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United Nations And Political Prisoners In Burma

EDM number 343 in 2008-09, proposed by John Battle on 17/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Prisons.

That this House condemns the arrest of over a thousand further political prisoners since the democracy uprising in September 2007, bringing the total to more than 2,100; further condemns the sentencing of hundreds of these activists to long jail terms; notes that many of the prisoners have been moved to jails hundreds of miles from where their families live; further notes that the United Nations Security Council, United Nations General Assembly, European Union and ASEAN have all called for the release of political prisoners in Burma and that these calls have been ignored; further notes that 37 visits by United Nations envoys have failed to secure a single reform; calls on the United Nations Secretary General to travel to Burma to negotiate the release of all political prisoners; further calls on the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution giving full support to the Secretary General's efforts; and further calls on the British Government to continue to work for a Resolution by the Security Council.

This motion has been signed by a total of 185 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Battle17/12/2008Leeds WestLabourProposed
Mark Durkan17/12/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
John McDonnell18/12/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley18/12/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Evan Harris18/12/2008Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew Dismore18/12/2008HendonLabourSeconded
Paul Holmes18/12/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn18/12/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard18/12/2008WalthamstowLabourSigned
Mike Hancock18/12/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Anderson18/12/2008Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Hywel Williams18/12/2008CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Bob Spink12/01/2009Castle PointIndependentSigned
David Lepper12/01/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty12/01/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Alan Meale12/01/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin12/01/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Hywel Francis12/01/2009AberavonLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley12/01/2009City of YorkLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell12/01/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams12/01/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Marsha Singh13/01/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle13/01/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Richard Burden13/01/2009Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Martin Caton13/01/2009GowerLabourSigned
David Drew13/01/2009StroudLabourSigned
Mark Hunter13/01/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd14/01/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Ronnie Campbell14/01/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael14/01/2009Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer14/01/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Janet Dean14/01/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington14/01/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Edward Davey15/01/2009Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Clwyd19/01/2009Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis19/01/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Leech19/01/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster20/01/2009BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson21/01/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John Pugh22/01/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
David Hamilton22/01/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins27/01/2009TamworthLabourSigned
John Mason27/01/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
James Plaskitt09/02/2009Warwick and LeamingtonLabourSigned
Bob Russell09/02/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders09/02/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones09/02/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Robert Key09/02/2009SalisburyConservativeSigned
Oliver Letwin09/02/2009West DorsetConservativeSigned
Robert Syms09/02/2009PooleConservativeSigned
David Taylor09/02/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Paul Truswell09/02/2009PudseyLabourSigned
Greg Pope10/02/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Michael Howard10/02/2009Folkestone and HytheConservativeSigned
Sally Keeble10/02/2009Northampton NorthLabourSigned
Paul Keetch10/02/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Love10/02/2009EdmontonLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews10/02/2009MedwayLabourSigned
Andrew Miller10/02/2009Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Colin Breed10/02/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen10/02/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Tony Baldry10/02/2009BanburyConservativeSigned
Mark Todd10/02/2009South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Mike Wood10/02/2009Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Edward Vaizey10/02/2009WantageConservativeSigned
Gerald Kaufman11/02/2009Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Alun Michael11/02/2009Cardiff South and PenarthLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith11/02/2009Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell11/02/2009North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George11/02/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker11/02/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Gavin Strang11/02/2009Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Peter Viggers11/02/2009GosportConservativeSigned
Angela Smith11/02/2009Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Anne Main11/02/2009St AlbansConservativeSigned
Clare Short12/02/2009Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Kate Hoey12/02/2009VauxhallLabourSigned
Brian Iddon12/02/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz12/02/2009Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Brian Binley12/02/2009Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
Gwyn Prosser23/02/2009DoverLabourSigned
Robert Smith23/02/2009West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon23/02/2009North DownUUPSigned
