PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
DEBT REDUCTION AND THE G7 SUMMIT IN OKINAWA (9 July 2000)

Motion Details

That this House acknowledges the leading role played by this Government and the previous Government in promoting initiatives to reduce multilateral and bilateral debt; notes the enthusiastic support of millions of people around the world for the Jubilee goal of lifting the burden of unpayable debt from the poorest countries; supports policies that link debt reduction to poverty reduction; acknowledges the considerable progress made at the 1999 Cologne G7 Summit and recognises that the hopes of millions of the world's poorest people rest on further progress being made at the forthcoming G7 Summit in Okinawa; calls for a clear and enthusiastic endorsement by the G7 of the aspiration for a debt-free start to the New Millennium for the world's poorest countries; and urges the Chancellor of the Exchequer to build on Britain's leadership in this task by seeking agreement for a clear timetable for the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken at Cologne for the full financing of the World Bank's Millennium Trust Fund, all G7 countries to follow the lead of the UK, Italy, Germany and the US and extend 100 per cent. cancellation of bilateral debt to post-cut off debts, a commitment to ensure that the resources made available through debt reduction are used for the reduction of poverty and in particular the achievement of the 2015 International Development Targets, and consideration to be given to a full write-off of debts owed by the heavily indebted poor countries to the World Bank and the IMF should the international development targets be at risk.

Sponsored by:
Jim Dobbin (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
97
70%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
17
12%
 
 
Independent
9
7%
 
 
Conservative
3
2%
 
 
Scottish National Party
3
2%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
2
1%
 
 
Non-affiliated
2
1%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
2
1%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Crossbench
1
1%
 
 
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (138 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lab
Baroness Adams of Craigielea
Lord Allan of Hallam
Lab
Ms Candy Atherton
Lab
John Austin
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Ind
Mr Martin Bell
Lab
Hilary Benn
Leeds South
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Ms Karen Buck
Lab
Colin Burgon
LD
Sir Vince Cable
Lab
Lord Campbell-Savours
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Mr Ian Cawsey
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Lord Clark of Windermere
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Mr Iain Coleman
Lab
Frank Cook
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Keith Darvill
Lab
Valerie Davey
Ind
Geraint Davies
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Jim Dobbin (Sponsor)
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Lab
Bill Etherington
SNP
Mrs Margaret Ewing
LD
Lord Fearn
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Barbara Follett
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
WPB
George Galloway
Lab
Barry Gardiner
Brent West
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Mrs Eileen Gordon
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Mr Ivan Henderson
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
LD
Simon Hughes
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Glenda Jackson
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Helen Jones
Lab
Lord Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Jon Owen Jones
Lab
Ms Jenny Jones
Lab
Alan Keen
Lab
Ann Keen
Lab
Mr David Kidney
Lab
Mr Peter Kilfoyle
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Mr David Lammy
Tottenham
Lab
Mr Bob Laxton
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Lab
David Lepper
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Judy Mallaber
Ind
Mr Paul Marsden
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Shona McIsaac
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
LD
Mrs Ray Michie
Lab
Laura Moffatt
Lab
Julie Morgan
SNP
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Lab
Mr George Mudie
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Dr Nick Palmer
Lab
Lord Pendry
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Stephen Pound
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Lab
Mr Malcolm Savidge
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Lab
Alan Simpson
LD
Angela Smith
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Mr David Stewart
LD
Lord Stunell
SNP
Mr John Swinney
Lab
David Taylor
PC
Mr Simon Thomas
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Mr Neil Turner
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Mr Bill Tynan
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
LD
Steve Webb
Con
Mr Bowen Wells
Lab
Brian White
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
Lab
Mr Anthony Wright
Lab
Derek Wyatt

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