Religious Freedom

EDM number 75 in 2012-13, proposed by Jim Shannon on 16/05/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Africa and Religion and faith communities.

That this House supports religious freedom for people in all nations; notes the renewed pressure from the Algerian authorities on evangelical churches and individual Christians; further supports the estimated 25,000 Christians in Algeria and supports the right of conversion from other religions; and believes that diplomatic pressure should be applied to ensure that Algeria brings into full operation the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights which enshrines religious liberty and to which the Algerian government has signed up.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jim Shannon	16/05/2012	Strangford	DUP	Proposed
David Simpson	16/05/2012	Upper Bann	DUP	Seconded
William McCrea	16/05/2012	South Antrim	DUP	Seconded
Elfyn Llwyd	17/05/2012	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Mark Durkan	17/05/2012	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Andrew George	17/05/2012	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Greg Mulholland	17/05/2012	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	17/05/2012	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	17/05/2012	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Robert Halfon	21/05/2012	Harlow	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	21/05/2012	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/05/2012	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	21/05/2012	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	21/05/2012	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	21/05/2012	Gower	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	21/05/2012	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	21/05/2012	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Michael Weir	22/05/2012	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
John McDonnell	22/05/2012	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	22/05/2012	North Down	UUP	Signed
Jim Sheridan	22/05/2012	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	23/05/2012	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	23/05/2012	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	23/05/2012	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	24/05/2012	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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