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EDM1841 - Release Of Alan Johnston

Proposed by Richard Burden on 04/07/2007.

That this House welcomes the release unharmed of Alan Johnston from captivity in Gaza; pays tribute to his integrity and courage, to the dignity shown by his parents throughout their ordeal, to Alan's friends and colleagues at the BBC for pursuing every avenue they could to secure Alan's release, to Foreign Office staff for their efforts, to the hundreds of thousands of people worldwide who have expressed their support for Alan and to the Palestinians themselves; notes particularly that Alan Johnston himself has acknowledged the pivotal role played by Hamas in condemning the kidnapping and securing his release; believes that this shows why the international community's support for Mahmoud Abbas as the legitimate President of Palestine should not preclude contact with Hamas, why the Quartet should support the reconciliation between different Palestinian parties that will be crucial to a successful peace process between Israel and Palestine and why this is further evidence that peace results from discussions between enemies as well as friends.

This motion has been signed by a total of 127 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Richard Burden04/07/2007Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourProposed
John Barrett04/07/2007Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSeconded
Phyllis Starkey04/07/2007Milton Keynes South WestLabourSeconded
Mohammad Sarwar04/07/2007Glasgow CentralLabourSeconded
Crispin Blunt04/07/2007ReigateConservativeSeconded
John Austin04/07/2007Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSeconded
Alex Salmond04/07/2007Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Keith Vaz04/07/2007Leicester EastLabourSigned
Bob Russell04/07/2007ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Diane Abbott04/07/2007Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Greg Pope04/07/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
Ian Gibson04/07/2007Norwich NorthLabourSigned
David Lepper04/07/2007Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice04/07/2007PendleLabourSigned
Emily Thornberry04/07/2007Islington South & FinsburyLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz04/07/2007Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Brian Iddon04/07/2007Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Janet Anderson04/07/2007Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
Clive Betts04/07/2007Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Jim Devine04/07/2007LivingstonLabourSigned
Nicholas Soames05/07/2007Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Paul Murphy05/07/2007TorfaenLabourSigned
David Drew05/07/2007StroudLabourSigned
Julie Morgan05/07/2007Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Alan Meale05/07/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins05/07/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Andrew George05/07/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty05/07/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins05/07/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones05/07/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Annette Brooke05/07/2007Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Conway05/07/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Vincent Cable05/07/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Clelland05/07/2007Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd05/07/2007Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Desmond Turner05/07/2007Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin05/07/2007Heywood & MiddletonLabourSigned
Charlotte Atkins05/07/2007Staffordshire MoorlandsLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley05/07/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Hywel Francis09/07/2007AberavonLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson09/07/2007Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Katy Clark09/07/2007Ayrshire North & ArranLabourSigned
Robert Wareing09/07/2007Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Betty Williams09/07/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Martin Salter09/07/2007Reading WestLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle09/07/2007ChorleyLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster09/07/2007Hastings & RyeLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard09/07/2007WalthamstowLabourSigned
Michael Ancram10/07/2007DevizesConservativeSigned
Martin Caton10/07/2007GowerLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn10/07/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Anderson10/07/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
Paul Truswell10/07/2007PudseyLabourSigned
Evan Harris10/07/2007Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock10/07/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Simpson11/07/2007Upper BannDUPSigned
Janet Dean11/07/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Colin Breed11/07/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan11/07/2007HalifaxLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross11/07/2007TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Bruce11/07/2007GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Clare Short11/07/2007Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Patrick Hall11/07/2007BedfordLabourSigned
Harry Cohen11/07/2007Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Lorely Burt11/07/2007SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Campbell11/07/2007Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
David Heyes12/07/2007Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Ann Cryer12/07/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington12/07/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
John Hemming12/07/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson12/07/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John Battle12/07/2007Leeds WestLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd16/07/2007Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Nick Harvey16/07/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price16/07/2007Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
John Leech16/07/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jon Trickett16/07/2007HemsworthLabourSigned
Pete Wishart16/07/2007Perth & Perthshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Michael Connarty17/07/2007Linlithgow & Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Marsha Singh17/07/2007Bradford WestLabourSigned
David Howarth17/07/2007CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Charles Kennedy17/07/2007Ross, Skye & LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis18/07/2007Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Anthony D Wright18/07/2007Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Michael Weir18/07/2007AngusScottish National PartySigned
Roger Berry18/07/2007KingswoodLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil19/07/2007Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Doug Naysmith19/07/2007Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Ian Taylor23/07/2007Esher & WaltonConservativeSigned
Roger Williams23/07/2007Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Taylor23/07/2007Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Stephen Williams23/07/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell24/07/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Andrew Pelling24/07/2007Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Willie Rennie24/07/2007Dunfermline & Fife WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake24/07/2007Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dowd24/07/2007Lewisham WestLabourSigned
John Heppell24/07/2007Nottingham EastLabourSigned
Mark Oaten24/07/2007WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Dobson24/07/2007Holborn & St PancrasLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff24/07/2007Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Frank Cook24/07/2007Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews24/07/2007MedwayLabourSigned
Clive Efford25/07/2007ElthamLabourSigned
Julia Goldsworthy25/07/2007Falmouth & CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Eddie McGrady25/07/2007South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John McDonnell25/07/2007Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Keen25/07/2007Feltham & HestonLabourSigned
Eric Illsley25/07/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael25/07/2007Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Soulsby25/07/2007Leicester SouthLabourSigned
David Chaytor25/07/2007Bury NorthLabourSigned
Steve Webb25/07/2007NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lyn Brown26/07/2007West HamLabourSigned
Anne Begg26/07/2007Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Dawn Butler26/07/2007Brent SouthLabourSigned
Frank Doran26/07/2007Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Shona McIsaac26/07/2007CleethorpesLabourSigned
David Hamilton08/10/2007MidlothianLabourSigned
Mike Wood08/10/2007Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Jo Swinson08/10/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
John Gummer08/10/2007Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Hugh Bayley08/10/2007York, City ofLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor08/10/2007Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd08/10/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Susan Kramer08/10/2007Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
John Grogan09/10/2007SelbyLabourSigned

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