UK Relations With Cuba

EDM number 1171 in 2008-09, proposed by Ian Taylor on 24/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Latin America.

That this House welcomes the fresh approach to international relations with Cuba including recent legislation in the US to lift family visiting restrictions on Cuban-Americans; notes the recent formal visits to Cuba by the Irish and Spanish Foreign Ministers and Presidents of Chile and Argentina; further notes the recent visit by the Shadow Foreign Secretary to Cuba; welcomes the fact that the UK enjoys excellent relations with Cuba in the fields of sport, biotechnology and the arts; and calls on the Government to send a high level Ministerial delegation to Cuba, led by the Foreign Secretary, to build on UK-Cuba relations and UK interests in the region.

This motion has been signed by a total of 251 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ian Taylor	24/03/2009	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Proposed
Paul Holmes	24/03/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Robert Key	24/03/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Seconded
Elfyn Llwyd	24/03/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Colin Burgon	24/03/2009	Elmet	Labour	Seconded
Peter Viggers	24/03/2009	Gosport	Conservative	Seconded
Roger Berry	24/03/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	24/03/2009	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	24/03/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	24/03/2009	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Paul Flynn	24/03/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	24/03/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Clive Betts	24/03/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	24/03/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	24/03/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	24/03/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	24/03/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	24/03/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	24/03/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	24/03/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	24/03/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	24/03/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	24/03/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	24/03/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	24/03/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	24/03/2009	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	24/03/2009	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	24/03/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	24/03/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	24/03/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	24/03/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	24/03/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	24/03/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	24/03/2009	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	24/03/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	24/03/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	24/03/2009	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	25/03/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	25/03/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	25/03/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	25/03/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	25/03/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Phil Willis	25/03/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	25/03/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	25/03/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	25/03/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/03/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	25/03/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	25/03/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	25/03/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	25/03/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	26/03/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	26/03/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Katy Clark	26/03/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	26/03/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	26/03/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	26/03/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	26/03/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	26/03/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	27/03/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Anderson	27/03/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	30/03/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	30/03/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	30/03/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	30/03/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	30/03/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/03/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Terry Rooney	30/03/2009	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
David Laws	31/03/2009	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	01/04/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Hugo Swire	01/04/2009	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Williams	01/04/2009	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Pete Wishart	01/04/2009	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mike Wood	01/04/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	01/04/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
James Arbuthnot	01/04/2009	North East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Francis	01/04/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	01/04/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	01/04/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	01/04/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	01/04/2009	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	01/04/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Lembit	01/04/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/04/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	02/04/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	02/04/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	02/04/2009	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	02/04/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	02/04/2009	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	02/04/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	20/04/2009	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	20/04/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	20/04/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	20/04/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	20/04/2009	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
David Burrowes	21/04/2009	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
David Heyes	21/04/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	23/04/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/04/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	23/04/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	27/04/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	30/04/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	05/05/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	05/05/2009	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	05/05/2009	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	05/05/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	05/05/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian McCartney	05/05/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	05/05/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Michael Howard	05/05/2009	Folkestone & Hythe	Conservative	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	05/05/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	06/05/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	06/05/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Meacher	06/05/2009	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/05/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	07/05/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anthony D Wright	07/05/2009	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	07/05/2009	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Sarah Teather	07/05/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	07/05/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	07/05/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	07/05/2009	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Palmer	07/05/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	08/05/2009			Signed
Michael Ancram	08/05/2009	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	08/05/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	08/05/2009	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	08/05/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	11/05/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	11/05/2009	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	12/05/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	12/05/2009	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	13/05/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	13/05/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	14/05/2009	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	14/05/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Tom Harris	18/05/2009	Glasgow South	Labour	Signed
Robert Syms	18/05/2009	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	19/05/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	19/05/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	19/05/2009	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	19/05/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	19/05/2009	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	20/05/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	21/05/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Patrick Hall	21/05/2009	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	01/06/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	01/06/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Austin	01/06/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	01/06/2009	Selby	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	01/06/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	01/06/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Graham Allen	02/06/2009	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	03/06/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paddy Tipping	03/06/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	03/06/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	03/06/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	04/06/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	04/06/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Love	04/06/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	04/06/2009	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	08/06/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	08/06/2009	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	08/06/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	08/06/2009	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
John Battle	10/06/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
John Gummer	10/06/2009	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	10/06/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	10/06/2009	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Richard Caborn	10/06/2009	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Joan Ryan	11/06/2009	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	11/06/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne McGuire	12/06/2009	Stirling	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	15/06/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	15/06/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	15/06/2009	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	15/06/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	15/06/2009	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	16/06/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	18/06/2009	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	18/06/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	18/06/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	22/06/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elliot Morley	22/06/2009	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	22/06/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Greg Pope	23/06/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	23/06/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	25/06/2009	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	25/06/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	25/06/2009	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	25/06/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	26/06/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Louise Ellman	30/06/2009	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	30/06/2009	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	30/06/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	01/07/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Field	01/07/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	02/07/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Stewart Hosie	02/07/2009	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Bob Russell	06/07/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Hood	06/07/2009	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	06/07/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Clwyd	07/07/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
David Heath	07/07/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Moffat	09/07/2009	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	15/07/2009	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	15/07/2009	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	16/07/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	20/07/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	20/07/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alex Salmond	20/07/2009	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Annette Brooke	21/07/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	21/07/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	21/07/2009	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	12/10/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	13/10/2009	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Gavin Strang	13/10/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	13/10/2009	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	13/10/2009	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	13/10/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	19/10/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	20/10/2009	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	20/10/2009	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	21/10/2009	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
David Curry	22/10/2009	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	26/10/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	26/10/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	26/10/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	26/10/2009	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	27/10/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	29/10/2009	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	02/11/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Tom Clarke	02/11/2009	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	04/11/2009	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Tony Baldry	05/11/2009	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Ashok Kumar	09/11/2009	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	09/11/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	09/11/2009	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Sian James	10/11/2009	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	10/11/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	10/11/2009	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	10/11/2009	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	11/11/2009	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	11/11/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	11/11/2009	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	11/11/2009	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn
Lyn Brown	Unknown			Withdrawn

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