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Dalai Lama And The Prime Minister

EDM number 437 in 2003-04, proposed by Tom Brake on 15/01/2004.

That this House welcomes the visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Britain from 27th May to 3rd June; notes that this will be his first visit to Britain in five years; further notes that, during his visit, His Holiness intends to promote resolution of the Tibet issue by encouraging dialogue between the Chinese Government and the Tibetan Government-in-exile; recalls how his efforts as a champion of world peace were recognised with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989; commends His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his steadfast commitment to peaceful means in the struggle for Tibetan independence; notes his distinctive message of non-violence; regrets that His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been unable to secure an audience with the Prime Minister; calls on the Prime Minister to schedule an engagement with His Holiness; and, in the event of this not being possible, calls on the Prime Minister to make a public statement of support for the furtherance of dialogue between the Chinese Government and the Tibetan Government-in-exile as being the best way to resolve this long standing issue and acknowledge the patience and peaceful means that the Dalai Lama has followed over many years.

This motion has been signed by a total of 149 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tom Brake15/01/2004Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratProposed
Harry Cohen15/01/2004Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Norman Baker15/01/2004LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley15/01/2004Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Lynne Jones19/01/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Robert Key19/01/2004SalisburyConservativeSigned
Tim Loughton19/01/2004East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Ann Cryer19/01/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock19/01/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Thomas19/01/2004CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Martin Smyth20/01/2004Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Lindsay Hoyle20/01/2004ChorleyLabourSigned
Annette Brooke20/01/2004Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Karen Buck20/01/2004Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton20/01/2004GowerLabourSigned
Andrew George20/01/2004St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Barnes20/01/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton20/01/2004MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Charles Hendry21/01/2004WealdenConservativeSigned
Glenda Jackson21/01/2004Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Nigel Jones21/01/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd21/01/2004Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Andrew MacKay21/01/2004BracknellConservativeSigned
Colin Breed21/01/2004South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
David Burnside21/01/2004South AntrimUUPSigned
Desmond Swayne21/01/2004New Forest WestConservativeSigned
John Pugh22/01/2004SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes22/01/2004North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Marsden22/01/2004Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara22/01/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Mark Oaten22/01/2004WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Sue Doughty22/01/2004GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Ainsworth22/01/2004East SurreyConservativeSigned
George Stevenson22/01/2004Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge22/01/2004Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler22/01/2004North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Weir22/01/2004AngusScottish National PartySigned
Ann Winterton22/01/2004CongletonConservativeSigned
Bob Russell26/01/2004ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Smith26/01/2004Islington South & FinsburyLabourSigned
Bernard Jenkin26/01/2004North EssexConservativeSigned
David Laws26/01/2004YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty26/01/2004Calder ValleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell26/01/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Valerie Davey26/01/2004Bristol WestLabourSigned
David Drew26/01/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody26/01/2004Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Don Foster26/01/2004BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams26/01/2004ConwyLabourSigned
Adam Price27/01/2004Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Jonathan R Shaw27/01/2004Chatham & AylesfordLabourSigned
Calum MacDonald27/01/2004Na h-Eileanan an IarLabourSigned
Sydney Chapman27/01/2004Chipping BarnetConservativeSigned
Huw Edwards27/01/2004MonmouthLabourSigned
Mark Fisher27/01/2004Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Crispin Blunt27/01/2004ReigateConservativeSigned
Boris Johnson28/01/2004HenleyConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis28/01/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley30/01/2004RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Burstow02/02/2004Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Cox02/02/2004TootingLabourSigned
Julia Drown02/02/2004South SwindonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard02/02/2004WalthamstowLabourSigned
