Christians In Iraq (EDM1660)

Christians In Iraq

EDM number 1660 in 2010-12, proposed by Robert Halfon on 28/03/2011.
Categorised under the topic of Iraq.

That this House notes the recent visit by the Archbishop of Erbil Bashar Warda to Parliament as a guest of the All-Party Parliamentary group on the Kurdistan Region in Iraq as part of his first visit to the UK hosted by the charity Aid to the Church in Need; further notes his assessment that, in response to violent attacks from 2003, many Iraqi Christians from Baghdad and Mosul have fled to Iraqi Kurdistan, where they have been welcomed by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), which has established an emergency programme to handle the sudden influx and where there is no religious persecution of Christians; endorses his view that the KRG requires help from the federal government in Baghdad for specific projects and infrastructure for these Iraqi citizens; understands that Kurdistan Regional President Barzani is also seeking wider international support for his government's efforts to protect Christians; and respectfully urges the Iraqi federal government to discuss this asa matter of urgency with the KRG in order to help preserve the position of Christians in Iraq.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Robert Halfon	28/03/2011	Harlow	Conservative	Proposed
Mike Gapes	28/03/2011	Ilford South	Labour	Seconded
Mark Durkan	28/03/2011	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	29/03/2011	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Jim Shannon	29/03/2011	Strangford	DUP	Seconded
Andrew George	29/03/2011	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mike Hancock	29/03/2011	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	29/03/2011	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Ian Paisley Jnr	29/03/2011	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
William McCrea	29/03/2011	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Gordon Marsden	29/03/2011	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	30/03/2011	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julian Lewis	30/03/2011	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Naomi Long	30/03/2011	Belfast East	Alliance	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/03/2011	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	30/03/2011	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	30/03/2011	Blackley and Broughton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	31/03/2011	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Angus MacNeil	31/03/2011	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Nigel Dodds	31/03/2011	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Tony Cunningham	31/03/2011	Workington	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	31/03/2011	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	31/03/2011	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	31/03/2011	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bob Russell	31/03/2011	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mary Glindon	04/04/2011	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	05/04/2011	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	05/04/2011	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Roy	05/04/2011	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	26/04/2011	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
George Howarth	26/04/2011	Knowsley	Labour	Signed
Tessa Munt	26/04/2011	Wells	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	27/04/2011	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Dan Rogerson	04/05/2011	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	11/05/2011	Halifax	Labour	Signed

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