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Speaker's Delegation To Burma

EDM number 524 in 2013-14, proposed by Valerie Vaz on 08/10/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Members of Parliament and Parliament.

That this House wishes to thank Mr Speaker, Mr Speaker's Office and the British Embassy staff in Rangoon who helped to organise Mr Speaker's successful delegation to Burma on 28 July to 4 August 2013; welcomes the constructive meetings with Daw Suu Kyi, President Thein Sein and other Burmese politicians and activists; notes the need for constitutional change to allow Daw Suu Kyi to stand for election as President of Burma; further notes the meetings between faith leaders and the delegation, and hopes that this continued contact brings lasting peace to Burma; further welcomes Mr Speaker's speech at Yangon University; praises the hard work by all parties to reform Burma's political process, but also notes the work left to do to strengthen Burma's democracy; further welcomes the enthusiasm and desire for democracy from the younger generation shown during the meeting with youth activists in Mon State; calls for the UN Special Rapporteur on Religious Beliefs to be allowed to carry out his work with the full protection of the local police; further calls for the establishment of a UN Office of Human Rights in Burma as agreed to by President Thein Sein; and further calls on the Government to continue to provide practical assistance to strengthen the capacity building of the Burmese Naypyidaw Parliament's research department to help reduce the workload of the Bill Committees and help assist Burmese Members of Parliament to carry out their work.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Valerie Vaz08/10/2013Walsall SouthLabourProposed
Fiona Bruce08/10/2013CongletonConservativeSeconded
Malcolm Bruce08/10/2013GordonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley08/10/2013Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Bob Russell08/10/2013ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan08/10/2013FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Jim Shannon08/10/2013StrangfordDUPSigned
Martin Caton08/10/2013GowerLabourSigned
Andrew George08/10/2013St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Margaret Ritchie09/10/2013South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alasdair McDonnell10/10/2013Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jim Dobbin14/10/2013Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne14/10/2013Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Julian Lewis14/10/2013New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock14/10/2013Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech15/10/2013Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Blackman15/10/2013Harrow EastConservativeSigned
Paul Murphy15/10/2013TorfaenLabourSigned
Naomi Long15/10/2013Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Hywel Francis15/10/2013AberavonLabourSigned
Alan Meale15/10/2013MansfieldLabourSigned
Lady Hermon16/10/2013North DownIndependentSigned
Virendra Sharma16/10/2013Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Paul Flynn17/10/2013Newport WestLabourSigned

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