Mrs Manjit Basuta
EDM number 786 in 1999-00, proposed by Fiona Mactaggart on 25/05/2000.
That this House notes that Mrs Manjit Basuta, a British citizen, has been convicted in the United States and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment after an unsafe trial; further notes that the trial did not comply with Article 14 of the International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights stating that all persons shall be equal before the courts and tribunals, everyone is entitled to be heard by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal, everyone is entitled to examine, or have examined the witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf on the same conditions as those against him; further notes that this unfairness is shown by the unsupervised vetting of the jury, the prejudicial refusal to admit relevant and expert evidence, the questionable reliability of the main prosecution witness and the judge's apparent greater concern for expediency than fairness; and supports Manjit Basuta's lawyers' and Fair Trials Abroad's call for an immediate retrial.
This motion has been signed by a total of 83 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Fiona Mactaggart | 25/05/2000 | Slough | Labour | Proposed |
| Norman Godman | 25/05/2000 | Greenock & Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Gilroy | 25/05/2000 | Plymouth, Sutton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 25/05/2000 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Barry Gardiner | 25/05/2000 | Brent North | Labour | Signed |
| Maria Fyfe | 25/05/2000 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Labour | Signed |
| Lorna Fitzsimons | 25/05/2000 | Rochdale | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Fabricant | 25/05/2000 | Lichfield | Conservative | Signed |
| Jeff Ennis | 25/05/2000 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
| Louise Ellman | 25/05/2000 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| David Drew | 25/05/2000 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Brian H Donohoe | 25/05/2000 | Cunninghame South | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 25/05/2000 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Hilton Dawson | 25/05/2000 | Lancaster & Wyre | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 25/05/2000 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Goggins | 25/05/2000 | Wythenshawe & Sale East | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Allan | 25/05/2000 | Sheffield, Hallam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Derek Wyatt | 25/05/2000 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Woolas | 25/05/2000 | Oldham East & Saddleworth | Labour | Signed |
| Rosie Winterton | 25/05/2000 | Doncaster Central | Labour | Signed |
| David Winnick | 25/05/2000 | Walsall North | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Whitehead | 25/05/2000 | Southampton, Test | Labour | Signed |
| Charles Wardle | 25/05/2000 | Bexhill & Battle | Conservative | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 25/05/2000 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Gareth Thomas | 25/05/2000 | Clwyd West | Labour | Signed |
| David Taylor | 25/05/2000 | North West Leicestershire | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Howard Stoate | 25/05/2000 | Dartford | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Stewart | 25/05/2000 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
| Charlotte Atkins | 25/05/2000 | Staffordshire Moorlands | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 25/05/2000 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Patrick Hall | 25/05/2000 | Bedford | Labour | Signed |
| Iain Coleman | 25/05/2000 | Hammersmith & Fulham | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Pike | 25/05/2000 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
| Lindsay Hoyle | 25/05/2000 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
| Jimmy Hood | 25/05/2000 | Clydesdale | Labour | Signed |
| Phyllis Starkey | 25/05/2000 | Milton Keynes South West | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 25/05/2000 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Debra Shipley | 25/05/2000 | Stourbridge | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Sedgemore | 25/05/2000 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Savidge | 25/05/2000 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 25/05/2000 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ernie Ross | 25/05/2000 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Rooney | 25/05/2000 | Bradford North | Labour | Signed |
| Syd Rapson | 25/05/2000 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 25/05/2000 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Pound | 25/05/2000 | Ealing North | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Humble | 25/05/2000 | Blackpool North & Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
| Barry Jones | 25/05/2000 | Alyn & Deeside | Labour | Signed |
| Jenny Jones | 25/05/2000 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
| Vernon Coaker | 25/05/2000 | Gedling | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Clwyd | 25/05/2000 | Cynon Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Burgon | 25/05/2000 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
| Russell Brown | 25/05/2000 | Dumfries | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 25/05/2000 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen McCabe | 25/05/2000 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Marshall | 25/05/2000 | Leicester South | Labour | Signed |
| Judy Mallaber | 25/05/2000 | Amber Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 25/05/2000 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Linton | 25/05/2000 | Battersea | Labour | Signed |
| Ivan Lewis | 25/05/2000 | Bury South | Labour | Signed |
| Oona King | 25/05/2000 | Bethnal Green & Bow | Labour | Signed |
| Piara S Khabra | 25/05/2000 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| Gerald Kaufman | 25/05/2000 | Manchester, Gorton | Labour | Signed |
| John Austin | 05/06/2000 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 05/06/2000 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| John Cummings | 06/06/2000 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 07/06/2000 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 07/06/2000 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 07/06/2000 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Gapes | 07/06/2000 | Ilford South | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 08/06/2000 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 08/06/2000 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tony Clarke | 08/06/2000 | Northampton South | Labour | Signed |
| Win Griffiths | 08/06/2000 | Bridgend | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 09/06/2000 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ashok Kumar | 12/06/2000 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 13/06/2000 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 15/06/2000 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew George | 15/06/2000 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mohammad Sarwar | 18/07/2000 | Glasgow, Govan | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Efford | 20/07/2000 | Eltham | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 27/07/2000 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Irene Adams | 27/07/2000 | Paisley North | Labour | Signed |
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