India And Kashmir
EDM number 781 in 1998-99, proposed by Lorna Fitzsimons on 30/06/1999.
That this House notes India's use of military aircraft in Indian-controlled Kashmir for the first time outside wartime, that there is a bigger ratio of troops per adult male in Indian-controlled Kashmir than anywhere else in the world and that the Principality of Kashmir is the only state not to have had a plebiscite at partition; further notes that United Nations resolutions were passed at India's request in the 1940s promising a plebiscite yet 50 years on no such plebiscite has taken place; believes that until there is a demilitarisation and an end to the constant human rights abuses to men, women and children by the Indian forces in Kashmir a plebiscite is impossible; believes that the policy of 'leaving it to India and Pakistan' clearly has not worked; welcomes the Foreign Secretary's position that as India is a nuclear power the international community has a duty to protect human rights in Indian-controlled territory; believes that the conflict in Kashmir will not be resolved unless the international community puts pressure on the Indian Government to demilitarise and honours the United Nations resolution promising a plebiscite; and calls on the British Government to do all it can to ensure this outcome.
This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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Lorna Fitzsimons | 30/06/1999 | Rochdale | Labour | Proposed |
Peter Pike | 30/06/1999 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
Margaret Moran | 30/06/1999 | Luton South | Labour | Signed |
Ann Cryer | 30/06/1999 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
Jim Dobbin | 30/06/1999 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Elfyn Llwyd | 01/07/1999 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Bill Michie | 01/07/1999 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
Michael Colvin | 01/07/1999 | Romsey | Conservative | Signed |
Tom Cox | 01/07/1999 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
Harry Barnes | 01/07/1999 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
Terry Davis | 21/07/1999 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Labour | Signed |
Michael Foster | 28/10/1999 | Worcester | Labour | Signed |
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