Hunger Strike At Hmp Rochester
EDM number 453 in 1996-97, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 28/01/1997.
That this House is deeply concerned of the fate of asylum seekers in HMP Rochester who are on hunger strike and that 11 have been refusing food and since 27th January all fluids; recognises that none of these people have been charged with any offence and have sought sanctuary in Britain; and calls upon the Home Secretary to release them immediately from custody and end the practice of imprisoning asylum seekers.
This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Corbyn | 28/01/1997 | Islington North | Proposed | |
| Lynne Jones | 28/01/1997 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Signed | |
| Harry Cohen | 28/01/1997 | Leyton | Signed | |
| Don Foster | 28/01/1997 | Bath | Signed | |
| Neil Gerrard | 28/01/1997 | Walthamstow | Signed | |
| Norman Godman | 28/01/1997 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | Signed | |
| Diane Abbott | 28/01/1997 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Signed | |
| Hugh Bayley | 29/01/1997 | York, City of | Signed | |
| Harry Barnes | 29/01/1997 | North East Derbyshire | Signed | |
| Maria Fyfe | 29/01/1997 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Signed | |
| Andrew Faulds | 29/01/1997 | Warley East | Signed | |
| John Cummings | 29/01/1997 | Easington | Signed | |
| Tom Cox | 29/01/1997 | Tooting | Signed | |
| Ken Livingstone | 29/01/1997 | Brent East | Signed | |
| Terry Lewis | 29/01/1997 | Worsley | Signed | |
| John Heppell | 29/01/1997 | Nottingham East | Signed | |
| Robert Parry | 29/01/1997 | Liverpool, Riverside | Signed | |
| Colin Pickthall | 29/01/1997 | West Lancashire | Signed | |
| Michael Clapham | 29/01/1997 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Signed | |
| Dafydd Wigley | 30/01/1997 | Caernarfon | Signed | |
| Robert Wareing | 30/01/1997 | Liverpool, West Derby | Signed | |
| Tony Banks | 30/01/1997 | Newham North West | Signed | |
| Ann Clwyd | 30/01/1997 | Cynon Valley | Signed | |
| Emma Nicholson | 30/01/1997 | Torridge & West Devon | Signed | |
| Dennis Skinner | 30/01/1997 | Bolsover | Signed | |
| Kevin McNamara | 31/01/1997 | Kingston upon Hull North | Signed | |
| John Gunnell | 03/02/1997 | Leeds South and Morley | Signed | |
| Bill Michie | 04/02/1997 | Sheffield, Heeley | Signed | |
| Richard Burden | 04/02/1997 | Birmingham, Northfield | Signed | |
| Alan Meale | 05/02/1997 | Mansfield | Signed | |
| Eric Clarke | 05/02/1997 | Midlothian | Signed | |
| Jean Corston | 05/02/1997 | Bristol East | Signed | |
| Tommy Graham | 05/02/1997 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Signed | |
| Mike Hall | 06/02/1997 | Warrington South | Signed | |
| Jack Thompson | 06/02/1997 | Wansbeck | Signed | |
| Bill Etherington | 20/03/1997 | Sunderland North | Signed |
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