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United Nations And Political Prisoners In Burma

EDM number 343 in 2008-09, proposed by John Battle on 17/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Prisons.

That this House condemns the arrest of over a thousand further political prisoners since the democracy uprising in September 2007, bringing the total to more than 2,100; further condemns the sentencing of hundreds of these activists to long jail terms; notes that many of the prisoners have been moved to jails hundreds of miles from where their families live; further notes that the United Nations Security Council, United Nations General Assembly, European Union and ASEAN have all called for the release of political prisoners in Burma and that these calls have been ignored; further notes that 37 visits by United Nations envoys have failed to secure a single reform; calls on the United Nations Secretary General to travel to Burma to negotiate the release of all political prisoners; further calls on the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution giving full support to the Secretary General's efforts; and further calls on the British Government to continue to work for a Resolution by the Security Council.

This motion has been signed by a total of 185 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Battle17/12/2008Leeds WestLabourProposed
Mark Durkan17/12/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
John McDonnell18/12/2008Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley18/12/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Evan Harris18/12/2008Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew Dismore18/12/2008HendonLabourSeconded
Hywel Williams18/12/2008CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Janet Anderson18/12/2008Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
Mike Hancock18/12/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard18/12/2008WalthamstowLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn18/12/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Paul Holmes18/12/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams12/01/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell12/01/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Hugh Bayley12/01/2009York, City ofLabourSigned
Hywel Francis12/01/2009AberavonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin12/01/2009Heywood & MiddletonLabourSigned
Alan Meale12/01/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty12/01/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
David Lepper12/01/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Bob Spink12/01/2009Castle PointIndependentSigned
Mark Hunter13/01/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew13/01/2009StroudLabourSigned
Martin Caton13/01/2009GowerLabourSigned
Richard Burden13/01/2009Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle13/01/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Marsha Singh13/01/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Bill Etherington14/01/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Janet Dean14/01/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer14/01/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael14/01/2009Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Campbell14/01/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd14/01/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Edward Davey15/01/2009Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech19/01/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis19/01/2009Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd19/01/2009Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Don Foster20/01/2009BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson21/01/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John Pugh22/01/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
David Hamilton22/01/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
John Mason27/01/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Brian Jenkins27/01/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Paul Truswell09/02/2009PudseyLabourSigned
David Taylor09/02/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Robert Syms09/02/2009PooleConservativeSigned
Oliver Letwin09/02/2009West DorsetConservativeSigned
Robert Key09/02/2009SalisburyConservativeSigned
Lynne Jones09/02/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders09/02/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell09/02/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
James Plaskitt09/02/2009Warwick & LeamingtonLabourSigned
Harry Cohen10/02/2009Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Tony Baldry10/02/2009BanburyConservativeSigned
Mark Todd10/02/2009South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Mike Wood10/02/2009Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Edward Vaizey10/02/2009WantageConservativeSigned
Colin Breed10/02/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Miller10/02/2009Ellesmere Port & NestonLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews10/02/2009MedwayLabourSigned
Greg Pope10/02/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Michael Howard10/02/2009Folkestone & HytheConservativeSigned
Sally Keeble10/02/2009Northampton NorthLabourSigned
Paul Keetch10/02/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Love10/02/2009EdmontonLabourSigned
Anne Main11/02/2009St AlbansConservativeSigned
Angela Smith11/02/2009Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Peter Viggers11/02/2009GosportConservativeSigned
Gavin Strang11/02/2009Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Norman Baker11/02/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George11/02/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Menzies Campbell11/02/2009Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith11/02/2009Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Alun Michael11/02/2009Cardiff South & PenarthLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman11/02/2009Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Brian Binley12/02/2009Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
Mark Lazarowicz12/02/2009Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Brian Iddon12/02/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Kate Hoey12/02/2009VauxhallLabourSigned
Clare Short12/02/2009Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Desmond Turner23/02/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Crispin Blunt23/02/2009ReigateConservativeSigned
Alan Beith23/02/2009Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Begg23/02/2009Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Michael Ancram23/02/2009DevizesConservativeSigned
