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Visit To Parliament Of Mr Yasser Arafat

EDM number 234 in 1993-94, proposed by George Galloway on 13/12/1993.

That this House welcomes Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, the Palestine National Authority, Commander of the Palestinian Armed Forces on his historic visit to London; recognises the courage, indefatigability and sacrifice of the Palestinians, occupied and hunted from pillar to post by Israeli aggression and Arab betrayal and the historic British responsibility for the Palestinian tragedy; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to extend every assistance to the Palestine National Authority and to use its influence to bring about complete Israel withdrawal from the occupied territories and to support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. (Relevant registered interest declared).

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
George Galloway13/12/1993Glasgow HillheadProposed
Ernie Ross13/12/1993Dundee WestSigned
William McKelvey13/12/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Michael Connarty13/12/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Andrew Faulds13/12/1993Warley EastSigned
Mike Watson13/12/1993Glasgow CentralSigned
Harry Barnes14/12/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Keith Vaz14/12/1993Leicester EastSigned
Tony Banks14/12/1993Newham North WestSigned
Janet Anderson14/12/1993Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Norman Godman14/12/1993Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie14/12/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
Harry Cohen14/12/1993LeytonSigned
Eddie Loyden14/12/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Lynne Jones14/12/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Roy Hughes14/12/1993Newport EastSigned
Robert Parry14/12/1993Liverpool, RiversideSigned
John Cummings14/12/1993EasingtonSigned
Michael Clapham15/12/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Neil Gerrard15/12/1993WalthamstowSigned
Jeremy Corbyn15/12/1993Islington NorthSigned
Richard Burden15/12/1993Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Bill Michie15/12/1993Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Ken Livingstone15/12/1993Brent EastSigned
Martin Redmond15/12/1993Don ValleySigned
Peter Pike16/12/1993BurnleySigned
John Gunnell16/12/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
Jack Thompson16/12/1993WansbeckSigned
Keith Hill17/12/1993StreathamSigned
Eric Illsley13/01/1994Barnsley CentralSigned
Alan Simpson03/02/1994Nottingham SouthSigned
Nigel Jones10/02/1994CheltenhamSigned

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