Chen Guang Cheng
EDM number 161 in 2007-08, proposed by David Taylor on 08/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Health services, Human rights and Medical ethics.
That this House notes the four years and three months' imprisonment of 34 year old Chen Guang Cheng, a blind Chinese human rights activist; further notes his crime consisted of acting on behalf of women undergoing forcible abortions and sterilisations; further notes that 130,000 women undergo forcible abortions per year as part of the coercive one-child policy; further notes that after Cheng's case failed in the Beijing courts he was subsequently imprisoned on trumped up charges of damaging public property and organising villagers to disrupt traffic; further notes that his attorneys were detained and prevented from appearing and that neither witnesses nor evidence were presented for the defence; further notes the detention in September by Chinese police of Yuan Weijing, the wife of Chen Guang Cheng, to prevent her from going to the Philippines to collect a human rights award on his behalf for his `irrepressible passion for justice in leading ordinary Chinese citizens to assert their legitimate rights under the law'; further notes with shame that the Chinese policy is supported with British taxpayers' money through government grants made to the United Nations Population Fund, the International Planned Parenthood Federation and Marie Stopes International, all of which finance Chinese family planning yet have failed in 20 years to change the policy of coercive abortion and sterilisation; and calls on the Government to cancel all grants to groups providing money to countries with coercive family planning policies as well as demanding that Mr Cheng be released from prison without delay.
This motion has been signed by a total of 156 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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| David Taylor | 08/11/2007 | North West Leicestershire | Labour | Proposed |
| Nicholas Winterton | 08/11/2007 | Macclesfield | Conservative | Seconded |
| Jim Dobbin | 08/11/2007 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour | Seconded |
| Ann Winterton | 08/11/2007 | Congleton | Conservative | Seconded |
| David Borrow | 08/11/2007 | South Ribble | Labour | Seconded |
| David Drew | 08/11/2007 | Stroud | Labour | Seconded |
| Keith Vaz | 08/11/2007 | Leicester East | Labour | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 08/11/2007 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 08/11/2007 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| Don Touhig | 08/11/2007 | Islwyn | Labour | Signed |
| John Thurso | 08/11/2007 | Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 08/11/2007 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Ben Wallace | 08/11/2007 | Lancaster & Wyre | Conservative | Signed |
| Robert Walter | 08/11/2007 | North Dorset | Conservative | Signed |
| Angela Watkinson | 08/11/2007 | Upminster | Conservative | Signed |
| Michael Weir | 08/11/2007 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Ann Widdecombe | 08/11/2007 | Maidstone & The Weald | Conservative | Signed |
| Roger Williams | 08/11/2007 | Brecon & Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Phil Willis | 08/11/2007 | Harrogate & Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Robert Syms | 08/11/2007 | Poole | Conservative | Signed |
| Desmond Swayne | 08/11/2007 | New Forest West | Conservative | Signed |
| Peter Bottomley | 08/11/2007 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| Hywel Francis | 08/11/2007 | Aberavon | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew George | 08/11/2007 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Robert Goodwill | 08/11/2007 | Scarborough & Whitby | Conservative | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 08/11/2007 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| David Amess | 08/11/2007 | Southend West | Conservative | Signed |
| John Grogan | 08/11/2007 | Selby | Labour | Signed |
| John Gummer | 08/11/2007 | Suffolk Coastal | Conservative | Signed |
| Patrick Hall | 08/11/2007 | Bedford | Labour | Signed |
| John Austin | 08/11/2007 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Baker | 08/11/2007 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Barrett | 08/11/2007 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Joe Benton | 08/11/2007 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
| John Bercow | 08/11/2007 | Buckingham | Conservative | Signed |
| David Wilshire | 08/11/2007 | Spelthorne | Conservative | Signed |
| Sammy Wilson | 08/11/2007 | East Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| David Howarth | 08/11/2007 | Cambridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Susan Kramer | 08/11/2007 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Leech | 08/11/2007 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Kerry McCarthy | 08/11/2007 | Bristol East | Labour | Signed |
| Emily Thornberry | 08/11/2007 | Islington South & Finsbury | Labour | Signed |
| Madeleine Moon | 08/11/2007 | Bridgend | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Mulholland | 08/11/2007 | Leeds North West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Anne Main | 08/11/2007 | St Albans | Conservative | Signed |
| Michael Penning | 08/11/2007 | Hemel Hempstead | Conservative | Signed |
| Jeremy Wright | 08/11/2007 | Rugby & Kenilworth | Conservative | Signed |
| Robert Wilson | 08/11/2007 | Reading East | Conservative | Signed |
| Mark Hunter | 08/11/2007 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Willie Rennie | 08/11/2007 | Dunfermline & Fife West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Daniel Kawczynski | 08/11/2007 | Shrewsbury & Atcham | Conservative | Signed |
| Sian James | 08/11/2007 | Swansea East | Labour | Signed |
| Anthony D Wright | 08/11/2007 | Great Yarmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Wyatt | 08/11/2007 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
| John Hemming | 08/11/2007 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Danny Alexander | 08/11/2007 | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Peter Bone | 08/11/2007 | Wellingborough | Conservative | Signed |
| Jeremy Browne | 08/11/2007 | Taunton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Burrowes | 08/11/2007 | Enfield, Southgate | Conservative | Signed |
| Douglas Carswell | 08/11/2007 | Harwich | Conservative | Signed |
| Stephen Crabb | 08/11/2007 | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Philip Davies | 08/11/2007 | Shipley | Conservative | Signed |
| Tim Farron | 08/11/2007 | Westmorland & Lonsdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Michael Gove | 08/11/2007 | Surrey Heath | Conservative | Signed |
| Nia Griffith | 08/11/2007 | Llanelli | Labour | Signed |
| Dai Davies | 08/11/2007 | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | Signed |
| Michael Jabez Foster | 08/11/2007 | Hastings & Rye | Labour | Signed |
