Life And Work Of Samira Hassassian (EDM2154)

Life And Work Of Samira Hassassian

EDM number 2154 in 2010-12, proposed by Richard Burden on 07/09/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights and Middle East.

That this House pays tribute to the life of Samira Hassassian who has died of cancer aged 57,for her work to uphold the rights of the Palestinian people, not only as a poet and wife of the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK but also through her support for charities, including the El-Shashat charity devoted to promoting Palestinian films, as a patron of Medical Aid for Palestinians and through her promotion of trade, by encouraging Palestinian craftspeople to come to the UK to exhibit their products; and wishes that she may rest in peace in the shade of the olive groves back in her Palestinian birthplace of Beit Jala near Bethlehem.

This motion has been signed by a total of 41 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Richard Burden	07/09/2011	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Proposed
Jeremy Corbyn	07/09/2011	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Ann Clwyd	07/09/2011	Cynon Valley	Labour	Seconded
Menzies Campbell	07/09/2011	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Love	07/09/2011	Edmonton	Labour	Seconded
Caroline Lucas	07/09/2011	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Seconded
Simon Hughes	08/09/2011	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Cathy Jamieson	08/09/2011	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	08/09/2011	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	08/09/2011	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	08/09/2011	Gower	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	08/09/2011	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andy Slaughter	08/09/2011	Hammersmith	Labour	Signed
Anas Sarwar	08/09/2011	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Alex Cunningham	08/09/2011	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Simon Danczuk	08/09/2011	Rochdale	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/09/2011	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	12/09/2011	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	12/09/2011	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	12/09/2011	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	12/09/2011	Lanark and Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	12/09/2011	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/09/2011	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	13/09/2011	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	13/09/2011	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	14/09/2011	Lewisham West and Penge	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	15/09/2011	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	15/09/2011	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Paul Flynn	15/09/2011	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	15/09/2011	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	10/10/2011	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Grahame Morris	10/10/2011	Easington	Labour	Signed
Valerie Vaz	10/10/2011	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	10/10/2011	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	10/10/2011	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	10/10/2011	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	10/10/2011	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	10/10/2011	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	11/10/2011	Preston	Labour	Signed
Yasmin Qureshi	11/10/2011	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	26/10/2011	Leeds East	Labour	Signed

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