997	Bolsover		Signed
John Gunnell	05/03/1997	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Jean Corston	05/03/1997	Bristol East		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	05/03/1997	Islington North		Signed
Eric Clarke	05/03/1997	Midlothian		Signed
Alan Meale	05/03/1997	Mansfield		Signed
Llin Golding	06/03/1997	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Bill Etherington	06/03/1997	Sunderland North		Signed
Chris Mullin	06/03/1997	Sunderland South		Signed
Kevin McNamara	06/03/1997	Kingston upon Hull North		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	06/03/1997	Thurrock		Signed
Gordon Prentice	06/03/1997	Pendle		Signed
Elliot Morley	10/03/1997	Glanford and Scunthorpe		Signed
Michael Connarty	10/03/1997	Falkirk East		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	13/03/1997	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
Michael Clapham	13/03/1997	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
David Mitchell	13/03/1997	North West Hampshire		Signed
Martyn Jones	18/03/1997	Clwyd South West		Signed
Teresa Gorman	18/03/1997	Billericay		Signed

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