Chagos Islands (EDM1949)

Chagos Islands

EDM number 1949 in 2008-09, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 20/07/2009.
Categorised under the topics of International politics and government and Overseas territories.

That this House notes that the Government has requested a further postponement in responding to the European Court of Human Rights' request for its views on the Government's position concerning a friendly settlement on the return of the Chagos Islanders to their homeland; further notes that it is essential that the Government upholds the highest standard of human rights; and accordingly asks the Government to consult with relevant parliamentarians before submitting its response.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jeremy Corbyn	20/07/2009	Islington North	Labour	Proposed
Mark Lazarowicz	20/07/2009	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	20/07/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
John Austin	20/07/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Seconded
Kate Hoey	20/07/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Seconded
Rob Marris	20/07/2009	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Seconded
Harry Cohen	20/07/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	20/07/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	20/07/2009	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bob Russell	20/07/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/07/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	21/07/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	21/07/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	21/07/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	21/07/2009	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	21/07/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	21/07/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	21/07/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	21/07/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	21/07/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	21/07/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	21/07/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	21/07/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Judy Mallaber	12/10/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	12/10/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	12/10/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	13/10/2009	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	13/10/2009	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	13/10/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Leech	13/10/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	13/10/2009	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	13/10/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/10/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cummings	13/10/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	13/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	13/10/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	13/10/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	13/10/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	14/10/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Jo Swinson	14/10/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	14/10/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	14/10/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/10/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/10/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/10/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	19/10/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	20/10/2009	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Katy Clark	21/10/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/10/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	26/10/2009	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	26/10/2009	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
John Hemming	26/10/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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