Mr Balwant Singh

EDM number 2906 in 2010-12, proposed by John McDonnell on 20/03/2012.
Categorised under the topic of Human rights.

That this House notes with extreme concern that the Indian authorities have decided to end the country's moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty and are planning to execute Mr Balwant Singh by hanging on 31 March 2012; and calls on the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs as a matter of urgency to make representations to the Indian government urging that this execution is not proceeded with and that capital punishment is abolished in India.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.