PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
MR BALWANT SINGH (20 March 2012)
Motion Details
That this House notes with extreme concern that the Indian authorities have decided to end the country's moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty and are planning to execute Mr Balwant Singh by hanging on 31 March 2012; and calls on the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs as a matter of urgency to make representations to the Indian government urging that this execution is not proceeded with and that capital punishment is abolished in India.
Sponsored by:
John McDonnell (Independent)
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Party
Votes
%
Labour
11
50%
Independent
5
23%
Liberal Democrat
4
18%
Conservative
1
5%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
5%
Sponsor List (22 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Lord Cryer
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Ind
Lady Hermon
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
LD
Simon Hughes
Lab
Ian Lavery
Blyth and Ashington
Lab
Seema Malhotra
Feltham and Heston
Ind
John McDonnell (Sponsor)
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
Lab
Keith Vaz
LD
Mr David Ward
LD
Stephen Williams
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