Cyprus Intercommunal Talks (EDM255)

Cyprus Intercommunal Talks

EDM number 255 in 1997-98, proposed by Edward O'Hara on 15/07/1997.

That this House welcomes the fact that President Clerides of Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash were able to hold direct talks between 9th and 12th July in New York under the sponsorship of the Secretary General of the United Nations; is encouraged by reports of the good will, good faith, cordiality and commitment to the negotiations displayed by both participants; welcomes their agreement to hold further unscheduled talks at an early date in Cyprus to discuss humanitarian issues; and trusts that they will be able to make steady and incremental progress in future rounds of negotiations towards a legal instrument for a just, viable and lasting settlement of the Cyprus problem.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Edward O'Hara	15/07/1997	Knowsley South	Labour	Proposed
Joan Ryan	15/07/1997	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	15/07/1997	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	15/07/1997	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Love	15/07/1997	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Clarke	15/07/1997	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	15/07/1997	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	15/07/1997	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/07/1997	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Nigel Waterson	15/07/1997	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Gareth Thomas	16/07/1997	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	16/07/1997	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	16/07/1997	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	16/07/1997	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Bill O'Brien	16/07/1997	Normanton	Labour	Signed
John McAllion	16/07/1997	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	16/07/1997	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	16/07/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	16/07/1997	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	17/07/1997	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	17/07/1997	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/07/1997	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	17/07/1997	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	17/07/1997	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Jones	17/07/1997	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Perham	17/07/1997	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	18/07/1997	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/07/1997	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	18/07/1997	Preston	Labour	Signed
Clive Soley	21/07/1997	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	21/07/1997	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	21/07/1997	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	29/07/1997	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Illsley	30/07/1997	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	31/07/1997	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geraldine Smith	11/03/1998	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	Unknown			Withdrawn

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