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Bicentenary Of The Abolition Of The Slave Trade Act 1807

EDM number 1207 in 2006-07, proposed by Eleanor Laing on 23/03/2007.

That this House notes that 25th March is the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807; notes with alarm the growing spread of people-trafficking as modern-day slavery; notes in particular the infamous status of people-trafficking as the fastest growing crime in the world, with at least one person being trafficked every minute of every day, and increasingly the largest source of income for criminals, generating over £20 billion a year in criminal proceeds; commends the work of the vast variety of organisations, such as the members of the Stop The Traffick coalition, seeking to prevent the sale of people, prosecute the traffickers and protect the victims; and calls on the Government to use the bicentenary as a spur to redouble efforts to stop the traffic in human beings, by in the first instance implementing the recommendations of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.

This motion has been signed by a total of 70 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Eleanor Laing23/03/2007Epping ForestConservativeProposed
Caroline Spelman23/03/2007MeridenConservativeSeconded
Bob Spink26/03/2007Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Michael Penning26/03/2007Hemel HempsteadConservativeSeconded
Jim Devine26/03/2007LivingstonLabourSeconded
Andrew MacKay26/03/2007BracknellConservativeSeconded
Peter Bottomley26/03/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Stewart Jackson26/03/2007PeterboroughConservativeSigned
David Taylor26/03/2007North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Paul Flynn26/03/2007Newport WestLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore26/03/2007HendonLabourSigned
Paul Holmes26/03/2007ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell26/03/2007ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn27/03/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Dai Davies27/03/2007Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Lee Scott27/03/2007Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
John Leech27/03/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
James Gray27/03/2007North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Andrew George27/03/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan27/03/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson27/03/2007Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Derek Conway27/03/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Vincent Cable27/03/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Bryant27/03/2007RhonddaLabourSigned
Colin Breed27/03/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones27/03/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin27/03/2007Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle27/03/2007ChorleyLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson28/03/2007North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis28/03/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson28/03/2007East AntrimDUPSigned
Tim Farron28/03/2007Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Hands28/03/2007Hammersmith and FulhamConservativeSigned
Angus MacNeil28/03/2007Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Edward Vaizey28/03/2007WantageConservativeSigned
Greg Mulholland28/03/2007Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams28/03/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey28/03/2007Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley28/03/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Desmond Turner28/03/2007Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Lady Hermon28/03/2007North DownUUPSigned
Elfyn Llwyd28/03/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Tim Loughton28/03/2007East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSigned
William McCrea28/03/2007South AntrimDUPSigned
Gregory Campbell28/03/2007East LondonderryDUPSigned
Michael Clapham28/03/2007Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Janet Dean28/03/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock28/03/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann McKechin16/04/2007Glasgow NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton16/04/2007GowerLabourSigned
Ann Cryer16/04/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington16/04/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell16/04/2007Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark17/04/2007North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Steve Webb18/04/2007NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen18/04/2007RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Rosindell19/04/2007RomfordConservativeSigned
John Hemming19/04/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Moss20/04/2007North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Brian Jenkins23/04/2007TamworthLabourSigned
John McDonnell23/04/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Greg Pope24/04/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
Hywel Francis24/04/2007AberavonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson01/05/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Jo Swinson01/05/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds02/05/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned
David Crausby22/05/2007Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady04/06/2007South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
William Hague26/06/2007Richmond (Yorks)ConservativeSigned
Paul Truswell03/07/2007PudseyLabourSigned

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