Sri Lankan Peace Talks (EDM1141)

Sri Lankan Peace Talks

EDM number 1141 in 2001-02, proposed by Edward Davey on 17/04/2002.

That this House notes the ceasefire agreement between the Sri Lankan Government the Tamil Tigers and the subsequent goodwill measures including joint mine clearance, the efforts to re-open the land route to Jaffna and the re-opening of two ports on the Jaffna Peninsula; notes also the agreement to meet in Thailand for peace talks this May; congratulates all involved, including the LTTE and the Sri Lankan, Norwegian and Thai governments; commends the bipartisan approach of the Sri Lankan governing and opposition parties in Sri Lanka for these welcome and extremely positive moves; sends this House's best wishes for these talks and the whole Sri Lankan peace process; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to support this peace process in the fullest and most generous way possible and to ensure that the Sri Lankan peace process receives whatever help and support it needs from other quarters, whether that is the United Nations, European Union or Commonwealth.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Edward Davey	17/04/2002	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Simon Hughes	17/04/2002	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	18/04/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	18/04/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	18/04/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	18/04/2002	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	18/04/2002	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	18/04/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	18/04/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	18/04/2002	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	18/04/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	18/04/2002	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	19/04/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	19/04/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	22/04/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Russell Brown	22/04/2002	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/04/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	22/04/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/04/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	23/04/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	23/04/2002	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Simon Thomas	23/04/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mike Hancock	23/04/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	23/04/2002	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/04/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Win Griffiths	23/04/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	24/04/2002	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Martin Caton	24/04/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	24/04/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Marsha Singh	25/04/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	25/04/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	25/04/2002	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	25/04/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	26/04/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	29/04/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	29/04/2002	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	29/04/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	29/04/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	30/04/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	07/05/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	07/05/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	07/05/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Atkinson	17/06/2002	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	18/06/2002	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/07/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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