<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>24044</id>
<session>2002-03</session>
<number>232</number>
<title>Investment And Human Rights In Burma</title>
<proposer id="10709">Vera Baird</proposer>
<date>2002-11-28</date>
<text>That this House condemns the brutal military regime in Burma and the continuing human rights violations committed under its name; recognises the legitimacy of the democratic election of the National League for Democracy and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 1990; regrets the continuing presence of British American Tobacco (BAT) in Burma as co-owner, with a company owned by the military dictatorship in Burma, of the Burmese subsidiary Rothmans of Pall Mall Myanmar, which shareholding BAT acquired when it took over Rothmans, because the income from this venture is supporting the brutal military regime; and calls on BAT to withdraw, and on the Government to encourage BAT to withdraw, from Burma.</text>
<topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10709">Vera Baird</mp>
		<date>2002-11-28</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Redcar</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10934">David Hamilton</mp>
		<date>2002-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Midlothian</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10221">Edward Garnier</mp>
		<date>2002-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harborough</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11059">Iain Luke</mp>
		<date>2002-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10529">Malcolm Savidge</mp>
		<date>2002-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Aberdeen North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11174">John Pugh</mp>
		<date>2002-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southport</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10657">Derek Wyatt</mp>
		<date>2002-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sittingbourne &amp; Sheppey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10599">Jenny Tonge</mp>
		<date>2002-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Richmond Park</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10675">Simon Thomas</mp>
		<date>2002-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11275">Richard Taylor</mp>
		<date>2002-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wyre Forest</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10308">Glenda Jackson</mp>
		<date>2002-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hampstead &amp; Highgate</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</mp>
		<date>2002-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chorley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2002-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10968">Paul Holmes</mp>
		<date>2002-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chesterfield</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="11312">Michael Weir</mp>
		<date>2002-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Angus</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2002-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10231">Roger Godsiff</mp>
		<date>2002-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Sparkbrook &amp; Small Heath</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>2002-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10879">Annabelle Ewing</mp>
		<date>2002-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Perth</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10157">Ian Davidson</mp>
		<date>2002-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Pollok</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2002-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10416">Paul Marsden</mp>
		<date>2002-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Shrewsbury &amp; Atcham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10025">Tony Banks</mp>
		<date>2002-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Ham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10246">Win Griffiths</mp>
		<date>2002-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bridgend</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10136">Brian Cotter</mp>
		<date>2002-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Weston-Super-Mare</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10118">David Clelland</mp>
		<date>2002-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tyne Bridge</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2002-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10346">Ashok Kumar</mp>
		<date>2002-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Middlesbrough South &amp; East Cleveland</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2002-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11245">Bob Spink</mp>
		<date>2002-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Castle Point</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10551">Llew Smith</mp>
		<date>2002-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaenau Gwent</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10612">Paul Tyler</mp>
		<date>2002-12-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2002-12-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10163">Terry Davis</mp>
		<date>2002-12-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Hodge Hill</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10138">Tom Cox</mp>
		<date>2002-12-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tooting</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11095">Rob Marris</mp>
		<date>2002-12-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wolverhampton South West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10958">Lady Hermon</mp>
		<date>2002-12-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Down</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2002-12-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10716">John Barrett</mp>
		<date>2002-12-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10026">Harry Barnes</mp>
		<date>2002-12-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Derbyshire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2002-12-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10021">John Austin</mp>
		<date>2002-12-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Erith &amp; Thamesmead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2002-12-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10126">Tony Colman</mp>
		<date>2002-12-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Putney</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10076">Richard Burden</mp>
		<date>2002-12-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Northfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10362">Peter Lilley</mp>
		<date>2002-12-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hitchin &amp; Harpenden</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10543">Marsha Singh</mp>
		<date>2002-12-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bradford West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2002-12-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10399">Kevin McNamara</mp>
		<date>2002-12-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingston upon Hull North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10532">Brian Sedgemore</mp>
		<date>2002-12-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney South &amp; Shoreditch</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11027">Jim Knight</mp>
		<date>2002-12-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Dorset</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>2002-12-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10479">Peter Pike</mp>
		<date>2003-01-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burnley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10683">Adrian Bailey</mp>
		<date>2003-01-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Bromwich West</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10325">Nigel Jones</mp>
		<date>2003-01-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10128">Michael Connarty</mp>
		<date>2003-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Falkirk East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>2003-01-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2003-01-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11060">John Lyons</mp>
		<date>2003-02-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Strathkelvin &amp; Bearsden</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10578">Andrew Stunell</mp>
		<date>2003-02-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hazel Grove</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10776">Patsy Calton</mp>
		<date>2003-02-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheadle</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10442">Julie Morgan</mp>
		<date>2003-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cardiff North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10403">Tony McWalter</mp>
		<date>2003-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemel Hempstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10066">Colin Breed</mp>
		<date>2003-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10775">David Cairns</mp>
		<date>2003-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Greenock &amp; Inverclyde</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10176">Jim Dowd</mp>
		<date>2003-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lewisham West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10208">Don Foster</mp>
		<date>2003-02-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bath</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10188">Jeff Ennis</mp>
		<date>2003-02-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley East &amp; Mexborough</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11189">Angus Robertson</mp>
		<date>2003-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Moray</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10462">Edward O'Hara</mp>
		<date>2003-03-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Knowsley South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11076">Ann McKechin</mp>
		<date>2003-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Maryhill</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11323">Hywel Williams</mp>
		<date>2003-03-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Caernarfon</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10009">David Amess</mp>
		<date>2003-03-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southend West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10371">Tim Loughton</mp>
		<date>2003-03-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Worthing &amp; Shoreham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10224">Neil Gerrard</mp>
		<date>2003-04-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walthamstow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10385">Eddie McGrady</mp>
		<date>2003-04-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Down</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10337">Piara S Khabra</mp>
		<date>2003-04-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ealing, Southall</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10080">Paul Burstow</mp>
		<date>2003-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sutton &amp; Cheam</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10353">David Lepper</mp>
		<date>2003-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Pavilion</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10044">Harold Best</mp>
		<date>2003-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10519">Joan Ruddock</mp>
		<date>2003-07-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lewisham, Deptford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
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