Bombing Of Ponnampalam Memorial Hospital In Sri Lanka (EDM726)

Bombing Of Ponnampalam Memorial Hospital In Sri Lanka

EDM number 726 in 2008-09, proposed by Andrew Pelling on 09/02/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Military operations.

That this House expresses its gravest concern at the bombing and destruction of Ponnampalam Memorial Hospital in Puthukkudiyiruppu killing scores and wounding many; and notes that Article 18 of the Fourth Geneva Convention which Sri Lanka ratified in February 1959 states that the civilian hospitals organised to give care to the wounded and sick, the infirm and maternity cases, may in no circumstances be the object of attack, but shall at all times be respected and protected by the parties to a conflict.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Pelling	09/02/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Proposed
Lee Scott	09/02/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	09/02/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Keith Vaz	09/02/2009	Leicester East	Labour	Seconded
Glenda Jackson	10/02/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	10/02/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Dai Davies	10/02/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Jim Devine	10/02/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	10/02/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	10/02/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	10/02/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Martin Caton	11/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	11/02/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	11/02/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	11/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	11/02/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	11/02/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	11/02/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Leech	12/02/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	12/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	23/02/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ann Cryer	23/02/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	23/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	23/02/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Betty Williams	23/02/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	24/02/2009	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	24/02/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Janet Anderson	25/02/2009	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	25/02/2009	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	25/02/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	26/02/2009	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	27/02/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/03/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/03/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	11/03/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Simon Hughes	11/11/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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