PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
UN WORLD REFUGEE DAY AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (29 June 2014)
Motion Details
That this House notes that 20 June 2014 has been designated by the United Nations (UN) as World Refugee Day; further notes that according to official UN figures there are consistently over 10 million more internally displaced persons in the world than refugees; and therefore calls on the UN to rename 20 June 2014 as World Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Day.
Sponsored by:
Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
24
44%
Liberal Democrat
10
18%
Conservative
5
9%
Independent
5
9%
Democratic Unionist Party
4
7%
Your Party
1
2%
Green Party
1
2%
The Independent Group for Change
1
2%
Plaid Cymru
1
2%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
2%
Alliance
1
2%
Scottish National Party
1
2%
Sponsor List (55 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Mr David Anderson
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
Lab
Dame Anne Begg
Con
Bob Blackman
Harrow East
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Sponsor)
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Sarah Champion
Rotherham
Lab
Michael Connarty
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Con
David T C Davies
Lab
Jim Dobbin
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Lab
Mr Frank Doran
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Lab
Paul Flynn
IGC
Mike Gapes
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mary Glindon
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Sir Mark Hendrick
Preston
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Ind
Lady Hermon
Lab
Mr Jim Hood
Lab
Glenda Jackson
LD
Mr John Leech
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
APNI
Naomi Long
Green
Caroline Lucas
Con
Karl McCartney
DUP
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Grahame Morris
Easington
LD
Greg Mulholland
Lab
Fiona O'Donnell
Lab
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Lab
Steve Rotheram
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
Lab
Jim Sheridan
LD
Lord Stunell
Lab
Keith Vaz
Lab
Valerie Vaz
Walsall and Bloxwich
LD
Mr David Ward
SNP
Mike Weir
LD
Mr Mark Williams
DUP
Sammy Wilson
East Antrim
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