Arms Exports To Developing Countries

EDM number 679 in 2003-04, proposed by John Battle on 25/02/2004.

That this House notes that good progress has been made in the last decade on a United Kingdom arms exports policy that balances a country's legitimate right to self-defence with a moral duty to ensure that British arms are not used to harm innocent civilians; further notes, though, there is still more that can be done to promote a more effective and a more responsible policy that takes into account British interests and also those of the recipient country; recognises that the Export Credit Guarantee Department (ECGD) subsidised insurance cover for arms sales, and encourages both arms companies and recipient countries to pursue arms sales that may not otherwise be economically viable and which can negatively impact on the sustainable development of the recipient countries; welcomes the Government's productive expenditure criteria for ECGD cover to Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC countries) and believes that an extension of these productive expenditure criteria for arms sales from just the HIPC countries to all International Development Association (IDA) countries would dissuade recipient countries from taking on unsustainable debt and so provide them with more resources to tackle poverty; and therefore calls on the Government to extend the ECGD productive expenditure criteria for arms sales from just the HIPC countries to all IDA countries.

This motion has been signed by a total of 112 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Battle	25/02/2004	Leeds West	Labour	Proposed
Malcolm Bruce	25/02/2004	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Baldry	25/02/2004	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	25/02/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	25/02/2004	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	26/02/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/02/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	26/02/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	26/02/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	26/02/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Dennis Turner	26/02/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Tyler	26/02/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/02/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	26/02/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	26/02/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	26/02/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	26/02/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	26/02/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Marsden	26/02/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	26/02/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	26/02/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	27/02/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	01/03/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	01/03/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	01/03/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	01/03/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	01/03/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	01/03/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	02/03/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/03/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Keith Bradley	02/03/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	02/03/2004	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	02/03/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	02/03/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	02/03/2004	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	02/03/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Jones	02/03/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	02/03/2004	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
David Wright	03/03/2004	Telford	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	03/03/2004	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	03/03/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian White	04/03/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	04/03/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Gapes	04/03/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	04/03/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alice Mahon	04/03/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	04/03/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	04/03/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	04/03/2004	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Moore	05/03/2004	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	08/03/2004			Signed
Jim Cunningham	08/03/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	09/03/2004	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	09/03/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	09/03/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Andy King	09/03/2004	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/03/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	10/03/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	10/03/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	10/03/2004	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	10/03/2004	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	11/03/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	11/03/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	11/03/2004	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Llew Smith	11/03/2004	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	11/03/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	15/03/2004	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	15/03/2004	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	16/03/2004	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	16/03/2004	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	16/03/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vera Baird	17/03/2004	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	18/03/2004	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/03/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	18/03/2004	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	22/03/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	22/03/2004	Selby	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	23/03/2004	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Clarke	23/03/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	30/03/2004	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	01/04/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	19/04/2004	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Harold Best	19/04/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	19/04/2004	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
John Horam	20/04/2004	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
David Heath	22/04/2004	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Martlew	29/04/2004	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	29/04/2004	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	30/04/2004	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	05/05/2004	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	05/05/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Barbara Roche	11/05/2004	Hornsey & Wood Green	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	17/05/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Colin Challen	17/05/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	25/05/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	07/06/2004	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	07/06/2004	Ayr	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	07/06/2004	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	09/06/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	14/06/2004	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Julia Drown	14/06/2004	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	15/06/2004	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	16/06/2004	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	17/06/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	21/06/2004	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	24/06/2004	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	06/07/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	09/09/2004	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	03/11/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jim Marshall	Unknown			Withdrawn

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