Agent Orange

EDM number 293 in 1998-99, proposed by Oona King on 09/02/1999.

That this House notes that from 1965 onwards Agent Orange was used by Americans during the Vietnam War; that 72 million litres of toxic agents were sprayed on Vietnam causing serious injury to over two million people, including severe physical abnormality, cancer, paralysis, mental illness, miscarriages, natural abortions and still births; acknowledges that the effects of Agent Orange are long-term and passed on for generations; deplores the use of chemical weapons; vows to look at the lessons learnt from Vietnam regarding the use of these weapons; draws attention to the plight of third generation Vietnamese suffering the effects of Agent Orange; and calls on the British Government to press the US Government to compensate those affected by Agent Orange.

This motion has been signed by a total of 61 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Oona King	09/02/1999	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Proposed
Phil Woolas	09/02/1999	Oldham East & Saddleworth	Labour	Seconded
Barbara Follett	09/02/1999	Stevenage	Labour	Seconded
Geraint Davies	09/02/1999	Croydon Central	Labour	Seconded
Terry Rooney	09/02/1999	Bradford North	Labour	Seconded
Paul Goggins	09/02/1999	Wythenshawe & Sale East	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	09/02/1999	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	09/02/1999	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	10/02/1999	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
David Drew	10/02/1999	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Clarke	10/02/1999	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/02/1999	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	10/02/1999	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	10/02/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	10/02/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/02/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	11/02/1999	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	11/02/1999	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	11/02/1999	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	11/02/1999	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	11/02/1999	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
John McAllion	11/02/1999	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	11/02/1999	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	11/02/1999	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	15/02/1999	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
John Austin	15/02/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	15/02/1999	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	15/02/1999	Easington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	15/02/1999	Gower	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	15/02/1999	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	16/02/1999	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	16/02/1999	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	16/02/1999	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	22/02/1999	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	22/02/1999	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	22/02/1999	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	22/02/1999	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Bell	23/02/1999	Tatton	Independent	Signed
Andy King	23/02/1999	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	23/02/1999	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	24/02/1999	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	02/03/1999	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	02/03/1999	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	05/03/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	10/03/1999	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	11/03/1999	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	15/03/1999	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	17/03/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/03/1999	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	31/03/1999	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	05/05/1999	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	10/05/1999	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Howard Flight	25/05/1999	Arundel & South Downs	Conservative	Signed
Karen Buck	26/05/1999			Signed
Terry Davis	21/07/1999	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	19/10/1999	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/10/1999	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	Unknown			Withdrawn
Elfyn Llwyd	Unknown			Withdrawn
Harry Barnes	Unknown			Withdrawn
Chris Mullin	Unknown			Withdrawn

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