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Human Rights, Development And Arms Trade Treaty

EDM number 117 in 2012-13, proposed by Mark Durkan on 22/05/2012.
Categorised under the topic of Arms control.

That this House is deeply concerned about the death, damage to human rights, destruction and undermining of development that is facilitated by arms trafficking and ease of access to weapons; notes the approaching final negotiation and adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the United Nations Conference in July 2012, whichshould legally bind the regulation of arms exports and imports, provide international oversight and create the necessary enforcement mechanisms; regrets suggestions from some representatives of Russia, China and the US that the proposed Treaty is too prescriptive;demands that the Government sustains the commitmentto a robust ATT that will enforce strict criteria and provide for categorical prohibition of all types of specified weapons and associated components with no exemptions; recognises that the arms trade is estimated to account for 50 per cent of all global corrupt transactions; welcomes the proposition of an independent anti-corruption provision in the ATT; upholds the need for strong human rights protections in the Treaty to prevent weapons and ammunition used in internal security being supplied to a country where there is a risk they will contribute to human rights abuses, atrocities or repression; stresses the importance of an effective ATT for underpinning sustainable development; and urges that the Treaty must be enforceable on signatories, non-signatories and non-state actors.

This motion has been signed by a total of 55 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mark Durkan22/05/2012FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartyProposed
Bob Russell22/05/2012ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew George22/05/2012St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mike Hancock22/05/2012Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley22/05/2012Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Ronnie Campbell23/05/2012Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Albert Owen23/05/2012Ynys MLabourSigned
Jonathan Edwards23/05/2012Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Hywel Francis23/05/2012AberavonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin23/05/2012Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn23/05/2012Islington NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell23/05/2012Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell23/05/2012Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Glenda Jackson23/05/2012Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie23/05/2012South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John Pugh24/05/2012SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Graeme Morrice24/05/2012LivingstonLabourSigned
Mary Glindon24/05/2012North TynesideLabourSigned
Dave Watts24/05/2012St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton24/05/2012Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Don Foster24/05/2012BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton24/05/2012GowerLabourSigned
Naomi Long24/05/2012Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Kelvin Hopkins24/05/2012Luton NorthLabourSigned
Julian Huppert11/06/2012CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Godsiff11/06/2012Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly11/06/2012Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz11/06/2012Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Ian Davidson11/06/2012Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne11/06/2012Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Andrew Love11/06/2012EdmontonLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd11/06/2012Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy11/06/2012Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Ruddock11/06/2012Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
John Robertson11/06/2012Glasgow North WestLabourSigned
Caroline Lucas11/06/2012Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
John Leech12/06/2012Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Valerie Vaz12/06/2012Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Yasmin Qureshi14/06/2012Bolton South EastLabourSigned
David Anderson18/06/2012BlaydonLabourSigned
Mark Williams20/06/2012CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Roy20/06/2012GlenrothesLabourSigned
David Crausby21/06/2012Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma25/06/2012Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
George Galloway25/06/2012Bradford WestRespectSigned
John Hemming26/06/2012Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Williams27/06/2012ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Stewart Hosie05/07/2012Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Michael Crockart05/07/2012Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Eilidh Whiteford05/07/2012Banff and BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Pete Wishart12/07/2012Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil12/07/2012Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Sammy Wilson03/09/2012East AntrimDUPSigned
Greg Mulholland03/09/2012Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Stewart Jackson15/10/2012PeterboroughConservativeSigned

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