Reduction Of Debt For Third World Countries

EDM number 137 in 1995-96, proposed by William Cash on 29/11/1995.

That this House urges Her Majesty's Government to recommend the IMF and the World Bank to consider amending their charters and policies so that a measure of staged debt forgiveness be made available to individual least developed countries which are fully implementing IMF and World Bank structural reform programmes and which have agreed to further self-imposed stringent conditions to ensure full transparency of government; believes that, in the spirit of the recent G7 discussions in Halifax, these conditions should include the acceptance of residential auditors approved by the IMF and the World Bank, to conduct a continued monitoring of those countries' economic performance under their duly approved national development plans; notes that Uganda, under the leadership of President Museveni, has met these criteria, and was the first heavily indebted country to have been offered expanded bilateral Trinidad Terms debt forgiveness up from 33 per cent. to 67 per cent. on the qualifying portion of its bi-lateral debt, in recognition of the fact that the debt was largely accumulated under previous Ugandan administrations and during the civil war and has demonstrated its commitment to good governance and on inflation and economic probity; further notes that President Museveni has agreed to invite external auditors to encourage the IMF and the World Bank to make necessary changes to their charters and policies; and notes that the Early Day Motion in session 1994-95, which was in similar terms, was supported by Debt Crisis Network; and urges Her Majesty's Government to consider the initiative now proposed to facilitate long term measures of debt forgiveness from the IMF and World Bank to countries like Uganda and to enable them to achieve self-sufficiency.

This motion has been signed by a total of 175 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bill Cash	29/11/1995	Stafford		Proposed
Win Griffiths	29/11/1995	Bridgend		Signed
Nirj Deva	29/11/1995	Brentford & Isleworth		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	29/11/1995	Gordon		Signed
James Lester	29/11/1995	Broxtowe		Signed
Ted Rowlands	29/11/1995	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney		Signed
Paddy Tipping	30/11/1995	Sherwood		Signed
John Battle	30/11/1995	Leeds West		Signed
Chris Davies	30/11/1995	Littleborough and Saddleworth		Signed
John Cummings	30/11/1995	Easington		Signed
Eric Illsley	30/11/1995	Barnsley Central		Signed
Keith Hill	30/11/1995	Streatham		Signed
Nick Harvey	30/11/1995	North Devon		Signed
Martin Smyth	30/11/1995	Belfast South		Signed
Norman Godman	04/12/1995	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	04/12/1995	Leigh		Signed
Piara S Khabra	04/12/1995	Ealing, Southall		Signed
Bridget Prentice	04/12/1995	Lewisham East		Signed
Robert Parry	04/12/1995	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Max Madden	04/12/1995	Bradford West		Signed
Tom Arnold	05/12/1995	Hazel Grove		Signed
Hugh Bayley	05/12/1995	York, City of		Signed
Don Touhig	05/12/1995	Islwyn		Signed
Dennis Turner	05/12/1995	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Bill Walker	05/12/1995	North Tayside		Signed
Ann Winterton	05/12/1995	Congleton		Signed
Peter Griffiths	05/12/1995	Portsmouth North		Signed
Maria Fyfe	05/12/1995	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
John Evans	05/12/1995	St Helens North		Signed
Peter Hardy	05/12/1995	Wentworth		Signed
Robert Hughes	05/12/1995	Aberdeen North		Signed
Barry Jones	05/12/1995	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	05/12/1995	Ynys M		Signed
Menzies Campbell	05/12/1995	Fife North East		Signed
Tom Cox	05/12/1995	Tooting		Signed
Jim Wallace	06/12/1995	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Jack Thompson	06/12/1995	Wansbeck		Signed
