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Special Drawing Rights

EDM number 1167 in 2008-09, proposed by Andrew Pelling on 24/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of World economy.

That this House supports the proposal of China's central bank to replace the US dollar, a currency subject to debasement by a single government, as the world's primary reserve currency with special drawing rights, a reserve currency originally proposed by John Maynard Keynes.

This motion has been signed by a total of 5 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Pelling24/03/2009Croydon CentralIndependentProposed
Bob Spink25/03/2009Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Ann Cryer30/03/2009KeighleyLabourSeconded
Linda Riordan29/04/2009HalifaxLabourSeconded
Alan Simpson06/05/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSeconded

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