17488 1999-00 1199 Ernie Ross 2000-11-29 That this House believes that the implementation of UN resolutions 242, 338 and 194 must be the basis for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East; regrets the upsurge of violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories over the last two months and deplores the excessive use of force by the Israeli defence forces against civilian protesters; further acknowledges the determination of the Palestinian people to end 33 years of occupation; believes that the creation of an Independent Palestinian State alongside the State of Israel is the only solution that will achieve security and stability for peoples of all nationalities, races and religions in the region; recognizes that under customary international law, an independent Palestinian State seeking membership of the United Nations must fulfill four basic criteria: a defined territory, a permanent population, a Government able to exercise effective control over the state's territory and independence in its external relations; and urges Israel and the Palestinians to reach a peace agreement based on mutual respect, an end to the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and the creation of an Independent Palestinian State. Ernie Ross 2000-11-29 Proposed Dundee West Labour Nick St Aubyn 2000-11-29 Seconded Guildford Conservative Neil Gerrard 2000-11-29 Seconded Walthamstow Labour Phyllis Starkey 2000-11-29 Seconded Milton Keynes South West Labour Menzies Campbell 2000-11-29 Seconded Fife North East Liberal Democrat Nicholas Soames 2000-11-29 Seconded Mid Sussex Conservative Jim Marshall 2000-11-29 Signed Leicester South Labour Stephen McCabe 2000-11-29 Signed Birmingham, Hall Green Labour Michael Clapham 2000-11-29 Signed Barnsley West & Penistone Labour Tony Clarke 2000-11-29 Signed Northampton South Labour Jim Dobbin 2000-11-29 Signed Heywood & Middleton Labour Co-operative John Austin 2000-11-29 Signed Erith & Thamesmead Labour Ian Stewart 2000-11-29 Signed Eccles Labour Anthony D Wright 2000-11-29 Signed Great Yarmouth Labour Alice Mahon 2000-11-29 Signed Halifax Labour Tony Lloyd 2000-11-29 Signed Manchester Central Labour Chris Ruane 2000-11-29 Signed Vale of Clwyd Labour Christine Russell 2000-11-29 Signed Chester, City of Labour Ivan Henderson 2000-11-29 Signed Harwich Labour Brian Iddon 2000-11-29 Signed Bolton South East Labour Alan Keen 2000-11-29 Signed Feltham & Heston Labour Co-operative Andy King 2000-11-29 Signed Rugby & Kenilworth Labour Tess Kingham 2000-11-29 Signed Gloucester Labour Bob Laxton 2000-11-29 Signed Derby North Labour Derek Wyatt 2000-11-29 Signed Sittingbourne & Sheppey Labour