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Dalit Rights In India

EDM number 491 in 1999-00, proposed by John McDonnell on 08/03/2000.

That this House deplores the ongoing campaign of violent discrimination against the Dalits, who are born into the bottom of India's caste system; supports the Indian Government's continuing efforts to end caste discrimination through legislative initiatives such as the Prevention of Atrocities Act; expresses its concern at the apparent inability of the Indian judiciary to deal effectively with high-caste militia violence aimed specifically against Dalits, such as the Laxampur-Bathe massacre of 1st December 1997 which left 61 adults and children dead; urges the British Government to support the political and social development of the Dalit people through focused development programmes and closer contact with the Indian authorities; and welcomes the excellent contribution to this human rights campaign by the International Dalit Solidarity Network.

This motion has been signed by a total of 79 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John McDonnell08/03/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourProposed
Jeremy Corbyn08/03/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara09/03/2000Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Bill Michie09/03/2000Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Michael Clapham09/03/2000Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
John Austin09/03/2000Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins09/03/2000Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones10/03/2000Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Harry Cohen10/03/2000Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Robert Wareing10/03/2000Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson13/03/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Harry Barnes13/03/2000North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Ann Cryer13/03/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours14/03/2000WorkingtonLabourSigned
Martin Caton14/03/2000GowerLabourSigned
Bill Etherington14/03/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Norman Godman14/03/2000Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Win Griffiths15/03/2000BridgendLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt15/03/2000CrawleyLabourSigned
Alice Mahon15/03/2000HalifaxLabourSigned
Paul Marsden15/03/2000Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourSigned
Phil Sawford16/03/2000KetteringLabourSigned
Jenny Jones16/03/2000Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Donald Gorrie17/03/2000Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn20/03/2000Newport WestLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe20/03/2000Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Andrew George20/03/2000St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis20/03/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Marsha Singh22/03/2000Bradford WestLabourSigned
David Stewart22/03/2000Inverness East, Nairn and LochaberLabourSigned
Alan Beith23/03/2000Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
John Wilkinson23/03/2000Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Evan Harris27/03/2000Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dobbin27/03/2000Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Peter Bottomley27/03/2000Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Paul Stinchcombe28/03/2000WellingboroughLabourSigned
Harold Best28/03/2000Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Roseanna Cunningham28/03/2000PerthScottish National PartySigned
Martin O'Neill28/03/2000OchilLabourSigned
Brian Cotter28/03/2000Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Kerry Pollard28/03/2000St AlbansLabourSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones28/03/2000Ynys MPlaid CymruSigned
Andrew Love29/03/2000EdmontonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Julian Brazier29/03/2000CanterburyConservativeSigned
Roy Beggs29/03/2000East AntrimUUPSigned
Valerie Davey30/03/2000Bristol WestLabourSigned
David Amess30/03/2000Southend WestConservativeSigned
Tony Benn30/03/2000ChesterfieldLabourSigned
Neil Turner30/03/2000WiganLabourSigned
Tommy Graham03/04/2000West RenfrewshireIndependent LabourSigned
David Lepper03/04/2000Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Gordon Prentice04/04/2000PendleLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell04/04/2000Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Julia Drown04/04/2000South SwindonLabourSigned
John Grogan04/04/2000SelbyLabourSigned
Brian White04/04/2000North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt05/04/2000Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Dafydd Wigley05/04/2000CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Frank Cook05/04/2000Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Barry Jones05/04/2000Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
John McAllion05/04/2000Dundee EastLabourSigned
Martin Smyth06/04/2000Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Nick Harvey06/04/2000North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Horam06/04/2000OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Ken Livingstone06/04/2000Brent EastIndependentSigned
Andrew Rowe13/04/2000Faversham & Mid KentConservativeSigned
Robert McCartney13/04/2000North DownUKUPSigned
Brian Iddon17/04/2000Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd18/04/2000Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Desmond Turner20/04/2000Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Andy King02/05/2000Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Patrick Hall02/05/2000BedfordLabourSigned
William Ross03/05/2000East LondonderryUUPSigned
John Gunnell03/05/2000Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Joe Ashton03/05/2000BassetlawLabourSigned
Betty Williams03/05/2000ConwyLabourSigned
Diane Abbott10/05/2000Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Stephen Ladyman18/05/2000South ThanetLabourSigned
Audrey WiseUnknownWithdrawn

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