PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
ACCESS FOR HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES TO RAKHINE STATE IN BURMA (31 May 2015)
Motion Details
That this House expresses its concern at the number of Rohingya Muslims from Burma and Bangladesh who have fled their countries since the start of the year, risking their lives in order to reach Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand; calls on the Government to make clear to the Burmese government the need to address the reasons that people feel forced to do so; and further calls on the Government to ask the UN Secretary-General to take a personal lead in negotiating with the Burmese government to allow access for humanitarian agencies to Rakhine State.
Sponsored by:
Valerie Vaz (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
21
38%
Scottish National Party
12
22%
Independent
8
15%
Democratic Unionist Party
4
7%
Liberal Democrat
4
7%
Conservative
2
4%
Plaid Cymru
2
4%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
4%
Sponsor List (55 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
SNP
Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
Lab
Mr David Anderson
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
SNP
Alan Brown
Con
Fiona Bruce
Lab
Liam Byrne
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Sir David Crausby
SNP
Angela Crawley
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
SNP
Martyn Day
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
SNP
Stuart Blair Donaldson
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
Lab
Robert Flello
Lab
Paul Flynn
SNP
Stephen Gethins
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
Lab
Mary Glindon
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
SNP
Patrick Grady
Lab
Helen Hayes
Dulwich and West Norwood
Ind
Lady Hermon
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Ind
Imran Hussain
Bradford East
Lab
Stephen Kinnock
Aberafan Maesteg
LD
Norman Lamb
SNP
Chris Law
Dundee Central
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Lab
Rachael Maskell
York Central
Lab
Andy McDonald
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Ind
Natalie McGarry
Lab
Liz McInnes
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
SNP
Carol Monaghan
LD
Greg Mulholland
SNP
Roger Mullin
LD
John Pugh
Lab
Yasmin Qureshi
Bolton South and Walkden
Lab
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
SNP
Alex Salmond
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
DUP
David Simpson
Lab
Jeff Smith
Manchester Withington
Lab
Keith Vaz
Lab
Valerie Vaz (Sponsor)
Walsall and Bloxwich
SNP
Mike Weir
PC
Hywel Williams
LD
Mr Mark Williams
DUP
Sammy Wilson
East Antrim
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