John Grogan23/02/2009SelbyLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff23/02/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Robert Walter23/02/2009North DorsetConservativeSigned
Steve Webb23/02/2009NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Pete Wishart23/02/2009Perth & Perthshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Richard Benyon23/02/2009NewburyConservativeSigned
Greg Clark23/02/2009Tunbridge WellsConservativeSigned
Tim Farron23/02/2009Westmorland & LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Daniel Kawczynski23/02/2009Shrewsbury & AtchamConservativeSigned
David Howarth23/02/2009CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Emily Thornberry23/02/2009Islington South & FinsburyLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley23/02/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Dobson23/02/2009Holborn & St PancrasLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser23/02/2009DoverLabourSigned
Robert Smith23/02/2009Aberdeenshire West & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon23/02/2009North DownUUPSigned
Eric Illsley23/02/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Martyn Jones23/02/2009Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp23/02/2009Houghton & Washington EastLabourSigned
Tom Levitt23/02/2009High PeakLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd23/02/2009Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Michael Moore23/02/2009Berwickshire, Roxburgh & SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
David Davis23/02/2009Haltemprice & HowdenConservativeSigned
Jim Cousins23/02/2009Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Frank Cook23/02/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Michael Connarty23/02/2009Linlithgow & Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Vincent Cable23/02/2009TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Burgon23/02/2009ElmetLabourSigned
Lembit 23/02/2009MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland24/02/2009Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone24/02/2009Hornsey & Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Ben Wallace24/02/2009Lancaster & WyreConservativeSigned
Richard Taylor24/02/2009Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Diane Abbott24/02/2009Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Christopher Fraser24/02/2009South West NorfolkConservativeSigned
Anne McGuire24/02/2009StirlingLabourSigned
David Heath24/02/2009Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
David Burrowes25/02/2009Enfield, SouthgateConservativeSigned
John Austin25/02/2009Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Richard Caborn25/02/2009Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
Julie Kirkbride25/02/2009BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Joan Ryan25/02/2009Enfield NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling26/02/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
Greg Hands26/02/2009Hammersmith & FulhamConservativeSigned
Julia Goldsworthy26/02/2009Falmouth & CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis26/02/2009Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Fabian Hamilton26/02/2009Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Nigel Evans26/02/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Jim Dowd26/02/2009Lewisham WestLabourSigned
James Paice26/02/2009South East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
David Willetts27/02/2009HavantConservativeSigned
Andrew Murrison02/03/2009WestburyConservativeSigned
Danny Alexander03/03/2009Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson03/03/2009Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Nigel Dodds03/03/2009Belfast NorthDUPSigned
David Cairns03/03/2009InverclydeLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell03/03/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Mark Prisk05/03/2009Hertford & StortfordConservativeSigned
Andy Reed05/03/2009LoughboroughLabourSigned
George Howarth05/03/2009Knowsley North & Sefton EastLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce05/03/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams05/03/2009Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt06/03/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Sarah Teather06/03/2009Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
John Barrett06/03/2009Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Philip Hammond06/03/2009Runnymede & WeybridgeConservativeSigned
Barry Sheerman06/03/2009HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Peter Ainsworth09/03/2009East SurreyConservativeSigned
Ann Widdecombe09/03/2009Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
Jacqui Lait10/03/2009BeckenhamConservativeSigned
Michael Gove12/03/2009Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
John Robertson12/03/2009Glasgow North WestLabourSigned
Adam Price13/03/2009Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Tom Harris13/03/2009Glasgow SouthLabourSigned
Iris Robinson16/03/2009StrangfordDUPSigned
Denis Murphy17/03/2009WansbeckLabourSigned
Maria Miller18/03/2009BasingstokeConservativeSigned
Oliver Heald18/03/2009North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Jeremy Browne19/03/2009TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer20/03/2009Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey23/03/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Havard25/03/2009Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneyLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson26/03/2009Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Joan Walley27/03/2009Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Simon Hughes02/04/2009North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Brady02/04/2009Altrincham & Sale WestConservativeSigned
Stephen Williams22/04/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lidington24/04/2009AylesburyConservativeSigned
Kim Howells05/05/2009PontypriddLabourSigned
Gordon Banks15/06/2009Ochil & Perthshire SouthLabourSigned
Grant Shapps15/06/2009Welwyn HatfieldConservativeSigned
Andrew Selous26/10/2009South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson26/10/2009UpminsterConservativeSigned
Caroline Spelman27/10/2009MeridenConservativeSigned
Michael Fabricant28/10/2009LichfieldConservativeSigned
David Mundell28/10/2009Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & TweeddaleConservativeSigned
Eleanor Laing03/11/2009Epping ForestConservativeSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn
John BercowUnknownWithdrawn
George MudieUnknownWithdrawn

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