Christians In Egypt (EDM814)

Christians In Egypt

EDM number 814 in 2014-15, proposed by Jim Shannon on 24/02/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Africa, Equality and Religion and faith communities.

That this House recognises that the new Egyptian constitution advocates religious freedom and equality for all of Egypt's citizens; further recognises the Egyptian government's pledge to reduce persecution and congratulates it on this commitment; commends President el-Sisi on the actions he has taken thus far; and urges the Egyptian government, through the UK Ambassador and Foreign Secretary, to ensure that interpretation of the constitution will enforce the rights of Christians and offer protection to Christians throughout Egypt.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jim Shannon	24/02/2015	Strangford	DUP	Proposed
William McCrea	24/02/2015	South Antrim	DUP	Seconded
David Simpson	24/02/2015	Upper Bann	DUP	Seconded
Alan Meale	25/02/2015	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Nigel Dodds	25/02/2015	Belfast North	DUP	Seconded
Greg Mulholland	25/02/2015	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mark Durkan	25/02/2015	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	25/02/2015	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	25/02/2015	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Stewart Jackson	25/02/2015	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	25/02/2015	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Blackman	26/02/2015	Harrow East	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	26/02/2015	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	26/02/2015	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	26/02/2015	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	27/02/2015	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Wright	02/03/2015	Telford	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	03/03/2015	Blackley and Broughton	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	03/03/2015	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	03/03/2015	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ian Paisley Jnr	03/03/2015	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
George Howarth	04/03/2015	Knowsley	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	04/03/2015	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	04/03/2015	North Down	Independent	Signed
Adrian Sanders	04/03/2015	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Ward	04/03/2015	Bradford East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	04/03/2015	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	04/03/2015	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	05/03/2015	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Paul Murphy	05/03/2015	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	05/03/2015	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Michael Connarty	17/03/2015	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed

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