13514
1995-96
172
150th Anniversary Of The Great Famine In Ireland
Robert Parry
1995-12-06
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.
Robert Parry
1995-12-06
Proposed
Liverpool, Riverside
Kevin McNamara
1995-12-06
Signed
Kingston upon Hull North
Roland Boyes
1995-12-06
Signed
Houghton and Washington
Keith Bradley
1995-12-06
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Malcolm Bruce
1995-12-06
Signed
Gordon
Richard Caborn
1995-12-06
Signed
Sheffield Central
James Callaghan
1995-12-06
Signed
Heywood & Middleton
Alex Carlile
1995-12-06
Signed
Montgomery
Diane Abbott
1995-12-06
Signed
Hackney North & Stoke Newington
Irene Adams
1995-12-06
Signed
Paisley North
Nick Ainger
1995-12-06
Signed
Pembroke
Graham Allen
1995-12-06
Signed
Nottingham North
David Alton
1995-12-06
Signed
Liverpool Mossley Hill
Janet Anderson
1995-12-06
Signed
Rossendale & Darwen
Tony Banks
1995-12-06
Signed
Newham North West
Harry Barnes
1995-12-06
Signed
North East Derbyshire
Kevin Barron
1995-12-06
Signed
Rother Valley
John Battle
1995-12-06
Signed
Leeds West
Hugh Bayley
1995-12-06
Signed
York, City of
Stuart Bell
1995-12-06
Signed
Middlesbrough
Tony Benn
1995-12-06
Signed
Chesterfield
Joe Benton
1995-12-06
Signed
Bootle
Gerry Bermingham
1995-12-06
Signed
St Helens South
Ernie Ross
1995-12-07
Signed
Dundee West
Alex Salmond
1995-12-07
Signed
Banff & Buchan
Alan Simpson
1995-12-07
Signed
Nottingham South
Dennis Skinner
1995-12-07
Signed
Bolsover
Alan Howarth
1995-12-07
Signed
Stratford-on-Avon
Lynne Jones
1995-12-07
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
John McAllion
1995-12-07
Signed
Dundee East
William McKelvey
1995-12-07
Signed
Kilmarnock & Loudoun
Bill Michie
1995-12-07
Signed
Sheffield, Heeley
Malcolm Chisholm
1995-12-07
Signed
Edinburgh Leith
Maria Fyfe
1995-12-07
Signed
Glasgow, Maryhill
Neil Gerrard
1995-12-07
Signed
Walthamstow
Norman Godman
1995-12-07
Signed
Greenock and Port Glasgow
Tom Cox
1995-12-08
Signed
Tooting
Peter Pike
1995-12-11
Signed
Burnley
Ted Rowlands
1995-12-11
Signed
Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney
Peter Hardy
1995-12-11
Signed
Wentworth
George Howarth
1995-12-11
Signed
Knowsley North
Doug Hoyle
1995-12-11
Signed
Warrington North
Roy Hughes
1995-12-11
Signed
Newport East
Glenda Jackson
1995-12-11
Signed
Hampstead & Highgate
Barry Jones
1995-12-11
Signed
Alyn & Deeside
Nigel Jones
1995-12-11
Signed
Cheltenham
Piara S Khabra
1995-12-11
Signed
Ealing, Southall
Eddie Loyden
1995-12-11
Signed
Liverpool, Garston
Andrew Miller
1995-12-11
Signed
Ellesmere Port & Neston
Edward O'Hara
1995-12-11
Signed
Knowsley South
Jeremy Corbyn
1995-12-11
Signed
Islington North
Bryan Davies
1995-12-11
Signed
Oldham Central and Royton
Terry Davis
1995-12-11
Signed
Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Angela Eagle
1995-12-11
Signed
Wallasey
John Evans
1995-12-11
Signed
St Helens North
Robert Wareing
1995-12-11
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Terry Rooney
1995-12-12
Signed
Bradford North
Nick Harvey
1995-12-12
Signed
North Devon
Robert Litherland
1995-12-12
Signed
Manchester Central
Ken Livingstone
1995-12-12
Signed
Brent East
Tony Lloyd
1995-12-12
Signed
Stretford
Eddie McGrady
1995-12-12
Signed
South Down
Alan Meale
1995-12-12
Signed
Mansfield
Alf Morris
1995-12-12
Signed
Manchester Wythenshawe
Ronnie Campbell
1995-12-12
Signed
Blyth Valley
Eric Clarke
1995-12-12
Signed
Midlothian
John Cummings
1995-12-12
Signed
Easington
Jim Dowd
