WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN (EDM2135)

WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN

EDM number 2135 in 2005-06, proposed by Nick Harvey on 10/05/2006.

That this House expresses concern at the attack on Ms Malalai Joya in the Afghan Parliament on 7th May 2006; notes that following the incident Ms Joya stated that she has suffered a series of threats; and calls upon the UK Government to make urgent representations to the Afghan government calling for the equal treatment of women in the Afghan Parliament and the protection of female MPs from violent threats.

This motion has been signed by a total of 54 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Nick Harvey	10/05/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Michael Moore	10/05/2006	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Russell	10/05/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Jones	11/05/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	11/05/2006	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Chris McCafferty	11/05/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Seconded
Alan Simpson	11/05/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	11/05/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	11/05/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	11/05/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	11/05/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	12/05/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	12/05/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	12/05/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	12/05/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	15/05/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
David Lepper	15/05/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	15/05/2006	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	15/05/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	15/05/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	15/05/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	16/05/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	16/05/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stewart Hosie	16/05/2006	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jeremy Browne	16/05/2006	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	16/05/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	16/05/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	16/05/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	16/05/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	16/05/2006	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	16/05/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	17/05/2006	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	17/05/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
David Drew	17/05/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	17/05/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Derek Wyatt	17/05/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	17/05/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	17/05/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	18/05/2006	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Dan Rogerson	18/05/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	22/05/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	22/05/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	23/05/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	23/05/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	24/05/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	24/05/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	24/05/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	25/05/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	25/05/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/06/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	05/06/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	12/06/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	14/06/2006	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	25/07/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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