Anti-Homosexuality Bill In Uganda

EDM number 575 in 2009-10, proposed by Harry Cohen on 12/01/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Africa and Equality.

That this House calls on the British Government and the European Union to press the government of Uganda not to proceed with its Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which violates the equality and non-discrimination provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the African Charter of Human and People's Rights; abhores that this Bill, currently before the Uganda parliament, proposes the death penalty for repeat homosexual acts, extends the existing penalty of life imprisonment for anal intercourse to all other same-sex behaviour, including the mere touching of another person with the intent to have homosexual relations and imposes life imprisonment for contracting a same-sex marriage; notes that under the provisions of the Bill membership of providing funding for gay organisations advocating gay human rights and providing condoms or safer sex advice to gay people will result in a sentence of between five and seven years for promoting homosexuality and that a person in authority who fails to report offenders to the police within 24 hours will incur a three year prison sentence; further notes that this monstrous proposed law contains extra-territorial jurisdiction so that it will apply to Ugandans who breach its provisions whilst living abroad, even in countries where such behaviour is not a criminal offence, and that such Ugandans living overseas could be subject to extradition, trial and punishment in Uganda; and demands that the Ugandan government uphold international humanitarian law by abandoning its Anti-Homosexuality Bill, decriminalising same-sex acts between consenting adults in private, and outlawing discrimination against gay people.

This motion has been signed by a total of 120 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Harry Cohen	12/01/2010	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Proposed
Jeremy Corbyn	12/01/2010	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	12/01/2010	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Mark Durkan	13/01/2010	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Ian McCartney	13/01/2010	Makerfield	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	13/01/2010	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
John Cummings	13/01/2010	Easington	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	13/01/2010	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	13/01/2010	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	13/01/2010	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	13/01/2010	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	13/01/2010	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/01/2010	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	13/01/2010	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	13/01/2010	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	13/01/2010	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	13/01/2010	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	13/01/2010	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	13/01/2010	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	13/01/2010	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	14/01/2010	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/01/2010	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	14/01/2010	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	14/01/2010	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	14/01/2010	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Cairns	14/01/2010	Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	14/01/2010	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Eric Joyce	14/01/2010	Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	14/01/2010	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	18/01/2010	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Betts	18/01/2010	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	18/01/2010	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	18/01/2010	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	18/01/2010	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	18/01/2010	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	18/01/2010	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	18/01/2010	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	18/01/2010	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	18/01/2010	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	18/01/2010	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	18/01/2010	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	18/01/2010	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	18/01/2010	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	19/01/2010	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Slaughter	19/01/2010			Signed
Mike Wood	19/01/2010	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	19/01/2010	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
John Austin	19/01/2010	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	19/01/2010	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	19/01/2010	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	19/01/2010	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	19/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	19/01/2010	Dover	Labour	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	19/01/2010	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	20/01/2010	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
John Leech	20/01/2010	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	20/01/2010	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Willie Rennie	20/01/2010	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Roy	20/01/2010	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	20/01/2010	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Banks	20/01/2010	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	20/01/2010	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	20/01/2010	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	20/01/2010	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	20/01/2010	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	20/01/2010	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	21/01/2010	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Graham Stuart	21/01/2010	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/01/2010	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	21/01/2010	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	21/01/2010	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	21/01/2010			Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/01/2010	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Julie Morgan	21/01/2010	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	25/01/2010	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	25/01/2010	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	26/01/2010	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	27/01/2010	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	27/01/2010	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Tom Harris	27/01/2010	Glasgow South	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	27/01/2010	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	27/01/2010	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	28/01/2010	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	28/01/2010	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	29/01/2010	North Down	UUP	Signed
David Howarth	29/01/2010	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	01/02/2010	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	01/02/2010	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	02/02/2010	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	02/02/2010	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	03/02/2010	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dari Taylor	03/02/2010	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	03/02/2010	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	03/02/2010	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	04/02/2010	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	04/02/2010	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	05/02/2010	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Fabricant	09/02/2010	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	09/02/2010	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Vincent Cable	10/02/2010	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Hunt	10/02/2010	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	22/02/2010	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugo Swire	22/02/2010	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Michael Mates	22/02/2010	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Eleanor Laing	22/02/2010	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
John Robertson	22/02/2010	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Oliver Heald	23/02/2010	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Barker	23/02/2010	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	24/02/2010	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	26/02/2010	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Michael Penning	02/03/2010	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	03/03/2010	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Francis Maude	04/03/2010	Horsham	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dowd	08/03/2010	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	10/03/2010	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Mundell	16/03/2010	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/03/2010	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Gauke	06/04/2010	South West Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Greg Hands	06/04/2010	Hammersmith & Fulham	Conservative	Signed

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