Mike Hall	06/12/1995	Warrington South		Signed
John Gunnell	06/12/1995	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Alex Carlile	06/12/1995	Montgomery		Signed
Richard Burden	06/12/1995	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Keith Bradley	06/12/1995	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Roland Boyes	06/12/1995	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Edward O'Hara	06/12/1995	Knowsley South		Signed
David Nicholson	06/12/1995	Taunton		Signed
Glenda Jackson	06/12/1995	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Mark Wolfson	07/12/1995	Sevenoaks		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	07/12/1995	Caernarfon		Signed
Mike Gapes	07/12/1995	Ilford South		Signed
Alex Salmond	07/12/1995	Banff & Buchan		Signed
Colin Pickthall	07/12/1995	West Lancashire		Signed
Roy Beggs	11/12/1995	East Antrim		Signed
Simon Hughes	12/12/1995	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
Toby Jessel	12/12/1995	Twickenham		Signed
Austin Mitchell	12/12/1995	Great Grimsby		Signed
David Chidgey	12/12/1995	Eastleigh		Signed
Mike Watson	13/12/1995	Glasgow Central		Signed
Terry Davis	13/12/1995	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Michael Clapham	13/12/1995	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
John Home Robertson	13/12/1995	East Lothian		Signed
John Heppell	13/12/1995	Nottingham East		Signed
Nick Ainger	14/12/1995	Pembroke		Signed
Martyn Jones	19/12/1995	Clwyd South West		Signed
Llin Golding	19/12/1995	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Russell Johnston	09/01/1996	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber		Signed
David Steel	11/01/1996	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		Signed
Bryan Davies	31/01/1996	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
John Denham	31/01/1996	Southampton, Itchen		Signed
Brian H Donohoe	31/01/1996	Cunninghame South		Signed
Jim Dowd	31/01/1996	Lewisham West		Signed
Angela Eagle	31/01/1996	Wallasey		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	31/01/1996	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Bill Etherington	31/01/1996	Sunderland North		Signed
Paul Flynn	31/01/1996	Newport West		Signed
John Garrett	31/01/1996	Norwich South		Signed
Bruce George	31/01/1996	Walsall South		Signed
Neil Gerrard	31/01/1996	Walthamstow		Signed
Jean Corston	31/01/1996	Bristol East		Signed
Robin Corbett	31/01/1996	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Harry Cohen	31/01/1996	Leyton		Signed
Bill Olner	31/01/1996	Nuneaton		Signed
Martin O'Neill	31/01/1996	Clackmannan		Signed
James Callaghan	31/01/1996	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
Anne Campbell	31/01/1996	Cambridge		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	31/01/1996	Blyth Valley		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	31/01/1996	Workington		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	31/01/1996	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Judith Church	31/01/1996	Dagenham		Signed
Eric Clarke	31/01/1996	Midlothian		Signed
Ann Clwyd	31/01/1996	Cynon Valley		Signed
Ann Coffey	31/01/1996	Stockport		Signed
Mildred Gordon	31/01/1996	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Irene Adams	31/01/1996	Paisley North		Signed
Stephen Timms	31/01/1996	Newham North East		Signed
Keith Vaz	31/01/1996	Leicester East		Signed
Gareth Wardell	31/01/1996	Gower		Signed
Robert Wareing	31/01/1996	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Malcolm Wicks	31/01/1996	Croydon North West		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	31/01/1996	Carmarthen		Signed
Brian Wilson	31/01/1996	Cunninghame North		Signed
David Winnick	31/01/1996	Walsall North		Signed
Tony Worthington	31/01/1996	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
James Wray	31/01/1996	Glasgow Provan		Signed
