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Attacks Upon Christians In Sri Lanka

EDM number 210 in 2003-04, proposed by David Drew on 04/12/2003.

That this House recognises that the people of Sri Lanka have a long-standing reputation for tolerance and respect; notes however that the plight of one of the religious minorities in Sri Lanka, Christians, is getting worse; notes in particular that there have been a large number of attacks upon evangelical Christian churches over the last two years by Buddhist and Hindu extremists; expresses strong concern at these attacks, such as that in Kadawatha, where on 12th October, a large mob armed with stones and rods attacked a church, beat up the congregation including women and children and destroyed much of the building; further notes that attacks such as this have increased significantly during 2003 and that in one weekend in August five churches were attacked by mobs; notes with concern that virtually no assailants are ever charged following these attacks; is further aware that anti-conversion legislation, modelled on the controversial and divisive anti-conversion law in Tamil Nadu, India, is about to be presented to the Sri Lankan Parliament; believes that such legislation is contrary to Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as well as being inflammatory and unhelpful; and calls upon the Sri Lankan Government to give full protection to religious minorities, to bring to justice those found to have participated in attacks upon religious minorities, and to promote genuine and lasting inter-faith harmony in Sri Lanka.

This motion has been signed by a total of 155 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Drew04/12/2003StroudLabour Co-operativeProposed
Andy King04/12/2003Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Alistair Burt04/12/2003North East BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Win Griffiths04/12/2003BridgendLabourSigned
Steve Webb04/12/2003NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell08/12/2003ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink08/12/2003Castle PointConservativeSigned
Lady Hermon08/12/2003North DownUUPSigned
Paul Holmes08/12/2003ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones08/12/2003Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ann Cryer08/12/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew George08/12/2003St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock08/12/2003Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Smyth09/12/2003Belfast SouthIndependent Ulster UnionistSigned
Paul Keetch09/12/2003HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew MacKinlay09/12/2003ThurrockLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara09/12/2003Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin09/12/2003Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Matthew Green09/12/2003LudlowLiberal DemocratSigned
Joe Benton09/12/2003BootleLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley09/12/2003Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Richard Younger-Ross09/12/2003TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope10/12/2003HyndburnLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd10/12/2003Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Colin Breed10/12/2003South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell10/12/2003East LondonderryDUPSigned
Martin Caton10/12/2003GowerLabourSigned
Brian Cotter10/12/2003Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Cox10/12/2003TootingLabourSigned
Valerie Davey10/12/2003Bristol WestLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds10/12/2003Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Paul Flynn10/12/2003Newport WestLabourSigned
Harold Best10/12/2003Leeds North WestLabourSigned
David Taylor10/12/2003North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Marsha Singh11/12/2003Bradford WestLabourSigned
Rob Marris11/12/2003Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Huw Edwards11/12/2003MonmouthLabourSigned
Paul Tyler11/12/2003North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Morgan15/12/2003Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz15/12/2003Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
Frank Cook15/12/2003Stockton NorthLabourSigned
John Barrett15/12/2003Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams15/12/2003ConwyLabourSigned
Paul Marsden16/12/2003Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson16/12/2003Lagan ValleyIndependent Ulster UnionistSigned
Andrew Selous18/12/2003South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson18/12/2003Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Andrew Rosindell05/01/2004RomfordConservativeSigned
Lindsay Hoyle05/01/2004ChorleyLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra05/01/2004Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
John McDonnell05/01/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Teddy Taylor05/01/2004Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
Simon Hughes06/01/2004North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell06/01/2004PudseyLabourSigned
Andy Reed07/01/2004LoughboroughLabour Co-operativeSigned
Khalid Mahmood07/01/2004Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Harry Cohen07/01/2004Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
John Battle07/01/2004Leeds WestLabourSigned
John Horam08/01/2004OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Tom Brake12/01/2004Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn12/01/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe12/01/2004WellingboroughLabourSigned
Andrew Hunter13/01/2004BasingstokeIndependent ConservativeSigned
