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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
DALAI LAMA'S BIRTHDAY (4 July 2005)

Motion Details

That this House congratulates his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on the occasion of his 70th birthday on 6th July; welcomes the recent talks between his envoys and representatives of the government of the People's Republic of China which concluded on 1st July in Berne, Switzerland; expresses its earnest desire to see substantial progress towards an end to China's occupation of Tibet; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to do all in its power during the course of its Presidency of the European Union to encourage China's leaders to drop pre-conditions to substantive negotiations on Tibet's future status.

Sponsored by:
Harry Cohen (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
28
39%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
18
25%
 
 
Independent
8
11%
 
 
Conservative
8
11%
 
 
Scottish National Party
4
6%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
4%
 
 
Your Party
1
1%
 
 
Non-affiliated
1
1%
 
 
Not Available
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (72 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
LD
Norman Baker
LD
John Barrett
Ind
Crispin Blunt
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Annette Brooke
Lab
Richard Burden
LD
Paul Burstow
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Harry Cohen (Sponsor)
Derek Conway
Lab
Rosie Cooper
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Jim Cousins
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Natascha Engel
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Con
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
LD
John Hemming
Ind
Lady Hermon
Lab
David Heyes
Baroness Hoey
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
LD
Martin Horwood
SNP
Stewart Hosie
LD
David Howarth
LD
Simon Hughes
Con
Mr Nick Hurd
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Baroness Keeley
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Con
Robert Key
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
LD
Norman Lamb
LD
Mr John Leech
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Julie Morgan
Lab
Mr Chris Mullin
Lab
Albert Owen
Ind
Mr Andrew Pelling
Lab
Mr Greg Pope
PC
Adam Price
SNP
Angus Robertson
LD
Sir Bob Russell
SNP
Alex Salmond
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Lab
Alan Simpson
Ind
Bob Spink
LD
Sarah Teather
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
PC
Hywel Williams
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
SNP
Pete Wishart
Perth and Kinross-shire

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