Christians In Pakistan (EDM559)

Christians In Pakistan

EDM number 559 in 2014-15, proposed by Jim Shannon on 26/11/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Religion and faith communities and Religious discrimination.

That this House condemns the ongoing kidnappings, rape, torture, violence and killings of Christians in Pakistan; notes that hundreds of Christian girls are taken from their homes and families and forced to convert to Islam each year; further notes that the country's blasphemy laws have devastating effects on religious minorities, particularly Christians; and considers that this is something which must be condemned.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jim Shannon	26/11/2014	Strangford	DUP	Proposed
Bob Russell	26/11/2014	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Alan Meale	27/11/2014	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	27/11/2014	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Blackman	28/11/2014	Harrow East	Conservative	Seconded
Mike Hancock	28/11/2014	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John McDonnell	28/11/2014	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	01/12/2014	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Paul Flynn	02/12/2014	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	02/12/2014	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	02/12/2014	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
George Howarth	02/12/2014	Knowsley	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	02/12/2014	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
William McCrea	02/12/2014	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Michael Weir	03/12/2014	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lindsay Roy	03/12/2014	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	03/12/2014	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	03/12/2014	North Down	Independent	Signed
Nigel Dodds	03/12/2014	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Gregory Campbell	03/12/2014	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Mary Glindon	04/12/2014	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	05/12/2014	Romford	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	09/12/2014	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Murphy	10/12/2014	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	11/12/2014	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	11/12/2014	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Roger Godsiff	15/12/2014	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Caroline Lucas	16/12/2014	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	28/01/2015	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed

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