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Compensation For Zimbabwean Farmers

EDM number 686 in 2012-13, proposed by Robert Halfon on 05/11/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Farmers and Zimbabwe.

That this House calls on the World Bank and the Zimbabwe government to respect the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) court ruling in April 2009 that granted compensation of EUR22.5 million to Zimbabwean and European farmers, including Timolene Tibbett, who were illegally and often brutally thrown off their land during the Mugabe land reform in 2000 and 2001; believes that settlement of this claim will demonstrate a commitment to international law from the coalition Zimbabwe government and build confidence with international investors that arbitration ruling for investments, no matter how small or large, will be respected to created jobs and opportunities in Zimbabwe; and cautions the World Bank against adopting the incoherent position of progressing with a debt write-off programme with the Zimbabwe government whilst not ensuring the Zimbabwe government honours the legal commitments arrived at via proceedings of the ICSID, which is a World Bank court.

This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Robert Halfon05/11/2012HarlowConservativeProposed
Jim Shannon06/11/2012StrangfordDUPSeconded
Alan Meale06/11/2012MansfieldLabourSeconded
Gregory Campbell06/11/2012East LondonderryDUPSeconded
William McCrea07/11/2012South AntrimDUPSeconded
Andrew George07/11/2012St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Eric Joyce07/11/2012FalkirkLabourSigned
Richard Burden08/11/2012Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Andrew Rosindell08/11/2012RomfordConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley09/11/2012Worthing WestConservativeSigned
John Thurso09/11/2012Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Julian Lewis12/11/2012New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock12/11/2012Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Simpson13/11/2012Upper BannDUPSigned
Kate Hoey13/11/2012VauxhallLabourSigned
Edward Leigh21/11/2012GainsboroughConservativeSigned
Neil Parish26/11/2012Tiverton and HonitonConservativeSigned

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