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Rights And Freedoms Of Afghan Women

EDM number 1256 in 2008-09, proposed by Menzies Campbell on 01/04/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Afghanistan and Sex discrimination.

That this House notes with concern reports that the President of Afghanistan supports the introduction of legislation designed to restrict the rights and freedoms of Afghan women, including articles which would legalise rape within marriage and end a woman's freedom to enter employment or access education and health services without her husband's permission, despite the Afghan constitution and a number of the international treaties Afghanistan has signed guaranteeing equal rights for women; and urges the Government unequivocally to convey its opposition to the introduction of such repressive laws given the support the United Kingdom and British troops in particular are giving the Afghan government in its struggle against the Taliban, an ogranisation synonymous with the repression of women.

This motion has been signed by a total of 60 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Menzies Campbell01/04/2009North East FifeLiberal DemocratProposed
Sarah Teather01/04/2009Brent EastLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lynne Featherstone01/04/2009Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSeconded
Edward Davey01/04/2009Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Malcolm Bruce01/04/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jo Swinson01/04/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley01/04/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Gordon Prentice02/04/2009PendleLabourSigned
Paul Holmes02/04/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones02/04/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Michael Moore02/04/2009Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer02/04/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
David Drew02/04/2009StroudLabourSigned
Andrew George02/04/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson20/04/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Willie Rennie20/04/2009Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing20/04/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Mike Hancock20/04/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Moss20/04/2009North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Nick Harvey20/04/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders20/04/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell20/04/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen21/04/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
John Leech21/04/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter22/04/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams22/04/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis22/04/2009AberavonLabourSigned
Mark Durkan22/04/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson22/04/2009Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Richard Burden22/04/2009Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Colin Breed22/04/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea22/04/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
Chris McCafferty22/04/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Paul Keetch22/04/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley22/04/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Ken Purchase22/04/2009Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
John McDonnell22/04/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Greg Pope23/04/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Bill Etherington23/04/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jim McGovern23/04/2009Dundee WestLabourSigned
Paul Rowen23/04/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies23/04/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
John Pugh24/04/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham24/04/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard27/04/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Marsha Singh27/04/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell28/04/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan29/04/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
Simon Hughes30/04/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins30/04/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable30/04/2009TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson06/05/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Evan Harris07/05/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Kim Howells07/05/2009PontypriddLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael07/05/2009Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker14/05/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Roy20/05/2009GlenrothesLabourSigned
David Crausby04/06/2009Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar08/06/2009Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn

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