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This motion has been signed by a total of 112 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Battle25/02/2004Leeds WestLabourProposed
Malcolm Bruce25/02/2004GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Baldry25/02/2004BanburyConservativeSigned
Roger Berry25/02/2004KingswoodLabourSigned
Steve Webb25/02/2004NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell26/02/2004ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes26/02/2004ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson26/02/2004Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd26/02/2004Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Paul Marsden26/02/2004Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Kevin McNamara26/02/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Anne Campbell26/02/2004CambridgeLabourSigned
Martin Caton26/02/2004GowerLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn26/02/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Tom Cox26/02/2004TootingLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/02/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew George26/02/2004St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Barnes26/02/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Simon Thomas26/02/2004CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Dennis Turner26/02/2004Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
Paul Tyler26/02/2004North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing27/02/2004Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Lynne Jones01/03/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Colin Breed01/03/2004South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn01/03/2004Newport WestLabourSigned
John Austin01/03/2004Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley01/03/2004Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Betty Williams01/03/2004ConwyLabourSigned
Malcolm Savidge02/03/2004Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones02/03/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lazarowicz02/03/2004Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Lepper02/03/2004Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Terry Lewis02/03/2004WorsleyLabourSigned
Rob Marris02/03/2004Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Ann McKechin02/03/2004Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Keith Bradley02/03/2004Manchester, WithingtonLabourSigned
David Drew02/03/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Win Griffiths02/03/2004BridgendLabourSigned
Andy Reed03/03/2004LoughboroughLabour Co-operativeSigned
George Stevenson03/03/2004Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
David Wright03/03/2004TelfordLabourSigned
Angus Robertson04/03/2004MorayScottish National PartySigned
Mohammad Sarwar04/03/2004Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Simon Hughes04/03/2004North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Alice Mahon04/03/2004HalifaxLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin04/03/2004Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Mike Gapes04/03/2004Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Taylor04/03/2004North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Brian White04/03/2004North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Michael Moore05/03/2004Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Karen Buck08/03/2004Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham08/03/2004Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Andy King09/03/2004Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Tony Colman09/03/2004PutneyLabourSigned
Valerie Davey09/03/2004Bristol WestLabourSigned
Ian Gibson09/03/2004Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Nick Harvey10/03/2004North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable10/03/2004TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeff Ennis10/03/2004Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Alan Beith10/03/2004Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerry Steinberg10/03/2004Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Marsha Singh11/03/2004Bradford WestLabourSigned
Llew Smith11/03/2004Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Jon Owen Jones11/03/2004Cardiff CentralLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Cousins11/03/2004Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge11/03/2004Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Allan15/03/2004Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell15/03/2004PudseyLabourSigned
Tom Brake16/03/2004Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Blizzard16/03/2004WaveneyLabourSigned
Joan Walley16/03/2004Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Vera Baird17/03/2004RedcarLabourSigned
Kate Hoey18/03/2004VauxhallLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley18/03/2004RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Fabian Hamilton18/03/2004Leeds North EastLabourSigned
John Grogan22/03/2004SelbyLabourSigned
John Barrett22/03/2004Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Lamb23/03/2004North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Clarke23/03/2004Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Mark Oaten30/03/2004WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Sue Doughty01/04/2004GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Perham19/04/2004Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Harold Best19/04/2004Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Robert Walter19/04/2004North DorsetConservativeSigned
John Horam20/04/2004OrpingtonConservativeSigned
David Heath22/04/2004Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Martlew29/04/2004CarlisleLabourSigned
Kevin Barron29/04/2004Rother ValleyLabourSigned
Helen Jackson30/04/2004Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd05/05/2004Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe05/05/2004WellingboroughLabourSigned
Barbara Roche11/05/2004Hornsey & Wood GreenLabourSigned
Tony McWalter17/05/2004Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Colin Challen17/05/2004Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Diane Abbott25/05/2004Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Robert Smith07/06/2004West Aberdeenshire & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Osborne07/06/2004AyrLabourSigned
Patrick Hall07/06/2004BedfordLabourSigned
Rudi Vis09/06/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Sydney Chapman14/06/2004Chipping BarnetConservativeSigned
Julia Drown14/06/2004South SwindonLabourSigned
Clare Short15/06/2004Birmingham, LadywoodLabourSigned
Christine Russell16/06/2004Chester, City ofLabourSigned
Harry Cohen17/06/2004Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber21/06/2004Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Archy Kirkwood24/06/2004Roxburgh & BerwickshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster06/07/2004BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerald Kaufman09/09/2004Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Patsy Calton03/11/2004CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Terry DavisUnknownWithdrawn
Jim MarshallUnknownWithdrawn

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