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Dispute In The South China Sea (East Sea)

EDM number 216 in 2014-15, proposed by George Howarth on 07/07/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and International politics and government.

That this House notes the escalation of tensions in the South China Sea (East Sea) following the deployment of the Chinese oil rig HD981; welcomes the statement of 8 May 2014 by the spokesperson of the EU High Representative and the recent statement by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on these incidents; and calls on all parties to exercise restraint, refrain from any unilateral action which could threaten peace and stability in the region and use peaceful means, according to relevant international laws, in particular the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea between ASEAN and China to resolve the dispute.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
George Howarth07/07/2014KnowsleyLabourProposed
Peter Bottomley07/07/2014Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Jim Shannon08/07/2014StrangfordDUPSeconded
Mark Durkan08/07/2014FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Margaret Ritchie09/07/2014South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Nigel Dodds09/07/2014Belfast NorthDUPSeconded
Roger Godsiff09/07/2014Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Mike Hancock15/07/2014Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Rotheram16/07/2014Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
William McCrea17/07/2014South AntrimDUPSigned
Lady Hermon17/07/2014North DownIndependentSigned

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