BAHA'I INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

EDM number 418 in 1998-99, proposed by David Atkinson on 11/03/1999.

That this House notes the efforts of the Iranian Ministry of Information to close the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education in October 1998; further notes the raids on the homes of 500 Baha'is, the confiscation of material and teaching resources and the arrests of 36 faculty members, three of whom are still in prison; is aware that Baha'is are still denied access to state-run universities in Iran on grounds of their faith; observes that the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education provides the sole access to degree-level education for Baha'is in Iran; and urges Her Majesty's Government to bring to bear all diplomatic and political pressure upon the Government of Iran to allow Baha'is unhindered access to use their own educational institute and also to reinstate their right to study at state universities, and to press the Iranian authorities to give guarantees that they will respect the rights of the Baha'i community of that country to full access to education.

This motion has been signed by a total of 124 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Atkinson	11/03/1999	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Proposed
Tim Loughton	11/03/1999	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	12/03/1999	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John Austin	15/03/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Roseanna Cunningham	15/03/1999	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ashok Kumar	15/03/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/03/1999	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	15/03/1999	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Roy Beggs	16/03/1999	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Mike Hancock	16/03/1999	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clifford Forsythe	16/03/1999	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Ian Davidson	16/03/1999	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Michie	16/03/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	16/03/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	16/03/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	16/03/1999	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William Ross	16/03/1999	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Jenny Tonge	17/03/1999	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	17/03/1999	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	17/03/1999	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	17/03/1999	Newport West	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	17/03/1999	Easington	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	17/03/1999	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	17/03/1999	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	18/03/1999	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/03/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	18/03/1999	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	18/03/1999	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/03/1999	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	19/03/1999	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	22/03/1999	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/03/1999	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	22/03/1999	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Piara S Khabra	23/03/1999	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	23/03/1999	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lembit	23/03/1999	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	24/03/1999	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	25/03/1999	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	25/03/1999	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	25/03/1999	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	29/03/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	30/03/1999	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	31/03/1999	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jamie Cann	13/04/1999	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	13/04/1999	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Bowen Wells	13/04/1999	Hertford & Stortford	Conservative	Signed
Ron Davies	14/04/1999	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	14/04/1999	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Luff	14/04/1999	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Julian Lewis	15/04/1999	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Graham Brady	15/04/1999	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/04/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	16/04/1999	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	16/04/1999	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	16/04/1999	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	19/04/1999	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Denzil Davies	19/04/1999	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	20/04/1999	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
William Thompson	20/04/1999	West Tyrone	UUP	Signed
Robert Wareing	20/04/1999	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	20/04/1999	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	21/04/1999	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	21/04/1999	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Robinson	21/04/1999	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
David Prior	21/04/1999	North Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Christine Butler	22/04/1999	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
David Amess	26/04/1999	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bradley	27/04/1999	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	27/04/1999	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	28/04/1999	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Judith Church	28/04/1999	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	28/04/1999	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	28/04/1999	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Huw Edwards	29/04/1999	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Rosie Winterton	29/04/1999	Doncaster Central	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	30/04/1999	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	04/05/1999	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Audrey Wise	05/05/1999	Preston	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	05/05/1999	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	05/05/1999	Brent East	Labour	Signed
David Trimble	06/05/1999	Upper Bann	UUP	Signed
Paul Keetch	10/05/1999	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	10/05/1999	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Blizzard	11/05/1999	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	12/05/1999	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Drown	13/05/1999	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	18/05/1999	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	18/05/1999	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	18/05/1999	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Crispin Blunt	19/05/1999	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	20/05/1999	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Richard Body	20/05/1999	Boston & Skegness	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	24/05/1999	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	08/06/1999	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bob Laxton	08/06/1999	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	09/06/1999	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	15/06/1999	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Howard Flight	16/06/1999	Arundel & South Downs	Conservative	Signed
Michael Mates	17/06/1999	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Michael Connarty	17/06/1999	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Liz Blackman	17/06/1999	Erewash	Labour	Signed
Virginia Bottomley	18/06/1999	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	18/06/1999	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Hume	22/06/1999	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Paul Truswell	22/06/1999	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Jim Wallace	28/06/1999	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	01/07/1999	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	06/07/1999	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Donald Gorrie	07/07/1999	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	13/07/1999	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	15/07/1999	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Desmond Swayne	19/07/1999	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Richard Allan	21/07/1999	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	26/07/1999	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Wilkinson	19/10/1999	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Twigg	19/10/1999	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	19/10/1999	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Alan Hurst	19/10/1999	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	19/10/1999	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	20/10/1999	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	26/10/1999	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	03/11/1999	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Alastair Goodlad	Unknown			Withdrawn
Graham Stringer	Unknown			Withdrawn

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