PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
VISIT OF THE DALAI LAMA (20 February 2008)
Motion Details
That this House welcomes the forthcoming visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the United Kingdom in May; recognises the strong historical connections between this country and Tibet; notes that the Dalai Lama has recently had meetings with President George Bush, Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of Australia, Canada and Austria; and calls upon the Prime Minister to take the opportunity to meet the Dalai Lama on the occasion of his visit, particularly in the light of the worsening human rights position in Tibet and the Dalai Lama's commitment to a non-violent solution.
Sponsored by:
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
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Party
Votes
%
Labour
49
37%
Liberal Democrat
44
33%
Conservative
25
19%
Independent
4
3%
Speaker
2
1%
Plaid Cymru
2
1%
Scottish National Party
2
1%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
1%
Your Party
1
1%
Non-affiliated
1
1%
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
Not Available
1
1%
Sponsor List (134 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
LD
Danny Alexander
Con
Mr Peter Atkinson
Lab
John Austin
Con
Mr Richard Bacon
LD
Norman Baker (Sponsor)
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
Lab
Dame Anne Begg
Spk
John Bercow
Con
Lord Blencathra
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Annette Brooke
LD
Mr Jeremy Browne
LD
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
LD
Paul Burstow
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Michael Connarty
Derek Conway
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Con
Mr David Curry
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Lord Davies of Stamford
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Frank Dobson
Con
Mr Stephen Dorrell
Con
Ms Nadine Dorries
Lab
Jim Dowd
Lab
Dr David Drew
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
LD
Baroness Featherstone
Lab
Paul Flynn
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Lab
Michael Jabez Foster
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
LD
Sandra Gidley
LD
Julia Goldsworthy
Con
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Lab
Patrick Hall
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Dr Evan Harris
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Mr Dai Havard
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
LD
Mr David Heath
LD
John Hemming
Ind
Lady Hermon
Lab
David Heyes
Baroness Hoey
LD
Paul Holmes
Con
Lord Horam
LD
Martin Horwood
Con
Lord Howard of Lympne
LD
David Howarth
Lab
Sir George Howarth
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
LD
Simon Hughes
LD
Mark Hunter
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Con
Robert Key
LD
Baroness Kramer
LD
Norman Lamb
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
LD
Mr John Leech
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Lab
David Lepper
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Mrs Anne Main
Lab
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Lab
Chris McCafferty
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Lab
Julie Morgan
LD
Greg Mulholland
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Con
Sir Robert Neill
LD
Mr Mark Oaten
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
Lab
Mr Greg Pope
PC
Adam Price
Con
Mark Pritchard
The Wrekin
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
LD
John Pugh
LD
Willie Rennie
SNP
Angus Robertson
Lab
Mr Geoffrey Robinson
LD
Dan Rogerson
LD
Sir Bob Russell
IGC
Joan Ryan
Lab
Martin Salter
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Geraldine Smith
LD
Sir Robert Smith
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Lord Swire
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Lab
David Taylor
Con
Mr Ian Taylor
LD
Sarah Teather
LD
Viscount Thurso
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
Con
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
LD
Steve Webb
SNP
Mike Weir
LD
Mr Mark Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Roger Williams
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Mr Anthony Wright
LD
Richard Younger-Ross
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