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England Cricket Tour To Zimbabwe 2004

EDM number 316 in 2003-04, proposed by Michael Ancram on 17/12/2003.

That this House expresses serious concerns at the intended tour of Zimbabwe by the England cricket team in 2004; reminds the England and Wales Cricket Board of the furore created when the International Cricket Council was insistent that England play matches in Zimbabwe during the 2003 Cricket World Cup; urges the Board cancel the Zimbabwe tour, given that Rober Mugabe's regime has continued its rule through violence, intimidation, rape, murder, politicisation of food aid and through clamping down even further on the media; reminds honourable Members that Mr Mugabe has taken Zimbabwe out of the Commonwealth; notes that Mr Mugabe shows no signs of wishing to adhere to the Commonwealth's Harare Declaration on human rights and good governance; further notes that the safety of English players and fans cannot be guaranteed whilst in Zimbabwe; and recommends the Board cancels this tour early so as to avoid the unpleasant wrangling that so much overshadowed the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

This motion has been signed by a total of 61 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Michael Ancram17/12/2003DevizesConservativeProposed
Hugh Robertson17/12/2003Faversham & Mid KentConservativeSigned
Richard Spring17/12/2003West SuffolkConservativeSigned
David Maclean17/12/2003Penrith & The BorderConservativeSigned
Patrick McLoughlin17/12/2003West DerbyshireConservativeSigned
Peter Atkinson17/12/2003HexhamConservativeSigned
Gary Streeter17/12/2003South West DevonConservativeSigned
Bob Spink18/12/2003Castle PointConservativeSigned
Tim Loughton18/12/2003East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Andrew MacKay18/12/2003BracknellConservativeSigned
Rob Marris18/12/2003Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
David Wilshire18/12/2003SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Andrew Rosindell05/01/2004RomfordConservativeSigned
Adrian Flook05/01/2004TauntonConservativeSigned
Howard Flight05/01/2004Arundel & South DownsConservativeSigned
Julian Lewis05/01/2004New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Kate Hoey05/01/2004VauxhallLabourSigned
Marion Roe05/01/2004BroxbourneConservativeSigned
Jonathan Sayeed06/01/2004Mid BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Robert Key06/01/2004SalisburyConservativeSigned
John McDonnell06/01/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Julian Brazier06/01/2004CanterburyConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson06/01/2004UpminsterConservativeSigned
Derek Wyatt06/01/2004Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton07/01/2004MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Cheryl Gillan07/01/2004Chesham & AmershamConservativeSigned
Edward Garnier07/01/2004HarboroughConservativeSigned
Gregory Campbell07/01/2004East LondonderryDUPSigned
Tony Colman07/01/2004PutneyLabourSigned
Andy Reed07/01/2004LoughboroughLabour Co-operativeSigned
Caroline Spelman07/01/2004MeridenConservativeSigned
Eric Illsley08/01/2004Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Andrew Murrison08/01/2004WestburyConservativeSigned
Huw Edwards08/01/2004MonmouthLabourSigned
Philip Hammond08/01/2004Runnymede & WeybridgeConservativeSigned
James Gray12/01/2004North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Oliver Heald13/01/2004North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Andrew Hunter13/01/2004BasingstokeIndependent ConservativeSigned
Boris Johnson13/01/2004HenleyConservativeSigned
Anne McIntosh13/01/2004Vale of YorkConservativeSigned
Lady Hermon14/01/2004North DownUUPSigned
David Amess14/01/2004Southend WestConservativeSigned
Peter Luff19/01/2004Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Adrian Bailey21/01/2004West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Malcolm Moss21/01/2004North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Theresa May21/01/2004MaidenheadConservativeSigned
John Randall22/01/2004UxbridgeConservativeSigned
Andrew Selous22/01/2004South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Hugo Swire26/01/2004East DevonConservativeSigned
Julie Kirkbride27/01/2004BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Peter Duncan27/01/2004Galloway & Upper NithsdaleConservativeSigned
Bill Wiggin02/02/2004LeominsterConservativeSigned
Stephen O'Brien03/02/2004EddisburyConservativeSigned
Patrick Mercer10/02/2004NewarkConservativeSigned
George Osborne10/02/2004TattonConservativeSigned
Eric Pickles11/03/2004Brentwood & OngarConservativeSigned
Michael Fabricant22/03/2004LichfieldConservativeSigned
Charles Hendry05/05/2004WealdenConservativeSigned
John Bercow26/05/2004BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Chris Grayling24/06/2004Epsom & EwellConservativeSigned
Nigel Evans01/11/2004Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned

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