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Diamond Trade (No. 2)

EDM number 941 in 1999-00, proposed by Jane Griffiths on 07/07/2000.

That this House congratulates the Security Council of the United Nations on introducing a ban on the illicit import of rough diamonds from Sierre Leone; congratulates Foreign Office Ministers on their role in securing the ban; calls upon those involved in the diamond trade to work to ensure this ban is not flouted; and calls upon the United Nations to take swift action against any country found by the panel of experts formed by the Secretary-General to be trading in blood diamonds in contravention of the ban.

This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jane Griffiths07/07/2000Reading EastLabourProposed
Ernie Ross10/07/2000Dundee WestLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn10/07/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
Norman Godman10/07/2000Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Tom Cox11/07/2000TootingLabourSigned
Alan Williams11/07/2000Swansea WestLabourSigned
Harry Barnes11/07/2000North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe11/07/2000Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Paul Flynn11/07/2000Newport WestLabourSigned
Terry Davis11/07/2000Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Eric Clarke11/07/2000MidlothianLabourSigned
Vincent Cable11/07/2000TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Kevin McNamara11/07/2000Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
David Lepper11/07/2000Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Nigel Jones11/07/2000CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell11/07/2000ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt12/07/2000Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Win Griffiths12/07/2000BridgendLabourSigned
Frank Cook12/07/2000Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton12/07/2000GowerLabourSigned
Paul Marsden12/07/2000Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourSigned
Lynne Jones12/07/2000Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alan Simpson12/07/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Peter Pike12/07/2000BurnleyLabourSigned
Bill Michie12/07/2000Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Huw Edwards13/07/2000MonmouthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock13/07/2000Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin13/07/2000Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge13/07/2000Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Tynan13/07/2000Hamilton SouthLabourSigned
Brian White13/07/2000North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Bill Etherington17/07/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Drew17/07/2000StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe17/07/2000LeighLabourSigned
Julie Morgan17/07/2000Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar18/07/2000Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
David Stewart18/07/2000Inverness East, Nairn and LochaberLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/07/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Clive Efford20/07/2000ElthamLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell20/07/2000Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore21/07/2000HendonLabourSigned
Denis Murphy25/07/2000WansbeckLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis25/07/2000Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Rudi Vis25/07/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Eric Illsley27/07/2000Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
John McDonnell27/07/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Tony Clarke27/07/2000Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Diane Abbott27/07/2000Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Malcolm Savidge28/07/2000Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned

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