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Women Of Afghanistan

EDM number 873 in 1997-98, proposed by Alice Mahon on 03/03/1998.

That this House offers its support for the women of Afghanistan who have been stripped of rights taken for granted in this country, who are banned from work and barred from receiving any education, are not allowed to leave home unaccompanied or to speak in public and are forced to wear the all-enveloping burqa and for whom healthcare is almost non-existent; notes that thousands of widows are deprived of the right to earn any livelihood for their families and that their children are forced to scavenge on the streets; therefore calls upon the Government to initiate a campaign at the UN to ensure that the Declaration of Human Rights is respected in Afghanistan, and the rights of women upheld; and further calls upon honourable Members to wear a flower on 8th March to show solidarity with Afghan women.

This motion has been signed by a total of 88 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alice Mahon03/03/1998HalifaxLabourProposed
John Cryer03/03/1998HornchurchLabourSigned
Peter Pike03/03/1998BurnleyLabourSigned
Ian Davidson03/03/1998Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Dobbin03/03/1998Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody03/03/1998Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Huw Edwards03/03/1998MonmouthLabourSigned
Lorna Fitzsimons03/03/1998RochdaleLabourSigned
Paul Flynn03/03/1998Newport WestLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe03/03/1998Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard03/03/1998WalthamstowLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths03/03/1998Reading EastLabourSigned
Diane Abbott03/03/1998Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton03/03/1998Leeds North EastLabourSigned
John Austin03/03/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Dave Watts03/03/1998St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Audrey Wise03/03/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Mike Wood03/03/1998Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Harry Cohen03/03/1998Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice03/03/1998PendleLabourSigned
Phil Sawford03/03/1998KetteringLabourSigned
Alan Simpson03/03/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner03/03/1998BolsoverLabourSigned
David Hinchliffe03/03/1998WakefieldLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins03/03/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Jenny Jones03/03/1998Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Lynne Jones03/03/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Andrew Love03/03/1998EdmontonLabour Co-operativeSigned
John Marek03/03/1998WrexhamLabourSigned
John McAllion03/03/1998Dundee EastLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara03/03/1998Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Bill Michie03/03/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Malcolm Chisholm03/03/1998Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Michael Clapham03/03/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Ann Cryer03/03/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Alan Williams04/03/1998Swansea WestLabourSigned
Robert Wareing04/03/1998Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Jackie Ballard04/03/1998TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock04/03/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Eileen Gordon04/03/1998RomfordLabourSigned
Margaret Ewing04/03/1998MorayScottish National PartySigned
Robin Corbett04/03/1998Birmingham, ErdingtonLabourSigned
Roseanna Cunningham04/03/1998PerthScottish National PartySigned
Julie Morgan04/03/1998Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Llew Smith04/03/1998Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Chris Mullin04/03/1998Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar04/03/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Ian Gibson05/03/1998Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Norman Godman05/03/1998Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Terry Davis05/03/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
David Chaytor05/03/1998Bury NorthLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone05/03/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Helen Jones05/03/1998Warrington NorthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley05/03/1998Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Debra Shipley05/03/1998StourbridgeLabourSigned
Ernie Ross05/03/1998Dundee WestLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt06/03/1998CrawleyLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore06/03/1998HendonLabourSigned
Julia Drown06/03/1998South SwindonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington06/03/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Caroline Flint06/03/1998Don ValleyLabourSigned
Harry Barnes06/03/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd09/03/1998Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Martin Caton10/03/1998GowerLabourSigned
John McDonnell10/03/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell11/03/1998Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Tom Cox11/03/1998TootingLabourSigned
Valerie Davey11/03/1998Bristol WestLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis11/03/1998Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Chris Ruane12/03/1998Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Jim Cousins13/03/1998Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Mark Todd13/03/1998South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge16/03/1998Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours18/03/1998WorkingtonLabourSigned
Nigel Jones23/03/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis23/03/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Colin Burgon06/04/1998ElmetLabourSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones13/05/1998Ynys MPlaid CymruSigned
Martyn Jones21/05/1998Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Jackie Lawrence17/06/1998Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Tim Loughton20/10/1998East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Phil Willis28/10/1998Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George03/11/1998St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas09/11/1998CrosbyLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith10/11/1998Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Michael Moore11/11/1998Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Syd Rapson18/11/1998Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Anne McGuireUnknownWithdrawn

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