PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
PALESTINIANS FROM IRAQ (22 January 2007)

Motion Details

That this House expresses its great concern for the safety and welfare of the Palestinian population in Iraq and for many of those who have fled; notes that since 2003, the Palestinian community in Iraq has faced escalating forms of insecurity, including evictions, discrimination, torture, kidnapping, targeted killings and shelling of Palestinian neighbourhoods, and that these attacks have come from both government forces and insurgents; draws attention to the numbers of Palestinians who have fled Iraq or who have been displaced internally; notes that borders with Jordan and Syria are now closed and that many refugees are stranded in makeshift, temporary refugee camps at Ruwayshid in Jordan, Al-Hol in Syria and in the border area of Iraq and Syria at Al-Tanf; notes that they are receiving little or no humanitarian aid or support and that their plight is desperate; asks the Government to urge the United Nations to intervene immediately to provide both aid and security; and calls upon the Department for International Development to give all possible assistance to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in this task and in its efforts to support the 20,000 Palestinians stranded in Baghdad.

Sponsored by:
John Austin (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
44
58%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
11
14%
 
 
Independent
10
13%
 
 
Conservative
3
4%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
4%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
3
4%
 
 
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
 
 
Not Available
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (76 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Mr David Anderson
Con
Mr Peter Atkinson
Lab
John Austin (Sponsor)
LD
John Barrett
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Clive Betts
Sheffield South East
Ind
Crispin Blunt
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Mr Colin Breed
Lab
Ms Lyn Brown
Lab
Richard Burden
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Harry Cohen
Derek Conway
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Jim Cousins
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Ind
Mr Dai Davies
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Jim Dowd
Lab
Dr David Drew
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Lab
Bill Etherington
Lab
Paul Flynn
WPB
George Galloway
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Mr David Hamilton
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
LD
John Hemming
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Lynne Jones
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Sadiq Khan
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
Lab
David Lepper
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
The Marquess of Lothian
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Lab
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Lab
Kerry McCarthy
Bristol East
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
SDLP
Mr Eddie McGrady
Lab
Julie Morgan
Ind
Mr Andrew Pelling
PC
Adam Price
LD
John Pugh
LD
Willie Rennie
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Dr Gavin Strang
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
LD
Lord Stunell
LD
Jo Swinson
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
PC
Hywel Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
Lab
Derek Wyatt
LD
Richard Younger-Ross

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