Recognition Of Armenian Genocide

EDM number 2166 in 2006-07, proposed by Stephen Pound on 22/10/2007.

That this House applauds the action of the US Congress Foreign Affairs Committee in passing House Resolution 106 on 10th October 2007 in respect of recognition of the genocide of Armenians and Assyrians in 1915; and calls on the government of Turkey to acknowledge that the tide of world opinion is flowing in the direction of recognition of the 1915 genocide by the government of the former Ottoman Empire.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Stephen Pound	22/10/2007	Ealing North	Labour	Proposed
John Battle	22/10/2007	Leeds West	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	22/10/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jim Devine	23/10/2007	Livingston	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	23/10/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Angus MacNeil	23/10/2007	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Stephen Williams	23/10/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	23/10/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Desmond Turner	23/10/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	23/10/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Lepper	23/10/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	23/10/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	24/10/2007	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	24/10/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	24/10/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	24/10/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
John McDonnell	24/10/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	24/10/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	25/10/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	25/10/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/10/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	25/10/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	29/10/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	29/10/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	29/10/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	29/10/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	29/10/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed

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