1995-12-12
Signed
Lewisham West
Bill Etherington
1995-12-12
Signed
Sunderland North
Andrew Faulds
1995-12-12
Signed
Warley East
Frank Field
1995-12-12
Signed
Birkenhead
Paul Flynn
1995-12-12
Signed
Newport West
Llin Golding
1995-12-12
Signed
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Dennis Turner
1995-12-12
Signed
Wolverhampton South East
Alan Williams
1995-12-12
Signed
Swansea West
Audrey Wise
1995-12-12
Signed
Preston
James Wray
1995-12-12
Signed
Glasgow Provan
David Young
1995-12-12
Signed
Bolton South East
Colin Pickthall
1995-12-13
Signed
West Lancashire
Martin Redmond
1995-12-13
Signed
Don Valley
John Heppell
1995-12-13
Signed
Nottingham East
Simon Hughes
1995-12-13
Signed
Southwark and Bermondsey
Seamus Mallon
1995-12-13
Signed
Newry & Armagh
David Marshall
1995-12-13
Signed
Glasgow, Shettleston
Jim Marshall
1995-12-13
Signed
Leicester South
Gordon Oakes
1995-12-13
Signed
Halton
Bill Olner
1995-12-13
Signed
Nuneaton
Judith Church
1995-12-13
Signed
Dagenham
Michael Clapham
1995-12-13
Signed
Barnsley West & Penistone
Tom Clarke
1995-12-13
Signed
Monklands West
Harry Cohen
1995-12-13
Signed
Leyton
Jean Corston
1995-12-13
Signed
Bristol East
Denzil Davies
1995-12-13
Signed
Llanelli
John Gunnell
1995-12-13
Signed
Leeds South and Morley
Mike Hall
1995-12-13
Signed
Warrington South
Jack Thompson
1995-12-13
Signed
Wansbeck
Alan Wynne Williams
1995-12-13
Signed
Carmarthen
David Winnick
1995-12-13
Signed
Walsall North
Win Griffiths
1995-12-14
Signed
Bridgend
Dale Campbell-Savours
1995-12-18
Signed
Workington
David Clelland
1995-12-18
Signed
Tyne Bridge
Max Madden
1995-12-19
Signed
Bradford West
Martyn Jones
1995-12-19
Signed
Clwyd South West
Helen Liddell
1995-12-19
Signed
Monklands East
Frank Cook
1995-12-19
Signed
Stockton North
Bridget Prentice
1995-12-20
Signed
Lewisham East
Robert Hughes
1995-12-20
Signed
Aberdeen North
John Hume
1995-12-20
Signed
Foyle
Chris Mullin
1995-12-20
Signed
Sunderland South
Jeremy Bray
1995-12-20
Signed
Motherwell South
Mildred Gordon
1995-12-20
Signed
Bow and Poplar
Paddy Tipping
1995-12-20
Signed
Sherwood
Don Touhig
1995-12-20
Signed
Islwyn
Stan Orme
1996-01-10
Signed
Salford East
Michael Martin
1996-01-15
Signed
Glasgow, Springburn
Michael Connarty
1996-01-15
Signed
Falkirk East
Ian Davidson
1996-01-15
Signed
Glasgow, Govan
Kenneth Eastham
1996-01-15
Signed
Manchester, Blackley
Adam Ingram
1996-01-16
Signed
East Kilbride
Helen Jackson
1996-01-16
Signed
Sheffield, Hillsborough
Tommy Graham
1996-01-16
Signed
Renfrew West and Inverclyde
Kim Howells
1996-01-23
Signed
Pontypridd
Jim Cunningham
1996-01-23
Signed
Coventry South East
Eric Illsley
1996-01-24
Signed
Barnsley Central
Jon Owen Jones
1996-01-25
Signed
Cardiff Central
Ian McCartney
1996-01-25
Signed
Makerfield
John Marek
1996-01-31
Signed
Wrexham
John McFall
1996-01-31
Signed
Dumbarton
George Foulkes
1996-01-31
Signed
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Donald Anderson
1996-01-31
Signed
Swansea East
Joseph Hendron
1996-02-01
Signed
Belfast West
David Hinchliffe
1996-02-01
Signed
Wakefield
Kevin Hughes
1996-02-01
Signed
Doncaster North
Ann Coffey
1996-02-01
Signed
Stockport
Robin Corbett
1996-02-01
Signed
Birmingham, Erdington
Mark Fisher
1996-02-01
Signed
Stoke-on-Trent Central
Mike Gapes
1996-02-01
Signed
Ilford South
Greg Pope
1996-02-15
Signed
Hyndburn
Bill O'Brien
1996-02-22
Signed
Normanton
Alice Mahon
1996-02-29
Signed
Halifax
Clare Short
Withdrawn
Terry Patchett
Withdrawn