RAPE OF WOMEN IN JAPANESE 'COMFORT STATIONS' (EDM468)

RAPE OF WOMEN IN JAPANESE 'COMFORT STATIONS'

EDM number 468 in 2000-01, proposed by Alan Simpson on 20/03/2001.

That this House notes that between 1931 and 1945 Japan systematically rounded up over 200,000 girls and young women in occupied territories and forced them to work as sex slaves for the Japanese military; further notes that girls as young as 10 years old were systematically raped and tortured in these government 'comfort stations' and that only 25 per cent. of the 200,000 women forced into these camps survived the war; welcomes the fact that survivors are now seeking legal justice against the Japanese Government in the international courts; and rejects any attempt by Japan to claim 'sovereign immunity' to avoid legal responsibility for these crimes against humanity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 63 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Simpson	20/03/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Proposed
Alice Mahon	20/03/2001	Halifax	Labour	Seconded
Ann Cryer	21/03/2001	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	21/03/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Ernie Ross	21/03/2001	Dundee West	Labour	Seconded
Norman Godman	21/03/2001	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	21/03/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	21/03/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	21/03/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	21/03/2001	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	21/03/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	21/03/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	21/03/2001	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/03/2001	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Terry Lewis	21/03/2001	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	21/03/2001	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	21/03/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	21/03/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/03/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	21/03/2001	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	22/03/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	22/03/2001	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	22/03/2001	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Harold Best	23/03/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	26/03/2001	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	26/03/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	26/03/2001	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Banks	26/03/2001	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	26/03/2001	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	27/03/2001	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	27/03/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	27/03/2001	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	27/03/2001	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	27/03/2001	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	27/03/2001	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	27/03/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	27/03/2001	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	27/03/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	28/03/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	28/03/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	28/03/2001	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	28/03/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Llin Golding	28/03/2001	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	28/03/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	28/03/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	28/03/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	28/03/2001	Chorley	Labour	Signed
William Ross	28/03/2001	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Peter Pike	29/03/2001	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	29/03/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	29/03/2001	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	29/03/2001	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	29/03/2001	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	29/03/2001	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Martin Smyth	29/03/2001	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Syd Rapson	29/03/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	03/04/2001	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	04/04/2001	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	04/04/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	05/04/2001	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	05/04/2001	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Clwyd	05/04/2001	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	05/04/2001	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed

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