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Action Aid And The Lisbon Treaty

EDM number 1011 in 2007-08, proposed by Ian Davidson on 21/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Charities, EU law and treaties and EU political integration.

That this House notes that with regard to comments made by the Foreign Secretary in his opening speech of the Second Reading Debate in the House of Commons on 21st January 2008 claiming that Action Aid supported the Treaty of Lisbon provisions on development co-operation, Action Aid has clarified its position in a letter of 25th January to the Foreign Secretary, stating it believes `it would be premature to conclude that the Treaty is going to deliver the changes needed to improve European development policy'; further notes that in the same letter Action Aid have said that they ` . . . have reservations on the Treaty's discussion of trade, and particularly on the proposed extension of the Commission's competency to cover services, investment and intellectual property'; and believes that this clarification of the position of Action Aid should be declared when citing the support of this organisation in relation to EU development policy and Lisbon Treaty matters.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ian Davidson21/02/2008Glasgow South WestLabourProposed
David Taylor22/02/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins22/02/2008Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Graham Stringer22/02/2008Manchester, BlackleyLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley22/02/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Nigel Evans22/02/2008Ribble ValleyConservativeSeconded
Ann Cryer22/02/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
David Drew22/02/2008StroudLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton25/02/2008MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Philip Davies25/02/2008ShipleyConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton25/02/2008CongletonConservativeSigned
Hywel Williams25/02/2008CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Lindsay Hoyle25/02/2008ChorleyLabourSigned
Kate Hoey26/02/2008VauxhallLabourSigned
Peter Lilley26/02/2008Hitchin and HarpendenConservativeSigned
Gregory Campbell26/02/2008East LondonderryDUPSigned
David Simpson27/02/2008Upper BannDUPSigned
Bob Spink27/02/2008Castle PointConservativeSigned
William McCrea27/02/2008South AntrimDUPSigned
Roger Godsiff27/02/2008Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Tony Baldry27/02/2008BanburyConservativeSigned
John Hemming27/02/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned

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