37229 2008-09 231 James Arbuthnot 2008-12-10 That this House notes with concern the deteriorating security situation in Israel's southern communities of Ashkelon, Sderot and the western Negav; condemns the firing of over 200 rockets and mortars, including long-range Katyusha rockets, from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip since 5 November 2008; recognises the toll these rocket attacks are taking on the people of Sderot in particular, two thirds of whom suffer post-traumatic stress disorder and whose lives are shaped by warning sirens and bomb shelters; acknowledges Hamas' violation of the ceasefire with Israel and its deliberate launching of rockets from populated areas into civilian territory; denounces the continued digging of tunnels in Gaza to smuggle arms, military equipment and militants into the territory to launch further attacks against Israel; further recognises the critical humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip; calls for rapid improvement in the humanitarian and economic circumstances of the Gazan people; urges Hamas to stop the rocket and mortar attacks in order that Israel can at all times keep the crossings into Gaza open; welcomes the Foreign Secretary's recent visit to Sderot, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, as well as his efforts on behalf of the Government to meet and work with those people who seek a just and peaceful resolution to the conflict; further recognises that the US-led Annapolis process has produced progress to date; and believes this represents the best opportunity to turn the two state solution into a reality. International politics and government Middle East Military operations James Arbuthnot 2008-12-10 Proposed North East Hampshire Conservative Nigel Evans 2008-12-10 Seconded Ribble Valley Conservative Robert Syms 2008-12-10 Seconded Poole Conservative Graham Brady 2008-12-10 Seconded Altrincham & Sale West Conservative Andrew Gwynne 2008-12-10 Seconded Denton & Reddish Labour Alan Beith 2008-12-10 Seconded Berwick-upon-Tweed Liberal Democrat Malcolm Moss 2008-12-10 Signed North East Cambridgeshire Conservative Brooks Newmark 2008-12-10 Signed Braintree Conservative Lee Scott 2008-12-11 Signed Ilford North Conservative Stewart Jackson 2008-12-11 Signed Peterborough Conservative Mike Wood 2008-12-11 Signed Batley & Spen Labour Peter Bottomley 2008-12-11 Signed Worthing West Conservative David Amess 2008-12-11 Signed Southend West Conservative Andrew Dismore 2008-12-11 Signed Hendon Labour John Butterfill 2008-12-11 Signed Bournemouth West Conservative Philip Davies 2008-12-15 Signed Shipley Conservative Gregory Campbell 2008-12-15 Signed East Londonderry DUP Glenda Jackson 2008-12-15 Signed Hampstead & Highgate Labour Joan Humble 2008-12-15 Signed Blackpool North & Fleetwood Labour Mark Hunter 2008-12-16 Signed Cheadle Liberal Democrat Stephen Williams 2008-12-16 Signed Bristol West Liberal Democrat John Leech 2008-12-16 Signed Manchester, Withington Liberal Democrat Greg Hands 2008-12-16 Signed Hammersmith & Fulham Conservative Stephen Crabb 2008-12-16 Signed Preseli Pembrokeshire Conservative Angela Watkinson 2008-12-16 Signed Upminster Conservative Jonathan Djanogly 2008-12-16 Signed Huntingdon Conservative Andrew Miller 2008-12-16 Signed Ellesmere Port & Neston Labour Tom Harris 2008-12-16 Signed Glasgow South Labour James Gray 2008-12-17 Signed North Wiltshire Conservative Nick Harvey 2008-12-17 Signed North Devon Liberal Democrat Evan Harris 2008-12-18 Signed Oxford West & Abingdon Liberal Democrat Peter Luff 2008-12-18 Signed Mid Worcestershire Conservative Jo Swinson 2008-12-18 Signed East Dunbartonshire Liberal Democrat Andrew Stunell 2009-01-12 Signed Hazel Grove Liberal Democrat Graham Stringer 2009-01-12 Signed Manchester, Blackley Labour Greg Pope 2009-01-14 Signed Hyndburn Labour Eric Joyce 2009-01-14 Signed Falkirk Labour Adrian Bailey 2009-01-15 Signed West Bromwich West Labour Dari Taylor 2009-01-20 Signed Stockton South Labour Roger Williams 2009-01-21 Signed Brecon & Radnorshire Liberal Democrat Rudi Vis 2009-01-22 Signed Finchley & Golders Green Labour Louise Ellman 2009-02-02 Signed Liverpool, Riverside Labour