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Support For Taslima Nasreen

EDM number 818 in 1993-94, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 10/03/1994.

That this House congratulates the Bangladeshi poet and feminist Taslima Nasreen on the determination to write candidly about the position of women in Bangladesh; condemns the fatwa issued against her; and calls on the Bangladeshi Government to restore her passport and to work for the restoration of a spirit of tolerance which has been eroded by a minority of Islamic fanatics.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jeremy Corbyn10/03/1994Islington NorthProposed
Dennis Skinner10/03/1994BolsoverSeconded
Harry Cohen10/03/1994LeytonSeconded
Malcolm Chisholm10/03/1994Edinburgh LeithSeconded
Alan Simpson10/03/1994Nottingham SouthSeconded
Bill Etherington10/03/1994Sunderland NorthSeconded
Eddie Loyden10/03/1994Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Ken Livingstone11/03/1994Brent EastSigned
Harry Barnes11/03/1994North East DerbyshireSigned
Norman Godman11/03/1994Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Maria Fyfe11/03/1994Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
John Cummings11/03/1994EasingtonSigned
Ronnie Campbell11/03/1994Blyth ValleySigned
Bill Michie11/03/1994Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Terry Lewis11/03/1994WorsleySigned
Lynne Jones11/03/1994Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Robert Parry11/03/1994Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Bridget Prentice14/03/1994Lewisham EastSigned
Tony Banks14/03/1994Newham North WestSigned
Jim Dowd14/03/1994Lewisham WestSigned
Eric Clarke14/03/1994MidlothianSigned
Alan Meale14/03/1994MansfieldSigned
Peter Hardy14/03/1994WentworthSigned
Colin Pickthall15/03/1994West LancashireSigned
Clive Soley15/03/1994HammersmithSigned
Eric Illsley15/03/1994Barnsley CentralSigned
John Battle15/03/1994Leeds WestSigned
John Heppell16/03/1994Nottingham EastSigned
Win Griffiths16/03/1994BridgendSigned
John Gunnell16/03/1994Leeds South and MorleySigned
Mike Hall16/03/1994Warrington SouthSigned
Derek Enright17/03/1994HemsworthSigned
Martyn Jones22/03/1994Clwyd South WestSigned
Michael Clapham29/03/1994Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Bob CryerUnknownWithdrawn

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