Slavery And Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (EDM1616)

Slavery And Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

EDM number 1616 in 2005-06, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 09/02/2006.

That this House welcomes the unanimous decision of the Church of England Synod to acknowledge and apologise for the complicity of the Church in the slave trade; pays tribute to the decade-long campaign led by African countries and representatives of the African diaspora to gain international recognition for the injustices perpetrated in the era of slave trade and to address the lasting legacy of poverty and discrimination; recognises the inspiration derived from Pope John Paul II in his 1991 apology for the `sins of Christian Europe against Africa'; believes that, on the eve of the 2007 bicentenary anniversary of abolition, it is no longer sufficient merely to express regret that slavery occurred; urges the Government to prepare a declaration that recognises slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity; and calls upon the Home Office Bicentenary Advisory Group to identify a suitable opportunity for an apology to be made on behalf of the nation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jeremy Corbyn	09/02/2006	Islington North	Labour	Proposed
Diane Abbott	09/02/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	09/02/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	13/02/2006	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	13/02/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Mike Hancock	13/02/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Eric Illsley	13/02/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John Leech	13/02/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	14/02/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Hywel Williams	14/02/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Keith Vaz	14/02/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	14/02/2006	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	14/02/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	14/02/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	14/02/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Harry Cohen	14/02/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	14/02/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	14/02/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	14/02/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	14/02/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	14/02/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/02/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	14/02/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	15/02/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	15/02/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/02/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/02/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	16/02/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	16/02/2006	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	27/02/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jim Devine	27/02/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	27/02/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	27/02/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	27/02/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	27/02/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	28/02/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	28/02/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/03/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	13/03/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Holloway	29/03/2006	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Chris Bryant	30/03/2006	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	18/04/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	02/05/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	15/05/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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