Sri Lanka And The Commonwealth (EDM641)

Sri Lanka And The Commonwealth

EDM number 641 in 2008-09, proposed by Siobhain McDonagh on 29/01/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and International politics and government.

That this House notes the Harare Commonwealth Declaration 1991, which states that members share a commitment to certain fundamental principles including respect for human rights; further notes with grave concern the deepening crisis in Sri Lanka; and calls on the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group to suspend Sri Lanka from the Commonwealth until a ceasefire has been established and its government grants a UN monitoring mission unfettered access to the country, allows international aid agencies access to the Vanni region and resumes peace negotiations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Siobhain McDonagh	29/01/2009	Mitcham and Morden	Labour	Proposed
Joan Ryan	29/01/2009	Enfield North	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	02/02/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	02/02/2009	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
David Taylor	02/02/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Virendra Sharma	02/02/2009	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	02/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	02/02/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Lee Scott	03/02/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Angus MacNeil	03/02/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mike Hancock	03/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laura Moffatt	03/02/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	04/02/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/02/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Drew	04/02/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	04/02/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	04/02/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	04/02/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	04/02/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	04/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	05/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	09/02/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/02/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	09/02/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	09/02/2009	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	11/02/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
David Heath	24/02/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	24/02/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/02/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	27/02/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Horam	20/03/2009	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dowd	26/03/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	26/03/2009	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/04/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	23/04/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	Unknown			Withdrawn

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