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Falun Gong

EDM number 544 in 2010-12, proposed by Julian Huppert on 19/07/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Human rights and Religion and faith communities.

That this House notes the 11th anniversary on 20 July 2010 of the start of the persecution of Falun Gong in China; calls for the release from detention and imprisonment of all Falun Gong practitioners held for peaceful practice of their beliefs; recognises that the Chinese government divides people by class, politics, religion and economic backgrounds; and expresses its concern about this infringement of human rights.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Julian Huppert19/07/2010CambridgeLiberal DemocratProposed
Peter Bottomley19/07/2010Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Andrew George19/07/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Martin Caton20/07/2010GowerLabourSeconded
Glenda Jackson20/07/2010Hampstead and KilburnLabourSeconded
John Leech22/07/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Alasdair McDonnell26/07/2010Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Simon Hughes27/07/2010Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dowd27/07/2010Lewisham West and PengeLabourSigned
Heidi Alexander06/09/2010Lewisham EastLabourSigned
Jim McGovern06/09/2010Dundee WestLabourSigned
Helen Goodman06/09/2010Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
Eric Illsley07/09/2010Barnsley CentralLabourWithdrawn
Jim Shannon07/09/2010StrangfordDUPSigned
Yasmin Qureshi14/09/2010Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Julie Hilling14/09/2010Bolton WestLabourSigned
Mark Williams15/09/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Begg13/10/2010Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Paul Blomfield14/10/2010Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
Mary Glindon18/10/2010North TynesideLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson20/10/2010North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Wright26/04/2011Norwich SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Walley05/05/2011Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned

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