Famine In Eritrea

EDM number 459 in 2002-03, proposed by Tom Watson on 07/01/2003.

That this House is deeply disturbed and shocked at the extent of the food emergency in Eritrea and the lack of assistance offered by the international community to those affected by this famine; notes that the cereal harvest is expected to be 60 per cent. below the average of the last 10 years and will cover only 15 per cent. of Eritrea's food requirement; further notes that the Eritrean Government asked for food aid on 2nd September 2002 to cover a shortfall of 283,000 million tons but has yet to receive adequate assistance and that the World Food Programme appealed for $109 million and has so far received just $9 million: further notes that the UN Children's Fund has warned that 2.8 million Eritreans, over half the population, are experiencing pre-famine conditions due to the devastating drought currently gripping the country; and calls on the UK Government and countries within the EU to provide urgently needed financial aid and food sustenance to the people of Eritrea.

This motion has been signed by a total of 83 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tom Watson	07/01/2003	West Bromwich East	Labour	Proposed
Si	07/01/2003	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	07/01/2003	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/01/2003	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	08/01/2003	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew George	08/01/2003	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	08/01/2003	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	08/01/2003	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/01/2003	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	08/01/2003	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/01/2003	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	08/01/2003	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	08/01/2003	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	08/01/2003	Gower	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	08/01/2003	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	08/01/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	08/01/2003	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	08/01/2003	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	08/01/2003	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	08/01/2003	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	08/01/2003	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	08/01/2003	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	09/01/2003	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harold Best	09/01/2003	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	09/01/2003	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	09/01/2003	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	09/01/2003	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	09/01/2003	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	09/01/2003	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	09/01/2003	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	09/01/2003	North Down	UUP	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	09/01/2003	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Mann	09/01/2003	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/01/2003	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	13/01/2003	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	13/01/2003	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Farrelly	13/01/2003	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
David Drew	13/01/2003	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Sue Doughty	13/01/2003	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	13/01/2003	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	13/01/2003	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
John McFall	13/01/2003	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	13/01/2003	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/01/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/01/2003	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	14/01/2003	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	14/01/2003	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	14/01/2003	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	14/01/2003	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	14/01/2003	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	14/01/2003	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Cunningham	15/01/2003	Workington	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/01/2003	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	15/01/2003	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	15/01/2003	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	15/01/2003	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	15/01/2003	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	15/01/2003	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	15/01/2003	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
David Wright	16/01/2003	Telford	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	16/01/2003	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alice Mahon	16/01/2003	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	16/01/2003	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	20/01/2003	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	20/01/2003	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	20/01/2003	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Knight	20/01/2003	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	21/01/2003	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	21/01/2003	Burton	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/01/2003	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	23/01/2003	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	23/01/2003	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	27/01/2003	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	28/01/2003	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Austin	28/01/2003	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	29/01/2003	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	05/02/2003	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	05/02/2003	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	07/02/2003	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	24/02/2003	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/02/2003	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	05/03/2003	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	07/03/2003	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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