<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>15493</id>
<session>1997-98</session>
<number>816</number>
<title>Developments In Bangladesh</title>
<proposer id="10341">Oona King</proposer>
<date>1998-02-23</date>
<text>That this House recalls the suffering of the people of Bangladesh during the war of independence which led to three million deaths; welcomes the steps that have been taken to restore democracy in Bangladesh; congratulates the Bangladeshi Prime Minister's efforts to bring peace to the region, in particular the successful negotiation of the Chittagong Hill Tracks Treaty; recognises the need for increased foreign investment particularly in the energy sector; and welcomes continued friendly relations between the British and Bangladeshi governments to promote development in Bangladesh.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10341">Oona King</mp>
		<date>1998-02-23</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Bethnal Green &amp; Bow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10513">Ernie Ross</mp>
		<date>1998-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10523">Joan Ryan</mp>
		<date>1998-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Enfield North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10410">Judy Mallaber</mp>
		<date>1998-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Amber Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10199">Jim Fitzpatrick</mp>
		<date>1998-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Poplar &amp; Canning Town</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10611">Stephen Twigg</mp>
		<date>1998-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Enfield, Southgate</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>1998-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10432">Bill Michie</mp>
		<date>1998-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Heeley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10364">Ken Livingstone</mp>
		<date>1998-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brent East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10346">Ashok Kumar</mp>
		<date>1998-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Middlesbrough South &amp; East Cleveland</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>1998-02-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10089">Ronnie Campbell</mp>
		<date>1998-02-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blyth Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>1998-02-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>1998-02-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10652">Phil Woolas</mp>
		<date>1998-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Oldham East &amp; Saddleworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>1998-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>1998-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>1998-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10075">Karen Buck</mp>
		<date>1998-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10325">Nigel Jones</mp>
		<date>1998-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10481">Kerry Pollard</mp>
		<date>1998-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Albans</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10452">Denis Murphy</mp>
		<date>1998-03-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wansbeck</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10169">Andrew Dismore</mp>
		<date>1998-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hendon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10173">Brian H Donohoe</mp>
		<date>1998-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cunninghame South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>1998-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10230">Norman Godman</mp>
		<date>1998-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Greenock &amp; Inverclyde</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10619">Joan Walley</mp>
		<date>1998-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stoke-on-Trent North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10163">Terry Davis</mp>
		<date>1998-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Hodge Hill</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10156">Valerie Davey</mp>
		<date>1998-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10152">Tam Dalyell</mp>
		<date>1998-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Linlithgow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10132">Robin Corbett</mp>
		<date>1998-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Erdington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10123">Harry Cohen</mp>
		<date>1998-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leyton &amp; Wanstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10407">Alice Mahon</mp>
		<date>1998-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Halifax</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10363">Martin Linton</mp>
		<date>1998-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Battersea</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10532">Brian Sedgemore</mp>
		<date>1998-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney South &amp; Shoreditch</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10184">Huw Edwards</mp>
		<date>1998-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Monmouth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10018">Charlotte Atkins</mp>
		<date>1998-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Staffordshire Moorlands</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10042">Gerry Bermingham</mp>
		<date>1998-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Helens South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10607">Dennis Turner</mp>
		<date>1998-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wolverhampton South East</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10649">Audrey Wise</mp>
		<date>1998-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Preston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10138">Tom Cox</mp>
		<date>1998-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tooting</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10129">Frank Cook</mp>
		<date>1998-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stockton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10102">Malcolm Chisholm</mp>
		<date>1998-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh North &amp; Leith</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10435">Andrew Miller</mp>
		<date>1998-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ellesmere Port &amp; Neston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10372">Andrew Love</mp>
		<date>1998-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edmonton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10304">Brian Iddon</mp>
		<date>1998-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton South East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10491">Gwyn Prosser</mp>
		<date>1998-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dover</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10021">John Austin</mp>
		<date>1998-03-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Erith &amp; Thamesmead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>1998-03-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10154">Keith Darvill</mp>
		<date>1998-03-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upminster</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10147">Jim Cunningham</mp>
		<date>1998-03-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Coventry South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10399">Kevin McNamara</mp>
		<date>1998-03-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingston upon Hull North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10178">Julia Drown</mp>
		<date>1998-03-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Swindon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10238">Tommy Graham</mp>
