Rio Tinto Plc And UK Mercenaries (EDM89)

Rio Tinto Plc And UK Mercenaries

EDM number 89 in 2000-01, proposed by Michael Clapham on 12/12/2000.

That this House is greatly concerned to learn that in a class action complaint filed in the USA courts, the London-based mining conglomerate, Rio Tinto, stands accused of having acted in concert with the Government and Military Forces of Papua New Guinea to force the re-opening of the Panguna Copper Mine on Bougainville Island, that the PNG Government contracted the London-based (British Virgin Islands-registered) Sandline International, a firm of mercenaries, to recapture Bougainville and restore Rio Tinto's mine, and that in 1997 Lt. Col. Tim Spicer of Sandline secured a $36 million PNG contract to recapture the mine with a mercenary force; notes that Sandline had shipped weapons to Sierra Leone in 1995, investigated by this House in the 'Arms for Africa' affair; and urges Her Majesty's Government to institute a full public inquiry into this disgraceful affair, and to report back to the House.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Michael Clapham	12/12/2000	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Proposed
Norman Godman	12/12/2000	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	12/12/2000	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	12/12/2000	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	12/12/2000	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	12/12/2000	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Eileen Gordon	12/12/2000	Romford	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	12/12/2000	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	12/12/2000	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	12/12/2000	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Cryer	12/12/2000	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	12/12/2000	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	12/12/2000	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	12/12/2000	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	12/12/2000	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	12/12/2000	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	12/12/2000	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	13/12/2000	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Rosie Winterton	13/12/2000	Doncaster Central	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	13/12/2000	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	13/12/2000	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	13/12/2000	Easington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	13/12/2000	Gower	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	13/12/2000	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	13/12/2000	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ashok Kumar	13/12/2000	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/12/2000	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	13/12/2000	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	14/12/2000	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	14/12/2000	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	14/12/2000	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	14/12/2000	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	14/12/2000	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Austin	15/12/2000	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2000	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	15/12/2000	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	18/12/2000	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	19/12/2000	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	19/12/2000	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/12/2000	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	19/12/2000	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	20/12/2000	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	21/12/2000	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	21/12/2000	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/12/2000	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	09/01/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	01/02/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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