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Democracy And Right To Protest

EDM number 741 in 2009-10, proposed by George Galloway on 27/01/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Iraq and Military operations.

That this House notes that the decision to take this country to war with Iraq caused the gravest crisis of legitimacy of the UK's political system; further notes that the public is demanding that hon. Members and Government be transparent in their dealings and held to close scrutiny and account; therefore believes that it is in the interests of democratic accountability that those who organised the largest demonstration in British history on 15 February 2003 against war on Iraq be allowed to go ahead with a planned peaceful protest next to the Queen Elizabeth II centre at the location originally agreed by the police when the former Prime Minister the right hon. Tony Blair gives evidence to the Iraq Inquiry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
George Galloway27/01/2010Bethnal Green and BowRespectProposed
Jeremy Corbyn27/01/2010Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Andrew Pelling27/01/2010Croydon CentralIndependentSeconded
John McDonnell27/01/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
David Drew28/01/2010StroudLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones28/01/2010Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Harry Cohen29/01/2010Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Mike Hancock01/02/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming01/02/2010Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn02/02/2010Newport WestLabourSigned
Robert Wareing02/02/2010Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Alan Simpson03/02/2010Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins03/02/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd03/02/2010Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Ronnie Campbell03/02/2010Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Linda Riordan03/02/2010HalifaxLabourSigned
Dai Davies03/02/2010Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Michael Clapham10/02/2010Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned

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