Religious Freedom In China

EDM number 1814 in 2008-09, proposed by David Howarth on 03/07/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Human rights and Religion and faith communities.

That this House notes the Chinese government's systematic persecution of those peacefully expressing their beliefs, including detention without trial, torture and judicial execution; further notes, in particular, that July 2009 marks the tenth year of the use of these measures against Falun Gong practitioners; further notes the Vice-President of the European Parliament’s request to the UN Secretary General to initiate an inquiry into this issue; and calls on the Government to support unequivocally the Vice President’s call for an inquiry, and to make representations to the UN Secretary General to that effect.

This motion has been signed by a total of 77 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Howarth	03/07/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	03/07/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Jones	03/07/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Evan Harris	03/07/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John McDonnell	03/07/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	06/07/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Angela Smith	06/07/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	06/07/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	06/07/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/07/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	06/07/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	06/07/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	06/07/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Mark Hunter	07/07/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	07/07/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	07/07/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	07/07/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Martin Caton	07/07/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	07/07/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	07/07/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	07/07/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	08/07/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	08/07/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/07/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	08/07/2009	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	08/07/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/07/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	08/07/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/07/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Laws	08/07/2009	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	09/07/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	09/07/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	09/07/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	09/07/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Mason	13/07/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jo Swinson	13/07/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	13/07/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	13/07/2009	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	13/07/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/07/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	13/07/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	13/07/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	14/07/2009	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	14/07/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	14/07/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sally Keeble	14/07/2009	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	14/07/2009	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/07/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Dan Rogerson	15/07/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	15/07/2009	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	15/07/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	15/07/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	15/07/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	16/07/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	16/07/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	16/07/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	20/07/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	20/07/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	20/07/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	20/07/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	20/07/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	20/07/2009	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	20/07/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Roy	21/07/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	21/07/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	21/07/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	21/07/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	21/07/2009	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	21/07/2009	Lanark and Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	21/07/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	12/10/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	13/10/2009	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	13/10/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	13/10/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	13/10/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	13/10/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Lorely Burt	14/10/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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