PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
THE DYING ROOMS (13 June 1995)

Motion Details

That this House congratulates Channel 4 film-makers Brian Woods and Kate Blewett on their production The Dying Rooms; notes that they travelled throughout China amassing first hand evidence of the brutal results of the state population control programme which restricts families to one child; notes that this includes compulsory abortion and sterilisation and because of cultural bias has resulted in girl babies and those who are disabled being abandoned in orphanages; further notes that the film documents these children in state asylums, with their arms and legs tied in seatless chairs with potties underneath being left to die from absolute neglect; notes that British taxpayers' money is used to finance the Chinese population control programme through the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the UNFPA; calls upon Her Majesty's Government to withdraw all financial assistance from both these agencies and from all Chinese state programmes until the coercive population control programme has been stopped; and further calls upon the Government to demand that the United Nations should transfer the Fourth World Conference on Women, scheduled for September, from Beijing in China to a country with a civilised policy towards females, both adult and minor.

Sponsored by:
Ann Winterton (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
33
45%
 
 
Conservative
23
31%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
5
7%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
3
4%
 
 
Crossbench
3
4%
 
 
Not Available
2
3%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
2
3%
 
 
Independent
2
3%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (74 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Richard Alexander
Con
Michael Alison
XB
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Con
Mr David Atkinson
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
LD
Lord Beith
Con
Mr Vivian Bendall
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Lab
Lord Bilston
Con
Sir Andrew Bowden
Lab
Roland Boyes
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
Lab
Richard Burden
Con
John Butcher
Ind
Dennis Canavan
XB
Lord Carlile of Berriew
Con
Sir William Cash
Con
Dr Michael Clark
Con
Michael Colvin
Con
Anthony Coombs
Lab
Baroness Corston
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
PC
Cynog Dafis
Lab
Denzil Davies
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Con
Mr Bob Dunn
Lab
Derek Enright
Con
Dame Peggy Fenner
Con
Sir Peter Fry
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Baroness Golding
Mr Tommy Graham
Con
Harry Greenway
Lab
Mr John Home Robertson
Lab
Lord Hoyle
Con
Toby Jessel
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
LD
Mr Charles Kennedy
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
LD
Liz Lynne
Lab
Mr Denis MacShane
LD
Baroness Maddock
XB
Lord Martin of Springburn
Lab
Lord Maxton
Lab
Lord McAvoy
Mr Robert McCartney
SDLP
Mr Eddie McGrady
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Sir Bill O'Brien
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
Lab
Robert Parry
Con
Mrs Elizabeth Peacock
Lab
Mr Colin Pickthall
UUP
Mr William Ross
Lab
Lord Rowlands
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Con
Sir James Spicer
Lab
Rachel Squire
Con
Allan Stewart
Lab
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Lab
Jack Thompson
Lab
Lord Touhig
Lab
Mr Alan Williams
Con
Ann Winterton (Sponsor)
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Dr Tony Wright

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