150th Anniversary Of The Great Famine In Ireland

EDM number 172 in 1995-96, proposed by Robert Parry on 06/12/1995.

That this House recalls that 1995 marks the 150th anniversary of the great famine that followed the failure of the potato harvest which devastated Ireland, and is one of the most tragic events in Irish history with an estimated loss of life due to fever and starvation at one and a half million, although the full numbers will never be known as it was not compulsory to record births or deaths before 1864; notes that at least another million fled to other countries for fear of starvation, and notes the population went down from eight million in 1841 to four million in 1871, as a direct result of the famine which had a catastrophic effect on the population; further notes the geographical position of Liverpool as a major seaport led to hundred of thousands of Irish people flooding into the city, creating huge problems of overcrowding and diseases which inevitably led to the typhus epidemic of 1847 and the cholera epidemic of 1849 which claimed 6,394 deaths in Liverpool; and, realising the great cultural and historical connections between Ireland and Liverpool, hopes that the year will not pass without some action by both governments or government agencies to record this historic event.

This motion has been signed by a total of 142 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Robert Parry	06/12/1995	Liverpool, Riverside		Proposed
Janet Anderson	06/12/1995	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Tony Banks	06/12/1995	Newham North West		Signed
Harry Barnes	06/12/1995	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Kevin Barron	06/12/1995	Rother Valley		Signed
John Battle	06/12/1995	Leeds West		Signed
Hugh Bayley	06/12/1995	York, City of		Signed
Stuart Bell	06/12/1995	Middlesbrough		Signed
Tony Benn	06/12/1995	Chesterfield		Signed
Joe Benton	06/12/1995	Bootle		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	06/12/1995	St Helens South		Signed
David Alton	06/12/1995	Liverpool Mossley Hill		Signed
Graham Allen	06/12/1995	Nottingham North		Signed
Kevin McNamara	06/12/1995	Kingston upon Hull North		Signed
Roland Boyes	06/12/1995	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Keith Bradley	06/12/1995	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	06/12/1995	Gordon		Signed
Richard Caborn	06/12/1995	Sheffield Central		Signed
James Callaghan	06/12/1995	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
Alex Carlile	06/12/1995	Montgomery		Signed
Diane Abbott	06/12/1995	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
Irene Adams	06/12/1995	Paisley North		Signed
Nick Ainger	06/12/1995	Pembroke		Signed
Bill Michie	07/12/1995	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	07/12/1995	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Maria Fyfe	07/12/1995	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Neil Gerrard	07/12/1995	Walthamstow		Signed
Norman Godman	07/12/1995	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
William McKelvey	07/12/1995	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
John McAllion	07/12/1995	Dundee East		Signed
Lynne Jones	07/12/1995	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Ernie Ross	07/12/1995	Dundee West		Signed
Alex Salmond	07/12/1995	Banff & Buchan		Signed
Alan Simpson	07/12/1995	Nottingham South		Signed
Dennis Skinner	07/12/1995	Bolsover		Signed
Alan Howarth	07/12/1995	Stratford-on-Avon		Signed
Tom Cox	08/12/1995	Tooting		Signed
Andrew Miller	11/12/1995	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
Edward O'Hara	11/12/1995	Knowsley South		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	11/12/1995	Islington North		Signed
Bryan Davies	11/12/1995	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Terry Davis	11/12/1995	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Angela Eagle	11/12/1995	Wallasey		Signed
John Evans	11/12/1995	St Helens North		Signed
Robert Wareing	11/12/1995	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Eddie Loyden	11/12/1995	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Piara S Khabra	11/12/1995	Ealing, Southall		Signed
Nigel Jones	11/12/1995	Cheltenham		Signed
Peter Pike	11/12/1995	Burnley		Signed
Ted Rowlands	11/12/1995	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney		Signed
Peter Hardy	11/12/1995	Wentworth		Signed
George Howarth	11/12/1995	Knowsley North		Signed
Doug Hoyle	11/12/1995	Warrington North		Signed
Roy Hughes	11/12/1995	Newport East		Signed