| Julie Morgan | 08/11/2007 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
| Dai Havard | 08/11/2007 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Holmes | 08/11/2007 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Lindsay Hoyle | 08/11/2007 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
| Simon Hughes | 08/11/2007 | North Southwark & Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Joan Humble | 08/11/2007 | Blackpool North & Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
| Glenda Jackson | 08/11/2007 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 08/11/2007 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| Gerald Kaufman | 08/11/2007 | Manchester, Gorton | Labour | Signed |
| Sally Keeble | 08/11/2007 | Northampton North | Labour | Signed |
| Charles Kennedy | 08/11/2007 | Ross, Skye & Lochaber | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 08/11/2007 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Julian Lewis | 08/11/2007 | New Forest East | Conservative | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 08/11/2007 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 08/11/2007 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bob Spink | 08/11/2007 | Castle Point | Conservative | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 08/11/2007 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
| Adam Price | 08/11/2007 | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| John Pugh | 08/11/2007 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Angus Robertson | 08/11/2007 | Moray | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 08/11/2007 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Adrian Sanders | 08/11/2007 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mohammad Sarwar | 08/11/2007 | Glasgow Central | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Selous | 08/11/2007 | South West Bedfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Jim Sheridan | 08/11/2007 | Paisley & Renfrewshire North | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 08/11/2007 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 08/11/2007 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Geraldine Smith | 08/11/2007 | Morecambe & Lunesdale | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Spicer | 08/11/2007 | West Worcestershire | Conservative | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 08/11/2007 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Don Foster | 08/11/2007 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jon Cruddas | 08/11/2007 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 08/11/2007 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| David Davies | 08/11/2007 | Monmouth | Conservative | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 08/11/2007 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Dodds | 08/11/2007 | Belfast North | DUP | Signed |
| Frank Doran | 08/11/2007 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dowd | 08/11/2007 | Lewisham West | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Durkan | 08/11/2007 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Jeff Ennis | 08/11/2007 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 08/11/2007 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Evans | 08/11/2007 | Ribble Valley | Conservative | Signed |
| Frank Field | 08/11/2007 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 08/11/2007 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Conway | 08/11/2007 | Old Bexley & Sidcup | Conservative | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 08/11/2007 | Linlithgow & Falkirk East | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Marsden | 08/11/2007 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
| Alasdair McDonnell | 08/11/2007 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Michael Meacher | 08/11/2007 | Oldham West & Royton | Labour | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 08/11/2007 | Bristol North West | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Oaten | 08/11/2007 | Winchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Sandra Osborne | 08/11/2007 | Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock | Labour | Signed |
| Albert Owen | 08/11/2007 | Ynys M | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Bruce | 08/11/2007 | Gordon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 08/11/2007 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 08/11/2007 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 08/11/2007 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Gregory Campbell | 08/11/2007 | East Londonderry | DUP | Signed |
| Simon Burns | 08/11/2007 | West Chelmsford | Conservative | Signed |
| Karen Buck | 08/11/2007 | | | Signed |
| Kate Hoey | 12/11/2007 | Vauxhall | Labour | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 12/11/2007 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| David Crausby | 12/11/2007 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Williams | 13/11/2007 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alan Beith | 13/11/2007 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 13/11/2007 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ian Gibson | 13/11/2007 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 13/11/2007 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 13/11/2007 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| William McCrea | 14/11/2007 | South Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| David Hamilton | 14/11/2007 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| Lady Hermon | 15/11/2007 | North Down | UUP | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 19/11/2007 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 20/11/2007 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 21/11/2007 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Iris Robinson | 28/11/2007 | Strangford | DUP | Signed |
| Linda Riordan | 28/11/2007 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Gary Streeter | 04/12/2007 | South West Devon | Conservative | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 11/12/2007 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Alistair Carmichael | 12/12/2007 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 13/12/2007 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Rosindell | 17/12/2007 | Romford | Conservative | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 07/01/2008 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Pritchard | 20/02/2008 | Wrekin, The | Conservative | Signed |
| John Mason | 15/10/2008 | Glasgow East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Helen Jones | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| David Marshall | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Ann McKechin | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Jon Trickett | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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