PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IN TURKEY (23 October 2005)
Motion Details
That this House acknowledges the significance of the academic conference held in Istanbul in September that opened up discussions in Turkey about what happened to the Ottoman Armenians; recognises the courage of Turkish scholars like Halil Berktay, Murat Belge and Taner Akcam in focusing on this part of Turkey's history and their integrity in researching and reporting it; and supports all those in Turkey working to remove any provisions in Turkish law, including the new Penal Code, that conflict with Turkey's constitutional guarantee of the right to free speech.
Sponsored by:
Martin Caton (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
28
54%
Liberal Democrat
8
15%
Independent
6
12%
Scottish National Party
4
8%
Plaid Cymru
2
4%
Conservative
1
2%
Your Party
1
2%
Crossbench
1
2%
Democratic Unionist Party
1
2%
Sponsor List (52 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
LD
John Barrett
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Sir Vince Cable
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Martin Caton (Sponsor)
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mr David Clelland
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Dr Hywel Francis
Lab
Helen Goodman
Lab
Mr David Hamilton
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
LD
John Hemming
LD
Paul Holmes
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
Lab
Rob Marris
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Lab
Chris McCafferty
DUP
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Julie Morgan
Lab
Albert Owen
PC
Adam Price
LD
John Pugh
SNP
Angus Robertson
Ind
Mrs Iris Robinson
SNP
Alex Salmond
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Ind
Bob Spink
Lab
Dr Gavin Strang
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
SNP
Mike Weir
PC
Hywel Williams
LD
Roger Williams
SNP
Pete Wishart
Perth and Kinross-shire
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