		<date>1998-03-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Renfrewshire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10202">Caroline Flint</mp>
		<date>1998-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Don Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10226">Ian Gibson</mp>
		<date>1998-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Norwich North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10231">Roger Godsiff</mp>
		<date>1998-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Sparkbrook &amp; Small Heath</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10250">John Gunnell</mp>
		<date>1998-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Morley &amp; Rothwell</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10044">Harold Best</mp>
		<date>1998-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10186">Louise Ellman</mp>
		<date>1998-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, Riverside</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10107">Alan Clark</mp>
		<date>1998-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kensington &amp; Chelsea</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10296">Beverley Hughes</mp>
		<date>1998-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stretford &amp; Urmston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</mp>
		<date>1998-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chorley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>1998-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10274">Stephen Hepburn</mp>
		<date>1998-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Jarrow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10521">Bob Russell</mp>
		<date>1998-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Colchester</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10475">Tom Pendry</mp>
		<date>1998-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stalybridge &amp; Hyde</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10237">Donald Gorrie</mp>
		<date>1998-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10244">Jane Griffiths</mp>
		<date>1998-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Reading East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10009">David Amess</mp>
		<date>1998-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southend West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10039">Joe Benton</mp>
		<date>1998-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bootle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10650">Mike Wood</mp>
		<date>1998-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Batley &amp; Spen</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10220">Barry Gardiner</mp>
		<date>1998-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brent North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10201">Howard Flight</mp>
		<date>1998-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Arundel &amp; South Downs</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10120">Ann Clwyd</mp>
		<date>1998-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cynon Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10105">Michael Clapham</mp>
		<date>1998-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley West &amp; Penistone</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10464">Martin O'Neill</mp>
		<date>1998-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ochil</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>1998-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10331">Paul Keetch</mp>
		<date>1998-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hereford</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10543">Marsha Singh</mp>
		<date>1998-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bradford West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10591">Teddy Taylor</mp>
		<date>1998-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rochford &amp; Southend East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10337">Piara S Khabra</mp>
		<date>1998-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ealing, Southall</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10472">Nick Palmer</mp>
		<date>1998-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Broxtowe</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10019">David Atkinson</mp>
		<date>1998-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bournemouth East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10017">Candy Atherton</mp>
		<date>1998-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Falmouth &amp; Camborne</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>1998-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10127">Michael Colvin</mp>
		<date>1998-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Romsey</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10063">Tom Brake</mp>
		<date>1998-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carshalton &amp; Wallington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10437">Laura Moffatt</mp>
		<date>1998-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Crawley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10310">Robert Jackson</mp>
		<date>1998-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wantage</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10287">Phil Hope</mp>
		<date>1998-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Corby</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10529">Malcolm Savidge</mp>
		<date>1998-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Aberdeen North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10298">Simon Hughes</mp>
		<date>1998-03-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Southwark &amp; Bermondsey</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10159">Geraint Davies</mp>
		<date>1998-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Croydon Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10136">Brian Cotter</mp>
		<date>1998-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Weston-Super-Mare</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10375">John McAllion</mp>
		<date>1998-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10357">Ivan Lewis</mp>
		<date>1998-03-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bury South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10090">Dale Campbell-Savours</mp>
		<date>1998-03-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Workington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10608">Desmond Turner</mp>
		<date>1998-03-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Kemptown</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10568">David Stewart</mp>
		<date>1998-03-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>1998-03-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10200">Lorna Fitzsimons</mp>
		<date>1998-03-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rochdale</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10528">Mohammad Sarwar</mp>
		<date>1998-03-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Govan</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10482">Chris Pond</mp>
		<date>1998-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gravesham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10567">George Stevenson</mp>
		<date>1998-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stoke-on-Trent South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10117">Tony Clarke</mp>
		<date>1998-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Northampton South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10522">Christine Russell</mp>
		<date>1998-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chester, City of</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10332">Ruth Kelly</mp>
		<date>1998-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10510">Allan Rogers</mp>
		<date>1998-04-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rhondda</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>1998-05-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
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</edm>
