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Samantha Orobator (No. 2)

EDM number 1688 in 2008-09, proposed by Alistair Carmichael on 17/06/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Drugs crimes.

That this House notes the decision by the Laotian court in Vientiane on 3 June 2009 to sentence Samantha Orobator to life imprisonment; further notes that Samantha pleaded guilty to the charges of drug smuggling; further notes the recent agreement between Britain and Laos regarding prison transfers; calls on both nations to ratify the agreement as a matter of urgency; and further calls on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to do all it can to ensure Samantha returns home as soon as possible so she can serve her sentence in the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 19 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alistair Carmichael17/06/2009Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratProposed
Lynne Jones18/06/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins19/06/2009Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer22/06/2009KeighleyLabourSeconded
Mark Durkan22/06/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Jeremy Corbyn23/06/2009Islington NorthLabourSeconded
John McDonnell23/06/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Stephen Pound24/06/2009Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Mark Williams24/06/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean25/06/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil25/06/2009Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Simon Hughes26/06/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter30/06/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis01/07/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Linda Riordan01/07/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
Bill Etherington02/07/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Nick Harvey13/07/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson14/07/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Katy Clark15/07/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned

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