Sir Salman Rushdie

EDM number 1732 in 2006-07, proposed by Gordon Prentice on 19/06/2007.

That this House deplores the reported comments of the Pakistan Minister for Religious Affairs, Ijaz ul-Haq, who apparently believes that it would be legitimate for a suicide bomber to take the life of Salman Rushdie following the award of a knighthood for his literary achievements; further deplores the resolution of Pakistan's lower House of Parliament condemning the author's knighthood; believes that such utterances reflect medieval attitudes which damage Pakistan's reputation in the world; and urges the country to embrace modernity and tolerate differences in views and in religion.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Gordon Prentice	19/06/2007	Pendle	Labour	Proposed
Andrew George	19/06/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Ann Cryer	19/06/2007	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Michael Penning	19/06/2007	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	20/06/2007	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	20/06/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Stephen Crabb	20/06/2007	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	20/06/2007	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	20/06/2007	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/06/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	20/06/2007	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	20/06/2007			Signed
Lynne Jones	20/06/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	20/06/2007	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	20/06/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	21/06/2007	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	21/06/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	21/06/2007	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	21/06/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Vincent Cable	25/06/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	25/06/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	25/06/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	25/06/2007	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	25/06/2007	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	26/06/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Edward Vaizey	27/06/2007	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Michael Clapham	28/06/2007	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	28/06/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	29/06/2007	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Nadine Dorries	29/06/2007	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/07/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	25/07/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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