PRIME MINISTER'S MEETING WITH THE DALAI LAMA

EDM number 1569 in 2007-08, proposed by Norman Baker on 14/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Central government, International politics and government, Ministers and Religion and faith communities.

That this House is disappointed and concerned that the Prime Minister has decided that his forthcoming meeting with the Dalai Lama should take place in Lambeth Palace and that he is apparently only prepared to meet the Dalai Lama in his capacity as a spiritual leader, despite the fact that successive British governments have never recognised Chinese sovereignty over Tibet; further notes that the Dalai Lama on previous visits was received at 10 Downing Street by both John Major and Tony Blair; regrets that, especially at this time of crisis for the Tibetan people, the Prime Minister has not given sufficient weight to the appalling brutality of the Chinese in occupied Tibet, in contrast to the Dalai Lama, who has always advocated a non-violent approach; and calls on the Prime Minister to switch the venue of the meeting to Downing Street.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Norman Baker	14/05/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Kate Hoey	14/05/2008	Vauxhall	Labour	Seconded
Julie Morgan	14/05/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Seconded
Richard Younger-Ross	14/05/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	14/05/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Spink	14/05/2008	Castle Point	UKIP	Seconded
Andrew George	14/05/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	14/05/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	15/05/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	15/05/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Michael Weir	15/05/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
James Gray	15/05/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Paul Goodman	15/05/2008	Wycombe	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	15/05/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew MacKay	15/05/2008	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	15/05/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	15/05/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	19/05/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/05/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/05/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	20/05/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	20/05/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	20/05/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	20/05/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	20/05/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Moss	20/05/2008	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	20/05/2008	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Robert Smith	20/05/2008	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	21/05/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	21/05/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	21/05/2008	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	22/05/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	02/06/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/06/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	02/06/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	02/06/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Neil Gerrard	04/06/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	04/06/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	05/06/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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