Civilian Prisoners Of The Japanese (EDM475)

Civilian Prisoners Of The Japanese

EDM number 475 in 2001-02, proposed by Andrew Dismore on 26/11/2001.

That this House regrets Her Majesty's Government's redefinition in June 2001 of the term 'British' seven months after the announcement to the House that Her Majesty's Government would make an ex-gratia payment to all British former prisoners of war of the Japanese between 1941 and 1945; notes the original announcement and subsequent advice stated that one of the eligible categories was the previously unqualified surviving 'British civilians who were interned by the Japanese in the Far East during the Second World War'; further notes that in June 2001 the War Pensions Agency rejected all claims where the claimant could not prove a 'bloodlink' to at least one grandparent born in the United Kingdom; is concerned that nearly one in three civilian survivors who were interned by Japan precisely because they held a British passport have therefore had their claims rejected; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to honour its promise of 7th November 2000 to all British civilians who were interned in camps by Japan.

This motion has been signed by a total of 89 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Dismore	26/11/2001	Hendon	Labour	Proposed
Kelvin Hopkins	26/11/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	26/11/2001	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	26/11/2001	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Tony McWalter	26/11/2001	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	26/11/2001	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	26/11/2001	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	26/11/2001	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	27/11/2001	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	27/11/2001	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	27/11/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	27/11/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	27/11/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	27/11/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	27/11/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	27/11/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	27/11/2001	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	27/11/2001	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Bob Russell	27/11/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	28/11/2001	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	28/11/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	28/11/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	28/11/2001	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	28/11/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	28/11/2001	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	28/11/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	28/11/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	28/11/2001	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Win Griffiths	29/11/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	29/11/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	29/11/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	29/11/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	29/11/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ian Davidson	29/11/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Vincent Cable	29/11/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	29/11/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	30/11/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	30/11/2001	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	30/11/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	30/11/2001	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	30/11/2001	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	30/11/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	30/11/2001	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	30/11/2001	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Drew	30/11/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	30/11/2001	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	03/12/2001	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	03/12/2001	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	03/12/2001	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	03/12/2001	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	03/12/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Virginia Bottomley	03/12/2001	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	03/12/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	04/12/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	04/12/2001	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	04/12/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	04/12/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	04/12/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	04/12/2001	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	05/12/2001	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Menzies Campbell	05/12/2001	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	05/12/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	05/12/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	05/12/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Jenny Tonge	05/12/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Piara S Khabra	11/12/2001	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	11/12/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	12/12/2001	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	13/12/2001	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	17/12/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	08/01/2002	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	08/01/2002	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Bennett	08/01/2002	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	09/01/2002	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	10/01/2002	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Paul Goodman	28/01/2002	Wycombe	Conservative	Signed
Clive Efford	14/02/2002	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Brian White	25/02/2002	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	01/03/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	13/03/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	21/03/2002	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	10/04/2002	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	07/05/2002	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Robert Syms	24/06/2002	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Paul Burstow	24/09/2002	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	Unknown			Withdrawn
Charles Hendry	Unknown			Withdrawn
Tim Loughton	Unknown			Withdrawn
Keith Vaz	Unknown			Withdrawn

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