John Barrett02/02/2004Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Smith03/02/2004West Aberdeenshire & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews03/02/2004MedwayLabourSigned
Anne Begg03/02/2004Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra04/02/2004Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Patsy Calton04/02/2004CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Campbell04/02/2004CambridgeLabourSigned
Andy Reed05/02/2004LoughboroughLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alan Simpson05/02/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Rob Marris05/02/2004Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Paul Marsden05/02/2004Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington05/02/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Sally Keeble09/02/2004Northampton NorthLabourSigned
Lembit 11/02/2004MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Walter12/02/2004North DorsetConservativeSigned
Angus Robertson23/02/2004MorayScottish National PartySigned
Adrian Sanders23/02/2004TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey23/02/2004Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
James Clappison24/02/2004HertsmereConservativeSigned
Nigel Evans24/02/2004Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
James Gray24/02/2004North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Alan Beith24/02/2004Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Allan25/02/2004Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Parmjit Dhanda26/02/2004GloucesterLabourSigned
Andrew Murrison26/02/2004WestburyConservativeSigned
Michael Ancram26/02/2004DevizesConservativeSigned
Vincent Cable27/02/2004TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Colman27/02/2004PutneyLabourSigned
Archy Kirkwood02/03/2004Roxburgh & BerwickshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lazarowicz02/03/2004Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
Diana Organ03/03/2004Forest of DeanLabourSigned
John Austin03/03/2004Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Virginia Bottomley03/03/2004South West SurreyConservativeSigned
Mohammad Sarwar04/03/2004Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith04/03/2004Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Mark Tami04/03/2004Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross04/03/2004TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Reid05/03/2004Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Sawford05/03/2004KetteringLabourSigned
David Davis05/03/2004Haltemprice & HowdenConservativeSigned
Andrew Hunter08/03/2004BasingstokeIndependent ConservativeSigned
Adrian Flook08/03/2004TauntonConservativeSigned
Philip Hammond08/03/2004Runnymede & WeybridgeConservativeSigned
Liz Blackman08/03/2004ErewashLabourSigned
Geraldine Smith09/03/2004Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
David Amess10/03/2004Southend WestConservativeSigned
Michael Mates11/03/2004East HampshireConservativeSigned
Paul Goodman11/03/2004WycombeConservativeSigned
Ian Taylor11/03/2004Esher & WaltonConservativeSigned
Judy Mallaber12/03/2004Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff12/03/2004Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Diane Abbott12/03/2004Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Helen Jackson15/03/2004Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Tony McWalter15/03/2004Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ian Gibson15/03/2004Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Harold Best15/03/2004Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Kate Hoey16/03/2004VauxhallLabourSigned
Eric Martlew16/03/2004CarlisleLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael16/03/2004Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Bacon16/03/2004South NorfolkConservativeSigned
Barbara Follett17/03/2004StevenageLabourSigned
Quentin Davies18/03/2004Grantham & StamfordConservativeSigned
John Burnett23/03/2004Torridge & West DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Clarke23/03/2004Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Joan Ruddock24/03/2004Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Marsha Singh26/03/2004Bradford WestLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn26/03/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Gavin Strang29/03/2004Edinburgh East & MusselburghLabourSigned
Debra Shipley30/03/2004StourbridgeLabourSigned
Desmond Turner30/03/2004Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Barbara Roche19/04/2004Hornsey & Wood GreenLabourSigned
Annabelle Ewing19/04/2004PerthScottish National PartySigned
Sarah Teather19/04/2004Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Syd Rapson21/04/2004Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins04/05/2004TamworthLabourSigned
Kevin Brennan05/05/2004Cardiff WestLabourSigned
Alex Salmond10/05/2004Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Paul Keetch10/05/2004HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Keith Bradley18/05/2004Manchester, WithingtonLabourSigned
John Cryer20/05/2004HornchurchLabourSigned
Chris Ruane21/05/2004Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Patrick Hall24/05/2004BedfordLabourSigned
Evan Harris26/05/2004Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Curry09/06/2004Skipton & RiponConservativeSigned
Simon Burns22/06/2004West ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Linda Perham22/07/2004Ilford NorthLabourSigned

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