Parliament Website

Violence With Impunity Against Dalits In India

EDM number 1604 in 2006-07, proposed by Andrew Stunell on 05/06/2007.

That this House notes with grave concern the ongoing violence with impunity against Dalits in India (formerly called untouchables); recalls the tragic murder of Surekha, Priyanka, Sudhir and Roshan Bhotmange in Khairlanji village in September 2006; regrets the chronic deficiencies in the investigation and the lack of prosecution of negligent police officers involved in the case; notes that official figures record approximately 26,000 atrocities against Dalits every year; further notes that this statistic is unlikely to represent the true extent of violence; further notes a recent study on untouchability in rural India finding that Dalits faced discrimination in their access to police stations in 28 per cent. of villages and in their treatment in police stations in 32 per cent. of villages; further notes the European Parliament Resolution of 1st February on the human rights situation of the Dalits in India; recognises the existence of legislation to protect Dalits from caste-based violence and humiliation in India; and calls upon the UK Government to make representations to the Indian government to urge the effective implementation of laws protecting Dalits from violent attacks.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Stunell05/06/2007Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratProposed
Rob Marris05/06/2007Wolverhampton South WestLabourSeconded
David Drew05/06/2007StroudLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley05/06/2007Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn05/06/2007Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Tom Brake05/06/2007Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Martin Caton06/06/2007GowerLabourSigned
Mike Hancock06/06/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George06/06/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer06/06/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell06/06/2007Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Lynne Jones06/06/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Brian Iddon06/06/2007Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Bob Russell07/06/2007ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Weir07/06/2007AngusScottish National PartySigned
Derek Wyatt07/06/2007Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
John Hemming07/06/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Angus MacNeil11/06/2007Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Sandra Gidley11/06/2007RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey11/06/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh11/06/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard11/06/2007WalthamstowLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/06/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty12/06/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Colin Breed12/06/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez Foster12/06/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
John Leech12/06/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen13/06/2007Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Rudi Vis13/06/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson13/06/2007Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
John McDonnell13/06/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Lady Hermon13/06/2007North DownUUPSigned
Alan Simpson13/06/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh14/06/2007Bradford WestLabourSigned
Jo Swinson14/06/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith19/06/2007Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson19/06/2007North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell20/06/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Brian Jenkins25/06/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds26/06/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Bill Etherington28/06/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Kidney03/07/2007StaffordLabourSigned

Download raw data as csv or xml.