Christian Community In Iraq (EDM342)

Christian Community In Iraq

EDM number 342 in 2004-05, proposed by Stephen Pound on 07/12/2004.

That this House is deeply concerned by the mass exodus of Iraqi Christians which has decimated Iraq's ancient Chaldo-Assyrian community; notes that the Chaldo-Assyrians make up over 95 per cent. of Iraq's Christians and that this exodus has been largely caused by escalating violence against Christians from Fanatical terrorists, including the bombing of over 10 churches, the 1st August church bombings that killed 12 people and the assassination of over 100 Iraqi Christians since April 2003; further notes that there has been illegal expropriation of Chaldo-Assyrian land and villages in Dohuk province and the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq, thereby depriving many Christians of their homes and livelihood; recognises that Iraqi Christians are among the major forces for moderation, who together with moderate Muslims can act as a significant buffer against the spread of extremism in Iraq; and calls on the British Government urgently to encourage and support the creation of an Autonomous Administrative Region in Iraq for the Chaldo-Assyrians, as promised in Aricle 53(d) of Iraq's Transitional Administrative Law, the Administrative Region to be situated in and around the Nineveh Plains and in Dohuk Province, the ancestral homeland of the Chaldo-Assyrians which is still heavily populated by them, financially to support the reconstruction of Chaldo-Assyrian villages and infrastructure, to provide across-the-board political support to the Chaldo-Assyrians, to assist the Chaldo-Assyrians in reclaiming their land and villages in Dohuk Province and the Nineveh Plains and to support financially the return and resettlement of Chaldo-Assyrian refugees.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Stephen Pound	07/12/2004	Ealing North	Labour	Proposed
Russell Brown	07/12/2004	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	08/12/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andrew George	08/12/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	08/12/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	08/12/2004	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	08/12/2004	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	08/12/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Rob Marris	09/12/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	09/12/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	09/12/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/12/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	09/12/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
David Drew	09/12/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Wayne David	09/12/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	09/12/2004	Easington	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	09/12/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/12/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	09/12/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Edward Leigh	09/12/2004	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/12/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	09/12/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Gordon Prentice	09/12/2004	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	09/12/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
David Burnside	13/12/2004	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Betty Williams	13/12/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	13/12/2004	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/12/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	13/12/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	13/12/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Janet Dean	13/12/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	13/12/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	13/12/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	13/12/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	14/12/2004	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	14/12/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Roy Beggs	14/12/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Marsha Singh	15/12/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	15/12/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	16/12/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	16/12/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	20/12/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	20/12/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	21/12/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Clarke	21/12/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Denzil Davies	21/12/2004	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	21/12/2004	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	10/01/2005	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	11/01/2005	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/01/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	25/01/2005	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Gill	06/04/2005	Leicester South	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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