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War Criminals

EDM number 1577 in 2005-06, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 07/02/2006.

That this House expresses concern that the Government may be considering diluting laws relating to the arrest of alleged war criminals and torturers entering or residing in the UK; notes that no good reason has been given to alter the status quo and that the current system wherein a judge makes a decision whether to grant an arrest warrant has worked satisfactorily to date; further notes that such arrest warrants have been issued very infrequently and that this would indicate that the granting of them is taken very seriously indeed by the judiciary which is a safeguard against frivolous applications; calls upon the Government to uphold the UK's duty and right to arrest and prosecute alleged war crimes suspects if they arrive on or reside in its territory and to fund the police and immigration authorities adequately to enable such arrests to be made so that this country cannot be regarded as a safe haven for such persons.

This motion has been signed by a total of 124 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jeremy Corbyn07/02/2006Islington NorthLabourProposed
Alan Simpson07/02/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSeconded
Phyllis Starkey07/02/2006Milton Keynes South WestLabourSeconded
Richard Burden07/02/2006Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSeconded
Robert Wareing08/02/2006Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley08/02/2006Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Julie Morgan08/02/2006Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice08/02/2006PendleLabourSigned
Iris Robinson08/02/2006StrangfordDUPSigned
Bob Spink08/02/2006Castle PointConservativeSigned
Glenda Jackson08/02/2006Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd08/02/2006Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Chris McCafferty08/02/2006Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Colin Breed08/02/2006South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Campbell08/02/2006Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton08/02/2006GowerLabourSigned
Stephen Williams08/02/2006Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Iddon09/02/2006Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Lynne Jones09/02/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
David Drew09/02/2006StroudLabourSigned
Paul Flynn09/02/2006Newport WestLabourSigned
Diane Abbott09/02/2006Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Helen Goodman09/02/2006Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
Emily Thornberry09/02/2006Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Clare Short13/02/2006Birmingham, LadywoodLabourSigned
Paul Holmes13/02/2006ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley13/02/2006Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins13/02/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Paul Keetch13/02/2006HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham13/02/2006Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Derek Conway13/02/2006Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Mohammad Sarwar14/02/2006Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
David Simpson14/02/2006Upper BannDUPSigned
Dennis Skinner14/02/2006BolsoverLabourSigned
Nick Harvey14/02/2006North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Marshall14/02/2006Glasgow EastLabourSigned
Harry Cohen14/02/2006Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Bill Etherington14/02/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard14/02/2006WalthamstowLabourSigned
Mike Hancock14/02/2006Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Williams14/02/2006CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Angus MacNeil14/02/2006Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Rob Marris15/02/2006Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Annette Brooke15/02/2006Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer15/02/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham15/02/2006Coventry SouthLabourSigned
George Galloway15/02/2006Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Derek Wyatt15/02/2006Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Adam Price16/02/2006Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Ann McKechin16/02/2006Glasgow NorthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable16/02/2006TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Hamilton16/02/2006MidlothianLabourSigned
John Austin16/02/2006Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
John Hemming16/02/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Banks16/02/2006Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
Martin Horwood16/02/2006CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Ruddock27/02/2006Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood27/02/2006Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins27/02/2006Luton NorthLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews27/02/2006MedwayLabourSigned
Nicholas Clegg27/02/2006Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Cook27/02/2006Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Andrew George27/02/2006St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Godsiff27/02/2006Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
John Grogan27/02/2006SelbyLabourSigned
Desmond Turner27/02/2006Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Betty Williams27/02/2006ConwyLabourSigned
David Anderson27/02/2006BlaydonLabourSigned
Lyn Brown27/02/2006West HamLabourSigned
Katy Clark27/02/2006North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland27/02/2006Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean28/02/2006BurtonLabourSigned
Pete Wishart28/02/2006Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Julie Kirkbride01/03/2006BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Roger Berry01/03/2006KingswoodLabourSigned
David Howarth01/03/2006CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dowd02/03/2006Lewisham WestLabourSigned
David Laws06/03/2006YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
Clive Efford07/03/2006ElthamLabourSigned
John Penrose07/03/2006Weston-Super-MareConservativeSigned
Michael Meacher08/03/2006Oldham West and RoytonLabourSigned
Ben Wallace08/03/2006Lancaster and WyreConservativeSigned
Lynne Featherstone08/03/2006Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Robinson09/03/2006Belfast EastDUPSigned
Linda Riordan09/03/2006HalifaxLabourSigned
Paul Rowen09/03/2006RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Danny Alexander10/03/2006Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cousins13/03/2006Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Jo Swinson13/03/2006East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis14/03/2006AberavonLabourSigned
Norman Lamb15/03/2006North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Connarty15/03/2006Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell15/03/2006Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer15/03/2006Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Sharon Hodgson16/03/2006Gateshead East and Washington WestLabourSigned
Jeremy Browne16/03/2006TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Natascha Engel20/03/2006North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Tim Farron20/03/2006Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech20/03/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Devine21/03/2006LivingstonLabourSigned
Peter Kilfoyle22/03/2006Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Jim McGovern23/03/2006Dundee WestLabourSigned
Michael Penning27/03/2006Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Simon Hughes28/03/2006North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Love28/03/2006EdmontonLabourSigned
Peter Soulsby28/03/2006Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz30/03/2006Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd18/04/2006Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Sarah Teather18/04/2006Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
John Gummer19/04/2006Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
David Lepper24/04/2006Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne26/04/2006Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
John Smith27/04/2006Vale of GlamorganLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin27/04/2006Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Mark Hunter11/05/2006CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake23/05/2006Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott05/06/2006Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Hepburn20/06/2006JarrowLabourSigned
Bob Russell10/10/2006ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Sadiq Khan19/10/2006TootingLabourSigned
Ian Gibson01/11/2006Norwich NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell06/11/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Phil Willis06/11/2006Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
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