Alan Beith13/01/2004Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Caroline Spelman14/01/2004MeridenConservativeSigned
Bill Tynan15/01/2004Hamilton SouthLabourSigned
Debra Shipley19/01/2004StourbridgeLabourSigned
Bill Etherington19/01/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey21/01/2004West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alan Hurst22/01/2004BraintreeLabourSigned
Dennis Turner22/01/2004Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
Kerry Pollard05/02/2004St AlbansLabourSigned
Iris Robinson09/02/2004StrangfordDUPSigned
Fabian Hamilton09/02/2004Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Roger Berry09/02/2004KingswoodLabourSigned
Peter Luff10/02/2004Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Mark Oaten11/02/2004WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Sydney Chapman11/02/2004Chipping BarnetConservativeSigned
Andrew Stunell12/02/2004Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Ruane23/02/2004Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady23/02/2004South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Edward Davey23/02/2004Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Julia Drown23/02/2004South SwindonLabourSigned
David Crausby24/02/2004Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Harry Barnes24/02/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Jon Owen Jones25/02/2004Cardiff CentralLabour Co-operativeSigned
John Wilkinson26/02/2004Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Gary Streeter03/03/2004South West DevonConservativeSigned
Mohammad Sarwar04/03/2004Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
Mike Gapes04/03/2004Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Virginia Bottomley08/03/2004South West SurreyConservativeSigned
Nicholas Soames09/03/2004Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Angus Robertson10/03/2004MorayScottish National PartySigned
Janet Dean11/03/2004BurtonLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael18/03/2004Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Lamb23/03/2004North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones25/03/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Connarty01/04/2004Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley01/04/2004RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward O'Hara19/04/2004Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Norman Baker19/04/2004LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Pike20/04/2004BurnleyLabourSigned
Alice Mahon20/04/2004HalifaxLabourSigned
Ann Widdecombe20/04/2004Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
David Heath22/04/2004Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heyes22/04/2004Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Adrian Flook22/04/2004TauntonConservativeSigned
Nick Harvey23/04/2004North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Smith26/04/2004West Aberdeenshire & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Howard Stoate27/04/2004DartfordLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham29/04/2004Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Richard Allan29/04/2004Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Thurso29/04/2004Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Parmjit Dhanda30/04/2004GloucesterLabourSigned
James Gray04/05/2004North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Vincent Cable06/05/2004TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Quentin Davies06/05/2004Grantham & StamfordConservativeSigned
Annabelle Ewing10/05/2004PerthScottish National PartySigned
Keith Bradley11/05/2004Manchester, WithingtonLabourSigned
Keith Simpson19/05/2004Mid NorfolkConservativeSigned
John Smith20/05/2004Vale of GlamorganLabourSigned
Gavin Strang21/05/2004Edinburgh East & MusselburghLabourSigned
Julian Brazier24/05/2004CanterburyConservativeSigned
Hugo Swire24/05/2004East DevonConservativeSigned
Marion Roe25/05/2004BroxbourneConservativeSigned
Jonathan Sayeed25/05/2004Mid BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Richard Shepherd25/05/2004Aldridge-BrownhillsConservativeSigned
Andrew Murrison25/05/2004WestburyConservativeSigned
Michael Fabricant25/05/2004LichfieldConservativeSigned
Howard Flight25/05/2004Arundel & South DownsConservativeSigned
Cheryl Gillan25/05/2004Chesham & AmershamConservativeSigned
John Randall26/05/2004UxbridgeConservativeSigned
Laurence Robertson26/05/2004TewkesburyConservativeSigned
John Bercow26/05/2004BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Nigel Evans27/05/2004Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
David Atkinson27/05/2004Bournemouth EastConservativeSigned
Robert Wareing27/05/2004Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Peter Robinson07/06/2004Belfast EastDUPSigned
Barry Sheerman07/06/2004HuddersfieldLabour Co-operativeSigned
Oliver Heald07/06/2004North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
David Amess07/06/2004Southend WestConservativeSigned
Charles Hendry10/06/2004WealdenConservativeSigned
Peter Duncan16/06/2004Galloway & Upper NithsdaleConservativeSigned
Russell Brown18/06/2004DumfriesLabourSigned
Lembit 21/06/2004MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Grayling24/06/2004Epsom & EwellConservativeSigned
Bill Wiggin24/06/2004LeominsterConservativeSigned
Patrick Mercer05/07/2004NewarkConservativeSigned
John Cryer07/07/2004HornchurchLabourSigned
Stephen O'Brien22/07/2004EddisburyConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson08/09/2004UpminsterConservativeSigned
Brian Iddon04/11/2004Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Ian Paisley11/11/2004North AntrimDUPSigned
Denzil Davies11/11/2004LlanelliLabourSigned
Barry GardinerUnknownWithdrawn

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