Armenian Genocide (EDM797)

Armenian Genocide

EDM number 797 in 2007-08, proposed by Andrew Dismore on 28/01/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Eastern Europe, Human rights and Military operations.

That this House unreservedly condemns the desecration of the Armenian Genocide Monument in Cardiff on Holocaust Memorial Day 2008; congratulates all bodies which have recognised the truth of the Armenian Genocide including The International Association of Genocide Scholars, the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, The Aegis Trust, The European Parliament, The National Assembly of Wales, The Edinburgh, Ealing and Gwynedd Councils, The United Nations Association Wales, The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, and the Kurdish parliament in exile; and calls upon the UK Government formally to recognise the 1915 genocide of Armenians and Assyrians.

This motion has been signed by a total of 56 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Dismore	28/01/2008	Hendon	Labour	Proposed
Bob Spink	28/01/2008	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	28/01/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Paul Holmes	28/01/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	28/01/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Gregory Campbell	29/01/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Seconded
Ann Cryer	29/01/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	29/01/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
John Leech	29/01/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	29/01/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	29/01/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	29/01/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/01/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	30/01/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Rudi Vis	30/01/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	30/01/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	30/01/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	30/01/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	30/01/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
William McCrea	30/01/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Gordon Marsden	30/01/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	30/01/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	31/01/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	31/01/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	31/01/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	31/01/2008	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	31/01/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	04/02/2008	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/02/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	07/02/2008	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	07/02/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Bill Etherington	07/02/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	18/02/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	18/02/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	19/02/2008	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	19/02/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/02/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Battle	21/02/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	25/02/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Austin	27/02/2008	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	23/04/2008	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Linda Riordan	23/04/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	24/04/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	29/04/2008	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	06/05/2008	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	08/05/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	19/06/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	23/06/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	24/06/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	09/07/2008	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	14/07/2008	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Danny Alexander	15/07/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	16/07/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	06/10/2008	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Marshall	Unknown			Withdrawn

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