Hunger Strike At Hmp Rochester

EDM number 453 in 1996-97, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 28/01/1997.

That this House is deeply concerned of the fate of asylum seekers in HMP Rochester who are on hunger strike and that 11 have been refusing food and since 27th January all fluids; recognises that none of these people have been charged with any offence and have sought sanctuary in Britain; and calls upon the Home Secretary to release them immediately from custody and end the practice of imprisoning asylum seekers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jeremy Corbyn	28/01/1997	Islington North		Proposed
Diane Abbott	28/01/1997	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
Norman Godman	28/01/1997	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Neil Gerrard	28/01/1997	Walthamstow		Signed
Don Foster	28/01/1997	Bath		Signed
Harry Cohen	28/01/1997	Leyton		Signed
Lynne Jones	28/01/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Hugh Bayley	29/01/1997	York, City of		Signed
Harry Barnes	29/01/1997	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Maria Fyfe	29/01/1997	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Andrew Faulds	29/01/1997	Warley East		Signed
John Cummings	29/01/1997	Easington		Signed
Tom Cox	29/01/1997	Tooting		Signed
Michael Clapham	29/01/1997	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Ken Livingstone	29/01/1997	Brent East		Signed
Terry Lewis	29/01/1997	Worsley		Signed
John Heppell	29/01/1997	Nottingham East		Signed
Robert Parry	29/01/1997	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Colin Pickthall	29/01/1997	West Lancashire		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	30/01/1997	Caernarfon		Signed
Robert Wareing	30/01/1997	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Tony Banks	30/01/1997	Newham North West		Signed
Ann Clwyd	30/01/1997	Cynon Valley		Signed
Emma Nicholson	30/01/1997	Torridge & West Devon		Signed
Dennis Skinner	30/01/1997	Bolsover		Signed
Kevin McNamara	31/01/1997	Kingston upon Hull North		Signed
John Gunnell	03/02/1997	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Bill Michie	04/02/1997	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Richard Burden	04/02/1997	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Tommy Graham	05/02/1997	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Jean Corston	05/02/1997	Bristol East		Signed
Eric Clarke	05/02/1997	Midlothian		Signed
Alan Meale	05/02/1997	Mansfield		Signed
Mike Hall	06/02/1997	Warrington South		Signed
Jack Thompson	06/02/1997	Wansbeck		Signed
Bill Etherington	20/03/1997	Sunderland North		Signed

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