PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
HUMANITARIAN APPEAL FOR VISITATION RIGHTS FOR WIVES OF MIAMI FIVE (10 September 2012)
Motion Details
That this House expresses concern at the continued lack of visitation rights granted to Olga Salanueva and Adriana Perez to visit their husbands Gerardo Hernandez and Rene Gonzalez, two of the Miami Five, five Cubans currently detained in the US; notes that Amnesty International `believes that denying the men visits from their wives is unnecessarily punitive and contrary to standards for humane treatment of prisoners and states' obligations to protect family life'; and calls on the USadministration to make a humanitarian gesture and grant visitation rights to their wives.
Sponsored by:
Michael Connarty (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
22
61%
Independent
4
11%
Liberal Democrat
4
11%
Scottish National Party
2
6%
Conservative
1
3%
Plaid Cymru
1
3%
Democratic Unionist Party
1
3%
Green Party
1
3%
Sponsor List (36 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Paul Blomfield
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Kevin Brennan
LD
Baroness Burt of Solihull
Lab
Rosie Cooper
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Alex Cunningham
Ind
Geraint Davies
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
Lab
Bill Esterson
Sefton Central
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Lab
Sir Mark Hendrick
Preston
SNP
Stewart Hosie
Lab
Sir George Howarth
LD
Chris Huhne
Lab
Ian Lavery
Blyth and Ashington
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
Green
Caroline Lucas
Lab
Andy McDonald
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Alison McGovern
Birkenhead
Lab
Ian Mearns
Lab
Grahame Morris
Easington
Lab
Lisa Nandy
Wigan
Lab
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Andy Sawford
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
Lab
Mr Barry Sheerman
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
Lab
Valerie Vaz
Walsall and Bloxwich
PC
Hywel Williams
DUP
Sammy Wilson
East Antrim
SNP
Pete Wishart
Perth and Kinross-shire
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