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University And College Union And An Academic Boycott Of Israel

EDM number 1603 in 2006-07, proposed by John Mann on 05/06/2007.

That this House regrets the motion passed at the congress of the University and College Union (UCU) on 30th May, which promotes a boycott of Israeli universities and a moratorium on research and cultural collaboration with Israel; agrees with Sally Hunt, General Secretary of UCU, who has said previously that `I simply do not believe that the majority of UCU members support an academic boycott of Israel; most want us to retain dialogue with trade unionists on all sides-not just those we agree with'; supports the Government's response to the parliamentary inquiry into anti-semitism which concludes that `calls to boycott contact with academics working in Israel are an assault on academic freedom and intellectual exchange'; believes that boycotting Israeli education institutions and academics is damaging to the UK's reputation worldwide and does nothing to promote a settlement in the Middle East; and urges the UCU to conduct a full ballot of its 120,000 members before adopting the terms of the resolution as policy.

This motion has been signed by a total of 123 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Mann05/06/2007BassetlawLabourProposed
Helen Jones05/06/2007Warrington NorthLabourSeconded
John McFall05/06/2007West DunbartonshireLabourSeconded
John Spellar05/06/2007WarleyLabourSeconded
Gwyneth Dunwoody05/06/2007Crewe & NantwichLabourSeconded
Mary Creagh05/06/2007WakefieldLabourSeconded
John Robertson05/06/2007Glasgow North WestLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan05/06/2007Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner05/06/2007BolsoverLabourSigned
George Howarth05/06/2007Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Kevan Jones05/06/2007North DurhamLabourSigned
Eric Joyce05/06/2007FalkirkLabourSigned
Alan Keen05/06/2007Feltham and HestonLabourSigned
Andrew Miller05/06/2007Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
George Mudie05/06/2007Leeds EastLabourSigned
Dan Norris05/06/2007WansdykeLabourSigned
Chris Bryant05/06/2007RhonddaLabourSigned
Karen Buck05/06/2007Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Coffey05/06/2007StockportLabourSigned
Ann Cryer05/06/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Ian Davidson05/06/2007Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore05/06/2007HendonLabourSigned
Frank Dobson05/06/2007Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Louise Ellman05/06/2007Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis05/06/2007Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Joe Benton05/06/2007BootleLabourSigned
Don Touhig05/06/2007IslwynLabourSigned
Keith Vaz05/06/2007Leicester EastLabourSigned
David Wright05/06/2007TelfordLabourSigned
Ian Austin05/06/2007Dudley NorthLabourSigned
Sharon Hodgson05/06/2007Gateshead East and Washington WestLabourSigned
Barbara Keeley05/06/2007WorsleyLabourSigned
Jim Devine05/06/2007LivingstonLabourSigned
Andrew MacKay06/06/2007BracknellConservativeSigned
William McCrea06/06/2007South AntrimDUPSigned
Gregory Campbell06/06/2007East LondonderryDUPSigned
Ronnie Campbell06/06/2007Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Janet Dean06/06/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Andrew George06/06/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley06/06/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Graham Stringer06/06/2007Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Philip Davies06/06/2007ShipleyConservativeSigned
Kate Hoey07/06/2007VauxhallLabourSigned
John Hemming07/06/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams07/06/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Humble11/06/2007Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Peter Luff11/06/2007Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
John Butterfill11/06/2007Bournemouth WestConservativeSigned
Jonathan Djanogly11/06/2007HuntingdonConservativeSigned
James Arbuthnot11/06/2007North East HampshireConservativeSigned
Tim Boswell11/06/2007DaventryConservativeSigned
Phil Willis11/06/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
David Anderson11/06/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
Greg Hands11/06/2007Hammersmith and FulhamConservativeSigned
Mark Pritchard11/06/2007The WrekinConservativeSigned
Lee Scott11/06/2007Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Colin Breed12/06/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez Foster12/06/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
James Gray12/06/2007North WiltshireConservativeSigned
David Borrow12/06/2007South RibbleLabourSigned
Stewart Jackson12/06/2007PeterboroughConservativeSigned
John Leech12/06/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope13/06/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
Lady Hermon13/06/2007North DownUUPSigned
David Maclean13/06/2007Penrith and The BorderConservativeSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson13/06/2007Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Nigel Evans13/06/2007Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Mark Field13/06/2007Cities of London and WestminsterConservativeSigned
David Amess13/06/2007Southend WestConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis13/06/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Whittingdale13/06/2007Maldon and East ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Eric Martlew14/06/2007CarlisleLabourSigned
Michael Moore14/06/2007Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable14/06/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Crispin Blunt14/06/2007ReigateConservativeSigned
Michael Gove14/06/2007Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
Annette Brooke15/06/2007Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Binley15/06/2007Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
Derek Conway18/06/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson18/06/2007UpminsterConservativeSigned
Douglas Carswell18/06/2007HarwichConservativeSigned
Stephen Crabb18/06/2007Preseli PembrokeshireConservativeSigned
Edward Vaizey18/06/2007WantageConservativeSigned
Anne Main18/06/2007St AlbansConservativeSigned
Jeremy Wright18/06/2007Rugby and KenilworthConservativeSigned
Rob Wilson18/06/2007Reading EastConservativeSigned
Charles Kennedy19/06/2007Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Julian Lewis19/06/2007New Forest EastConservativeSigned
David Marshall19/06/2007Glasgow EastLabourSigned
Andrew Murrison19/06/2007WestburyConservativeSigned
Doug Naysmith19/06/2007Bristol North WestLabourSigned
James Clappison19/06/2007HertsmereConservativeSigned
Don Foster19/06/2007BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Weir19/06/2007AngusScottish National PartySigned
David Burrowes19/06/2007Enfield, SouthgateConservativeSigned
Lynne Featherstone19/06/2007Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Philip Dunne20/06/2007LudlowConservativeSigned
Mark Hunter20/06/2007CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson21/06/2007Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Patrick Hall21/06/2007BedfordLabourSigned
Gavin Strang21/06/2007Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Geraldine Smith25/06/2007Morecambe and LunesdaleLabourSigned
Evan Harris25/06/2007Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins25/06/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds26/06/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Susan Kramer27/06/2007Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Sammy Wilson28/06/2007East AntrimDUPSigned
Brooks Newmark28/06/2007BraintreeConservativeSigned
Jacqui Lait18/07/2007BeckenhamConservativeSigned
Theresa Villiers18/07/2007Chipping BarnetConservativeSigned
John Pugh19/07/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink19/07/2007Castle PointConservativeSigned
Malcolm Rifkind23/07/2007Kensington and ChelseaConservativeSigned
Andrew Selous26/07/2007South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Lembit 26/07/2007MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Hurd26/07/2007Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Bob Neill26/07/2007Bromley and ChislehurstConservativeSigned
David Howarth08/10/2007CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dowd15/10/2007Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Tom WatsonUnknownWithdrawn
Iain WrightUnknownWithdrawn
Diana R JohnsonUnknownWithdrawn
Nicholas BrownUnknownWithdrawn

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