Freedom Of Religion In Pakistan (EDM44)

Freedom Of Religion In Pakistan

EDM number 44 in 2008-09, proposed by David Drew on 03/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Human rights and Religious discrimination.

That this House warmly welcomes the appointment of the prominent human rights activist Shahbaz Bhatti, President of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, as Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs; applauds the decision by the Government of Pakistan to include this ministerial position in the Cabinet for the first time; encourages the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan to provide Mr Bhatti with full support in his efforts to promote religious freedom and equal rights for all the people of Pakistan; calls on the Government to engage fully with the President, Prime Minister, Minister for Minorities Affairs and other ministers on issues of human rights and religious freedom; and urges the Government of Pakistan to make significant progress towards the repeal of the blasphemy laws which are so widely abused and cause so much injustice for so many people.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Drew	03/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Proposed
Andrew George	03/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	03/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	04/12/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Tony Baldry	04/12/2008	Banbury	Conservative	Seconded
Lynne Jones	04/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Paul Holmes	04/12/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	04/12/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	04/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	08/12/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	08/12/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	08/12/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	08/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Touhig	08/12/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	08/12/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	08/12/2008	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Brian Iddon	08/12/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	08/12/2008	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/12/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/12/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	10/12/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/12/2008	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	10/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	10/12/2008	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	11/12/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	11/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	11/12/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	15/12/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	16/12/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	17/12/2008	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	18/12/2008	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	18/12/2008	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	12/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/01/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	14/01/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn

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