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Save The Children And The Lisbon Treaty

EDM number 1012 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 in response to the evidence used by the Foreign Secretary and Minister for Europe in the briefing document of 21st January 2008 that Save the Children saw the Lisbon Treaty as a `positive step for children' and implying its support for the Treaty, Save the Children have clarified their position in an e-mail of 25th January to the hon. Member for Glasgow South West and the Foreign Secretary on its implied support for the Treaty, saying that, while they do welcome the inclusion of children's rights in the Treaty, `...it would be a misrepresentation to say we endorse it'; also notes that Save the Children raises further concern about the `...omission of the principle of independence in the chapter on humanitarian aid, and the proposal to create a European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps'; and believes that this clarification of the position of Save the Children should be declared when citing the support of this organisation in relation to 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
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
Si28/02/2008Swansea EastLabourSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned

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