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Release Of Shaker Aamer From Guantanamo

EDM number 413 in 2015-16, proposed by Andrew Mitchell on 09/09/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights, International politics and government, North America and Prisons.

That this House calls on the US administration to release Shaker Aamer from his imprisonment in Guantanamo Bay; notes that he has now been incarcerated for 13 years without charge; further notes that he has twice been cleared for release and transfer, under President Bush in 2007 and President Obama in 2009; supports the call made by the Prime Minister for his release and return to the UK; notes the unanimous resolution of the House of 17 March 2015 that Shaker Aamer be released; and asserts that the defeat of terrorism will only be achieved by upholding the principle of the rule of law - to the protection of which Mr Shaker Aamer is entitled.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Mitchell09/09/2015Sutton ColdfieldConservativeProposed
Jeremy Corbyn09/09/2015Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Alex Salmond09/09/2015Seconded
Tim Farron09/09/2015Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Davis09/09/2015Haltemprice and HowdenConservativeSeconded
Andy Slaughter09/09/2015HammersmithLabourSeconded
John McDonnell09/09/2015Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Dominic Grieve09/09/2015BeaconsfieldConservativeSigned
Caroline Lucas09/09/2015Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Tania Mathias09/09/2015TwickenhamConservativeSigned
Graham Allen09/09/2015Nottingham NorthLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley09/09/2015Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mark Durkan09/09/2015FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Neil Gray10/09/2015Airdrie and ShottsScottish National PartySigned
Margaret Ritchie10/09/2015South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Dennis Skinner10/09/2015BolsoverLabourSigned
Gareth Thomas10/09/2015Harrow WestLabourSigned
Michael Weir10/09/2015AngusScottish National PartySigned
Ian Lavery10/09/2015WansbeckLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins11/09/2015Luton NorthLabourSigned
Corri Wilson11/09/2015Ayr, Carrick and CumnockScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry11/09/2015Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Kirsty Blackman11/09/2015Aberdeen NorthScottish National PartySigned
Patrick Grady11/09/2015Glasgow NorthScottish National PartySigned
Richard Arkless14/09/2015Dumfries and GallowayScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law14/09/2015Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Roger Godsiff14/09/2015Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Mark Williams14/09/2015CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Meale14/09/2015MansfieldLabourSigned
Rachael Maskell14/09/2015York CentralLabour/Co-operativeSigned
Tasmina Sheikh14/09/2015Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Paula Sherriff14/09/2015DewsburyLabourSigned
Marie Rimmer15/09/2015St Helens South and WhistonLabourSigned
Carol Monaghan15/09/2015Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Paul Flynn15/09/2015Newport WestLabourSigned
Alan Brown16/09/2015Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Maria Caulfield16/09/2015LewesConservativeSigned
Kirsten Oswald16/09/2015East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
Philippa Whitford16/09/2015Central AyrshireScottish National PartySigned
Gordon Marsden17/09/2015Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Mary Glindon17/09/2015North TynesideLabourSigned
Joanna Cherry12/10/2015Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Clive Lewis12/10/2015Norwich SouthLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd12/10/2015Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Calum Kerr12/10/2015Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkScottish National PartySigned
Jim Fitzpatrick12/10/2015Poplar and LimehouseLabourSigned
Martyn Day12/10/2015Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Paul Blomfield21/10/2015Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
Yasmin Qureshi26/10/2015Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland28/10/2015Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Fiona Bruce04/11/2015CongletonConservativeSigned
Angela Crawley11/05/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned

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