Glenda Jackson	11/12/1995	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Barry Jones	11/12/1995	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Bill Etherington	12/12/1995	Sunderland North		Signed
Andrew Faulds	12/12/1995	Warley East		Signed
Frank Field	12/12/1995	Birkenhead		Signed
Paul Flynn	12/12/1995	Newport West		Signed
Llin Golding	12/12/1995	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Dennis Turner	12/12/1995	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Alan Williams	12/12/1995	Swansea West		Signed
Audrey Wise	12/12/1995	Preston		Signed
James Wray	12/12/1995	Glasgow Provan		Signed
David Young	12/12/1995	Bolton South East		Signed
Jim Dowd	12/12/1995	Lewisham West		Signed
John Cummings	12/12/1995	Easington		Signed
Terry Rooney	12/12/1995	Bradford North		Signed
Nick Harvey	12/12/1995	North Devon		Signed
Robert Litherland	12/12/1995	Manchester Central		Signed
Ken Livingstone	12/12/1995	Brent East		Signed
Tony Lloyd	12/12/1995	Stretford		Signed
Eddie McGrady	12/12/1995	South Down		Signed
Alan Meale	12/12/1995	Mansfield		Signed
Alf Morris	12/12/1995	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	12/12/1995	Blyth Valley		Signed
Eric Clarke	12/12/1995	Midlothian		Signed
Tom Clarke	13/12/1995	Monklands West		Signed
Harry Cohen	13/12/1995	Leyton		Signed
Jean Corston	13/12/1995	Bristol East		Signed
Denzil Davies	13/12/1995	Llanelli		Signed
John Gunnell	13/12/1995	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Mike Hall	13/12/1995	Warrington South		Signed
Jack Thompson	13/12/1995	Wansbeck		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	13/12/1995	Carmarthen		Signed
David Winnick	13/12/1995	Walsall North		Signed
Michael Clapham	13/12/1995	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Judith Church	13/12/1995	Dagenham		Signed
Colin Pickthall	13/12/1995	West Lancashire		Signed
Martin Redmond	13/12/1995	Don Valley		Signed
John Heppell	13/12/1995	Nottingham East		Signed
Simon Hughes	13/12/1995	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
Seamus Mallon	13/12/1995	Newry & Armagh		Signed
David Marshall	13/12/1995	Glasgow, Shettleston		Signed
Jim Marshall	13/12/1995	Leicester South		Signed
Gordon Oakes	13/12/1995	Halton		Signed
Bill Olner	13/12/1995	Nuneaton		Signed
Win Griffiths	14/12/1995	Bridgend		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	18/12/1995	Workington		Signed
David Clelland	18/12/1995	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Frank Cook	19/12/1995	Stockton North		Signed
Helen Liddell	19/12/1995	Monklands East		Signed
Martyn Jones	19/12/1995	Clwyd South West		Signed
Max Madden	19/12/1995	Bradford West		Signed
Don Touhig	20/12/1995	Islwyn		Signed
Paddy Tipping	20/12/1995	Sherwood		Signed
Mildred Gordon	20/12/1995	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Jeremy Bray	20/12/1995	Motherwell South		Signed
Chris Mullin	20/12/1995	Sunderland South		Signed
John Hume	20/12/1995	Foyle		Signed
Robert Hughes	20/12/1995	Aberdeen North		Signed
Bridget Prentice	20/12/1995	Lewisham East		Signed
Stan Orme	10/01/1996	Salford East		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	15/01/1996	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Ian Davidson	15/01/1996	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Michael Connarty	15/01/1996	Falkirk East		Signed
Michael Martin	15/01/1996	Glasgow, Springburn		Signed
Adam Ingram	16/01/1996	East Kilbride		Signed
Helen Jackson	16/01/1996	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Tommy Graham	16/01/1996	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Jim Cunningham	23/01/1996	Coventry South East		Signed
Kim Howells	23/01/1996	Pontypridd		Signed
Eric Illsley	24/01/1996	Barnsley Central		Signed
Jon Owen Jones	25/01/1996	Cardiff Central		Signed
Ian McCartney	25/01/1996	Makerfield		Signed
Donald Anderson	31/01/1996	Swansea East		Signed
George Foulkes	31/01/1996	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Signed
John McFall	31/01/1996	Dumbarton		Signed
John Marek	31/01/1996	Wrexham		Signed
Mike Gapes	01/02/1996	Ilford South		Signed
Mark Fisher	01/02/1996	Stoke-on-Trent Central		Signed
Robin Corbett	01/02/1996	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Ann Coffey	01/02/1996	Stockport		Signed
Kevin Hughes	01/02/1996	Doncaster North		Signed
David Hinchliffe	01/02/1996	Wakefield		Signed
Joseph Hendron	01/02/1996	Belfast West		Signed
Greg Pope	15/02/1996	Hyndburn		Signed
Bill O'Brien	22/02/1996	Normanton		Signed
Alice Mahon	29/02/1996	Halifax		Signed
Clare Short	Unknown			Withdrawn
Terry Patchett	Unknown			Withdrawn

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