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Trade Union Rights In Iraq

EDM number 1658 in 2006-07, proposed by John McDonnell on 11/06/2007.

That this House expresses its deep concern at the reaction of the Iraqi government to the strike by Iraqi oil workers which began on 4th June; notes that on 5th June the Iraqi government issued an arrest warrant for the leaders of the oil workers' unions and that the Iraqi Prime Minister said that he would deal with the strikers `with an iron fist' and that troops have been sent to oil fields; further notes that unions presented their 16 demands to the Iraqi Prime Minister on 16th May 2007, which included consultation on the oil law and improvements to wages; and therefore calls on the UK Government to use whatever leverage it can to promote trade union rights in Iraq as a basic democratic freedom.

This motion has been signed by a total of 50 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John McDonnell11/06/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourProposed
Jeremy Corbyn11/06/2007Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Katy Clark11/06/2007North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSeconded
Bob Russell11/06/2007ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Spink11/06/2007Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Ann Cryer11/06/2007KeighleyLabourSeconded
Andrew Dismore12/06/2007HendonLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil12/06/2007Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Michael Weir12/06/2007AngusScottish National PartySigned
Ian Gibson12/06/2007Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin12/06/2007Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Martin Caton12/06/2007GowerLabourSigned
Colin Breed12/06/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd12/06/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Lynne Jones12/06/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Robert Wareing13/06/2007Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Dai Davies13/06/2007Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Jim Devine13/06/2007LivingstonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis13/06/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
George Galloway13/06/2007Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Hywel Francis13/06/2007AberavonLabourSigned
Janet Dean13/06/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Harry Cohen13/06/2007Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Colin Burgon13/06/2007ElmetLabourSigned
Rob Marris13/06/2007Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/06/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson13/06/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Drew13/06/2007StroudLabourSigned
John Pugh14/06/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh14/06/2007Bradford WestLabourSigned
Vincent Cable14/06/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Campbell14/06/2007Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock14/06/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis18/06/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams18/06/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley18/06/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Doug Naysmith19/06/2007Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis19/06/2007Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
David Hamilton19/06/2007MidlothianLabourSigned
Madeleine Moon19/06/2007BridgendLabourSigned
Paul Keetch20/06/2007HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Karen Buck20/06/2007Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Frank Doran21/06/2007Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Willie Rennie21/06/2007Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price25/06/2007Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
David Anderson25/06/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard26/06/2007WalthamstowLabourSigned
John Hemming26/06/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington28/06/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn04/07/2007JarrowLabourSigned

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