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Women In Afghanistan

EDM number 1260 in 2008-09, proposed by Katy Clark on 01/04/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Afghanistan and Sex discrimination.

That this House deplores the actions of President Hamid Karzai for recently introducing a law severely curtailing the rights of Afghan women; expresses its gravest concerns that reportedly under this law women must seek the permission of their husband to work, go into education or seek medical treatment; condemns the fact that this law may legalise marital rape and believes that this would violate both the United Nations Convention on Human Rights and the Afghan constitution; notes that the United Nations and leading human rights activists have expressed serious criticisms about the law; and calls on the Government to condemn strongly this law and seek immediate talks with President Karzai on the subject and urge him seriously to reconsider the move.

This motion has been signed by a total of 75 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Katy Clark01/04/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourProposed
Jo Swinson01/04/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSeconded
Diane Abbott01/04/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSeconded
Laura Moffatt01/04/2009CrawleyLabourSeconded
Michael Connarty01/04/2009Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSeconded
Mark Fisher01/04/2009Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSeconded
Janet Dean01/04/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley01/04/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Drew01/04/2009StroudLabourSigned
Frank Dobson01/04/2009Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Joan Humble01/04/2009Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Tom Harris01/04/2009Glasgow SouthLabourSigned
Bob Spink01/04/2009Castle PointIndependentSigned
David Chaytor02/04/2009Bury NorthLabourSigned
John Hemming02/04/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George02/04/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer02/04/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn02/04/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones02/04/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins02/04/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Paul Holmes02/04/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Prentice02/04/2009PendleLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin20/04/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Willie Rennie20/04/2009Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Devine20/04/2009LivingstonLabourSigned
Betty Williams20/04/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing20/04/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Mike Hancock20/04/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Moss20/04/2009North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Glenda Jackson20/04/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Nick Harvey20/04/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell20/04/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen21/04/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech21/04/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen21/04/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
David Lepper21/04/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Nick Palmer21/04/2009BroxtoweLabourSigned
Martin Caton21/04/2009GowerLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore22/04/2009HendonLabourSigned
Mark Williams22/04/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis22/04/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Hywel Francis22/04/2009AberavonLabourSigned
Mark Durkan22/04/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson22/04/2009Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Richard Burden22/04/2009Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Colin Breed22/04/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell22/04/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber22/04/2009Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Eric Illsley22/04/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Ken Purchase22/04/2009Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
Emily Thornberry23/04/2009Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Dai Davies23/04/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Jim McGovern23/04/2009Dundee WestLabourSigned
Bill Etherington23/04/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Alan Meale23/04/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
Greg Pope23/04/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Paul Truswell23/04/2009PudseyLabourSigned
John Pugh24/04/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham24/04/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard27/04/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady28/04/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Andrew Stunell28/04/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan29/04/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins30/04/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Simon Hughes30/04/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Robertson06/05/2009Glasgow North WestLabourSigned
Alan Simpson06/05/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Evan Harris07/05/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Kim Howells07/05/2009PontypriddLabourSigned
David Crausby04/06/2009Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar08/06/2009Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Iris Robinson30/06/2009StrangfordDUPSigned
Mary CreaghUnknownWithdrawn
Ian GibsonUnknownWithdrawn
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn

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