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2016-17
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Targeted Attacks On Medical Facilities In Syria
Roger Godsiff
2016-06-15
That this House notes with very great concern the ongoing targeting of medical facilities in Syria by airstrikes carried out by the Russian Air Force and by Assad regime forces; further notes that doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, patients and civilians have been killed in huge numbers as a result of these barbaric and unjustifiable attacks; notes that these attacks make it much more difficult for Syrian civilians to access essential healthcare within their own country; observes that schools and other civilian infrastructure have also been targeted, leading to loss of life among teachers and children; further observes that these attacks are very accurate and that the targeting of civilian infrastructure is deliberate; notes that this contravenes international law and the rules of warfare, including the Geneva Conventions which call for parties to conflict to take action to ensure the safety of medical teams operating in warzones; condemns in the strongest possible terms the deliberate targeting of medical facilities and medical workers; calls on the Russian government to respect the Geneva Conventions, to which it is a State Party, and immediately desist from targeting attacks at civilians, the wounded or at those carrying out medical or humanitarian work; and calls on the Government to do all it can to support medics and humanitarian organisations operating in Syria and to protect healthcare workers and civilians.
Health services
Middle East
Military operations
Roger Godsiff
2016-06-15
Proposed
Birmingham, Hall Green
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2016-06-20
Seconded
Luton North
Labour
Brendan O'Hara
2016-06-20
Seconded
Argyll and Bute
Scottish National Party
Paul Monaghan
2016-06-27
Seconded
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Scottish National Party
Alasdair McDonnell
2016-06-27
Seconded
Belfast South
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Ferrier
2016-06-27
Seconded
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Scottish National Party
Chris Law
2016-06-27
Signed
Dundee West
Scottish National Party
Angus MacNeil
2016-06-27
Signed
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish National Party
Martyn Day
2016-06-27
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Ronnie Campbell
2016-06-28
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
Jim Cunningham
2016-06-28
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Stewart McDonald
2016-06-28
Signed
Glasgow South
Scottish National Party
Chris Stephens
2016-06-28
Signed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
John Nicolson
2016-06-28
Signed
East Dunbartonshire
Scottish National Party
Alan Meale
2016-06-28
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Mark Durkan
2016-06-28
Signed
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jim Shannon
2016-06-28
Signed
Strangford
DUP
Stuart McDonald
2016-06-29
Signed
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Scottish National Party
Lady Hermon
2016-06-29
Signed
North Down
Independent
Stephen Gethins
2016-06-29
Signed
North East Fife
Scottish National Party
Stuart Donaldson
2016-06-30
Signed
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scottish National Party
Owen Thompson
2016-07-04
Signed
Midlothian
Scottish National Party
Alison Thewliss
2016-07-04
Signed
Glasgow Central
Scottish National Party
David Simpson
2016-07-04
Signed
Upper Bann
DUP
Tasmina Sheikh
2016-07-04
Signed
Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish National Party
Angela Crawley
2016-07-05
Signed
Lanark and Hamilton East
Scottish National Party
Peter Bottomley
2016-07-19
Signed
Worthing West
Conservative
Drew Hendry
2016-09-05
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish National Party
Joanna Cherry
2016-09-05
Signed
Edinburgh South West
Scottish National Party
David Crausby
2016-10-13
Signed
Bolton North East
Labour