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European Court Of Justice Judgement On Property Rights In Cyprus

EDM number 1503 in 2008-09, proposed by Edward O'Hara on 18/05/2009.

That this House notes the judgement of the European Court of Justice that a judgement of a District Court in the Republic of Cyprus ordering the British occupiers of a property in the occupied north area of Cyprus to vacate the property and to pay various monetary amounts in compensation to the Greek Cypriot owner of the land is enforceable in all countries of the EU; expects the judgement to be enforced in the UK; welcomes this clarification of property rights in Cyprus; and calls on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to amend its website accordingly to clarify the legal liabilities which may be incurred by British citizens who buy or build on land in the occupied north of Cyprus to which the legal title belongs to absent Greek Cypriot refugees.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Edward O'Hara18/05/2009Knowsley SouthLabourProposed
Alan Meale18/05/2009MansfieldLabourSeconded
Bob Spink18/05/2009Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Lynne Jones19/05/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
David Lepper19/05/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSeconded
Andrew Dismore20/05/2009HendonLabourSeconded
Ronnie Campbell20/05/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis20/05/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard21/05/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
John McDonnell01/06/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn01/06/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Ann Cryer01/06/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Peter Kilfoyle01/06/2009Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Eric Illsley01/06/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay02/06/2009ThurrockLabourSigned
Mark Durkan02/06/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Nigel Waterson03/06/2009EastbourneConservativeSigned
Janet Anderson10/06/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/06/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Linda Riordan11/06/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
Michael Clapham15/06/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Bill Etherington02/07/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned

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