British Nuclear Test Veterans

EDM number 33 in 1999-00, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 17/11/1999.

That this House notes the 20th May 1953 Atomic Weapons Trials Report by the Defence Research Policy Committee which states 'the army must discover the detailed effects of various types of explosion on equipment, stores and men and with and without various types of protection'; further notes the decision of the European Commission of Human Rights that found the British Government liable for violating the legal rights of British nuclear test veterans to obtain war pensions and compensation for radiation-linked illnesses; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to follow the lead of the United States Government and settle the claims of people harmed from the fall-out from British nuclear tests.

This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Adrian Sanders	17/11/1999	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Tom Brake	18/11/1999	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	18/11/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	18/11/1999	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	22/11/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	22/11/1999	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/11/1999	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	23/11/1999	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	23/11/1999	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	23/11/1999	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Huw Edwards	23/11/1999	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	23/11/1999	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Cummings	23/11/1999	Easington	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	23/11/1999	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	23/11/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	24/11/1999	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	24/11/1999	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	24/11/1999	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	24/11/1999	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	24/11/1999	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	24/11/1999	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	24/11/1999	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	24/11/1999	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	24/11/1999	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	24/11/1999	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	24/11/1999	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	24/11/1999	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	24/11/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	24/11/1999	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	24/11/1999	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	25/11/1999	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	25/11/1999	Burton	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	25/11/1999	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	25/11/1999	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	25/11/1999	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	25/11/1999	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Win Griffiths	29/11/1999	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	02/12/1999	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roy Beggs	02/12/1999	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Harold Best	06/12/1999	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	07/12/1999	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	08/12/1999	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	08/12/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	10/01/2000	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/01/2000	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	17/01/2000	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Tess Kingham	02/02/2000	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	09/02/2000	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	Unknown			Withdrawn

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