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.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Richard Burden	04/07/2007	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Proposed
John Barrett	04/07/2007	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Phyllis Starkey	04/07/2007	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Seconded
Mohammad Sarwar	04/07/2007	Glasgow Central	Labour	Seconded
Crispin Blunt	04/07/2007	Reigate	Conservative	Seconded
John Austin	04/07/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Seconded
Alex Salmond	04/07/2007	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Keith Vaz	04/07/2007	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	04/07/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	04/07/2007	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	04/07/2007	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	04/07/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	04/07/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	04/07/2007	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	04/07/2007	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	04/07/2007	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	04/07/2007	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	04/07/2007	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	04/07/2007	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	04/07/2007	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Soames	05/07/2007	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Paul Murphy	05/07/2007	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
David Drew	05/07/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	05/07/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	05/07/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/07/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	05/07/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	05/07/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/07/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	05/07/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	05/07/2007	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	05/07/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Vincent Cable	05/07/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Clelland	05/07/2007	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	05/07/2007	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	05/07/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	05/07/2007	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	05/07/2007	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	05/07/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Francis	09/07/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	09/07/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	09/07/2007	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	09/07/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	09/07/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	09/07/2007	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/07/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	09/07/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/07/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	10/07/2007	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	10/07/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	10/07/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	10/07/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	10/07/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	10/07/2007	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	10/07/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	11/07/2007	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Janet Dean	11/07/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	11/07/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	11/07/2007	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	11/07/2007	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	11/07/2007	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	11/07/2007	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	11/07/2007	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	11/07/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	11/07/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	11/07/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	12/07/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	12/07/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	12/07/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	12/07/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	12/07/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Battle	12/07/2007	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	16/07/2007	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	16/07/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	16/07/2007	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Leech	16/07/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Trickett	16/07/2007	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	16/07/2007	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Connarty	17/07/2007	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	17/07/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	17/07/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	17/07/2007	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	18/07/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anthony D Wright	18/07/2007	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	18/07/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roger Berry	18/07/2007	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	19/07/2007	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Doug Naysmith	19/07/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	23/07/2007	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Roger Williams	23/07/2007	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	23/07/2007	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Stephen Williams	23/07/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	24/07/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Pelling	24/07/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Willie Rennie	24/07/2007	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	24/07/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	24/07/2007	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
John Heppell	24/07/2007	Nottingham East	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	24/07/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	24/07/2007	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	24/07/2007	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	24/07/2007	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	24/07/2007	Medway	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	25/07/2007	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	25/07/2007	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	25/07/2007	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John McDonnell	25/07/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	25/07/2007	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	25/07/2007	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	25/07/2007	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Soulsby	25/07/2007	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	25/07/2007	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	25/07/2007	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lyn Brown	26/07/2007	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	26/07/2007	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Dawn Butler	26/07/2007	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	26/07/2007	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	26/07/2007	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	08/10/2007	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	08/10/2007	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	08/10/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Gummer	08/10/2007	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	08/10/2007	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	08/10/2007	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/10/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Susan Kramer	08/10/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	09/10/2007	Selby	Labour	Signed

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