Tony Wright	31/01/1996	Cannock and Burntwood		Signed
Gerry Sutcliffe	31/01/1996	Bradford South		Signed
George Stevenson	31/01/1996	Stoke-on-Trent South		Signed
Peter Hain	31/01/1996	Neath		Signed
Donald Anderson	31/01/1996	Swansea East		Signed
Janet Anderson	31/01/1996	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Hilary Armstrong	31/01/1996	North West Durham		Signed
Tony Banks	31/01/1996	Newham North West		Signed
Harry Barnes	31/01/1996	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Kevin Barron	31/01/1996	Rother Valley		Signed
Joe Benton	31/01/1996	Bootle		Signed
Clive Betts	31/01/1996	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
Paul Boateng	31/01/1996	Brent South		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	31/01/1996	Durham, City of		Signed
David Young	31/01/1996	Bolton South East		Signed
Nigel Griffiths	31/01/1996	Edinburgh South		Signed
Llew Smith	31/01/1996	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
Clive Soley	31/01/1996	Hammersmith		Signed
Nigel Spearing	31/01/1996	Newham South		Signed
Rachel Squire	31/01/1996	Dunfermline West		Signed
David Hinchliffe	31/01/1996	Wakefield		Signed
Kate Hoey	31/01/1996	Vauxhall		Signed
Jimmy Hood	31/01/1996	Clydesdale		Signed
Kevin Hughes	31/01/1996	Doncaster North		Signed
Roy Hughes	31/01/1996	Newport East		Signed
Adam Ingram	31/01/1996	East Kilbride		Signed
Helen Jackson	31/01/1996	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Alan Simpson	31/01/1996	Nottingham South		Signed
Ernie Ross	31/01/1996	Dundee West		Signed
Peter Pike	31/01/1996	Burnley		Signed
Greg Pope	31/01/1996	Hyndburn		Signed
Raymond Powell	31/01/1996	Ogmore		Signed
Gordon Prentice	31/01/1996	Pendle		Signed
Ken Purchase	31/01/1996	Wolverhampton North East		Signed
Joyce Quin	31/01/1996	Gateshead East		Signed
Stuart Randall	31/01/1996	Kingston upon Hull West		Signed
Nick Raynsford	31/01/1996	Greenwich		Signed
Martin Redmond	31/01/1996	Don Valley		Signed
Barbara Roche	31/01/1996	Hornsey & Wood Green		Signed
Allan Rogers	31/01/1996	Rhondda		Signed
David Jamieson	31/01/1996	Plymouth, Devonport		Signed
Jon Owen Jones	31/01/1996	Cardiff Central		Signed
Ian McCartney	31/01/1996	Makerfield		Signed
John McFall	31/01/1996	Dumbarton		Signed
William McKelvey	31/01/1996	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Kevin McNamara	31/01/1996	Kingston upon Hull North		Signed
John McWilliam	31/01/1996	Blaydon		Signed
Alun Michael	31/01/1996	Cardiff South & Penarth		Signed
Lewis Moonie	31/01/1996	Kirkcaldy		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	31/01/1996	Cardiff West		Signed
Elliot Morley	31/01/1996	Glanford and Scunthorpe		Signed
Alf Morris	31/01/1996	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
Estelle Morris	31/01/1996	Birmingham, Yardley		Signed
Thomas McAvoy	31/01/1996	Glasgow, Rutherglen		Signed
John McAllion	31/01/1996	Dundee East		Signed
Eric Martlew	31/01/1996	Carlisle		Signed
Alan Keen	31/01/1996	Feltham & Heston		Signed
Jane Kennedy	31/01/1996	Liverpool Broadgreen		Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	31/01/1996	Liverpool, Walton		Signed
Robert Litherland	31/01/1996	Manchester Central		Signed
Tony Lloyd	31/01/1996	Stretford		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	31/01/1996	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Eddie Loyden	31/01/1996	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Calum MacDonald	31/01/1996	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Denis MacShane	31/01/1996	Rotherham		Signed
David Marshall	31/01/1996	Glasgow, Shettleston		Signed
Michael Martin	31/01/1996	Glasgow, Springburn		Signed
Alan Williams	01/02/1996	Swansea West		Signed
Graham Allen	01/02/1996	Nottingham North		Signed
Paul Murphy	01/02/1996	Torfaen		Signed
Andrew Faulds	06/02/1996	Warley East		Signed
Roger Berry	08/02/1996	Kingswood		Signed

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