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Persecution Of Christians In Orissa State

EDM number 2042 in 2008-09, proposed by David Simpson on 14/10/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Religious discrimination.

That this House condemns the violent persecution of Christians in Orissa State, India; calls for the immediate ending of this religious persecution and for the Government to press the Indian authorities to ensure the safety and religious freedom of Christians throughout India to ensure that the perpetrators are tried and that justice is done on behalf of the victims; to urge that this should include a witness protection programme; to call upon the Indian authorities to give priority to the continued protection of the Christian minority; and to restoring peace and promoting reconciliation so that Hindus, Christians and all other religious minorities can live once again in a culture of tolerance and respect.

This motion has been signed by a total of 60 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Simpson14/10/2009Upper BannDUPProposed
William McCrea14/10/2009South AntrimDUPSeconded
Sammy Wilson14/10/2009East AntrimDUPSeconded
Iris Robinson14/10/2009StrangfordDUPSeconded
Gregory Campbell14/10/2009East LondonderryDUPSeconded
Nigel Dodds14/10/2009Belfast NorthDUPSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle14/10/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
David Drew15/10/2009StroudLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil15/10/2009Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
David Taylor15/10/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley15/10/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Andrew Dismore15/10/2009HendonLabourSigned
Ian Davidson15/10/2009Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara15/10/2009Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones15/10/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Nick Harvey15/10/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Hepburn16/10/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Colin Breed16/10/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Philip Davies16/10/2009ShipleyConservativeSigned
Andrew Stunell19/10/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Winterton19/10/2009CongletonConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock19/10/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Godsiff19/10/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard19/10/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Andrew George19/10/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke19/10/2009Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer19/10/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Joan Humble19/10/2009Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Robert Key19/10/2009SalisburyConservativeSigned
David Lepper19/10/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden19/10/2009Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell19/10/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins20/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton20/10/2009GowerLabourSigned
Mark Durkan20/10/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Danny Alexander20/10/2009Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh21/10/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean21/10/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Graham Stringer21/10/2009Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing21/10/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Katy Clark21/10/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
John Mason21/10/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Bill Etherington22/10/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Evans26/10/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Sandra Gidley26/10/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Weir26/10/2009AngusScottish National PartySigned
John Hemming26/10/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Cook26/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins27/10/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Jennifer Willott28/10/2009Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech28/10/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Stewart Hosie28/10/2009Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Eddie McGrady29/10/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson03/11/2009Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Eric Illsley05/11/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Don Foster05/11/2009BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson09/11/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope11/11/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Simon Hughes11/11/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Virendra Sharma11/11/2009Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned

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