Eric Illsley23/02/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Martyn Jones23/02/2009Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp23/02/2009Houghton and Washington EastLabourSigned
Tom Levitt23/02/2009High PeakLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd23/02/2009Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Michael Moore23/02/2009Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Lembit 23/02/2009MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Burgon23/02/2009ElmetLabourSigned
Vincent Cable23/02/2009TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Connarty23/02/2009Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Frank Cook23/02/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Jim Cousins23/02/2009Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
David Davis23/02/2009Haltemprice and HowdenConservativeSigned
Frank Dobson23/02/2009Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley23/02/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Godsiff23/02/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
John Grogan23/02/2009SelbyLabourSigned
Michael Ancram23/02/2009DevizesConservativeSigned
Anne Begg23/02/2009Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Alan Beith23/02/2009Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Crispin Blunt23/02/2009ReigateConservativeSigned
Desmond Turner23/02/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Robert Walter23/02/2009North DorsetConservativeSigned
Steve Webb23/02/2009NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Pete Wishart23/02/2009Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Richard Benyon23/02/2009NewburyConservativeSigned
Greg Clark23/02/2009Tunbridge WellsConservativeSigned
Tim Farron23/02/2009Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Daniel Kawczynski23/02/2009Shrewsbury and AtchamConservativeSigned
David Howarth23/02/2009CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Emily Thornberry23/02/2009Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
David Heath24/02/2009Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne McGuire24/02/2009StirlingLabourSigned
Christopher Fraser24/02/2009South West NorfolkConservativeSigned
Diane Abbott24/02/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Richard Taylor24/02/2009Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Ben Wallace24/02/2009Lancaster and WyreConservativeSigned
Lynne Featherstone24/02/2009Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland24/02/2009Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Ryan25/02/2009Enfield NorthLabourSigned
Julie Kirkbride25/02/2009BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Richard Caborn25/02/2009Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
John Austin25/02/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
David Burrowes25/02/2009Enfield, SouthgateConservativeSigned
James Paice26/02/2009South East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Jim Dowd26/02/2009Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Nigel Evans26/02/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Fabian Hamilton26/02/2009Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Phil Willis26/02/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Julia Goldsworthy26/02/2009Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Hands26/02/2009Hammersmith and FulhamConservativeSigned
Andrew Pelling26/02/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
David Willetts27/02/2009HavantConservativeSigned
Andrew Murrison02/03/2009WestburyConservativeSigned
Alasdair McDonnell03/03/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
David Cairns03/03/2009InverclydeLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds03/03/2009Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson03/03/2009Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Danny Alexander03/03/2009Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Prisk05/03/2009Hertford and StortfordConservativeSigned
Andy Reed05/03/2009LoughboroughLabourSigned
George Howarth05/03/2009Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce05/03/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams05/03/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Barry Sheerman06/03/2009HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Philip Hammond06/03/2009Runnymede and WeybridgeConservativeSigned
John Barrett06/03/2009Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Sarah Teather06/03/2009Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt06/03/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Ainsworth09/03/2009East SurreyConservativeSigned
Ann Widdecombe09/03/2009Maidstone and The WealdConservativeSigned
Jacqui Lait10/03/2009BeckenhamConservativeSigned
John Robertson12/03/2009Glasgow North WestLabourSigned
Michael Gove12/03/2009Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
Adam Price13/03/2009Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Tom Harris13/03/2009Glasgow SouthLabourSigned
Iris Robinson16/03/2009StrangfordDUPSigned
Denis Murphy17/03/2009WansbeckLabourSigned
Oliver Heald18/03/2009North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Maria Miller18/03/2009BasingstokeConservativeSigned
Jeremy Browne19/03/2009TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer20/03/2009Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey23/03/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Havard25/03/2009Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson26/03/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Joan Walley27/03/2009Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Simon Hughes02/04/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Brady02/04/2009Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSigned
Stephen Williams22/04/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lidington24/04/2009AylesburyConservativeSigned
Kim Howells05/05/2009PontypriddLabourSigned
Gordon Banks15/06/2009Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
Grant Shapps15/06/2009Welwyn HatfieldConservativeSigned
Andrew Selous26/10/2009South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson26/10/2009UpminsterConservativeSigned
Caroline Spelman27/10/2009MeridenConservativeSigned
David Mundell28/10/2009Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleConservativeSigned
Michael Fabricant28/10/2009LichfieldConservativeSigned
Eleanor Laing03/11/2009Epping ForestConservativeSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn
John BercowUnknownWithdrawn
George MudieUnknownWithdrawn

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