PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
INTERNATIONAL DRUGS POLICY AND SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE (23 June 2015)

Motion Details

That this House welcomes the third global day of action for the Support Don't Punish campaign, to highlight the harms caused by the war on drugs; further welcomes the international day in support of victims of torture; notes that both events take place on 26 June 2015 and that both issues are interlinked; expresses concern that Government funding is being channelled into aggressive anti-narcotics programmes overseas which lead to violations of international human rights law, including torture and use of the death penalty for drugs offences; further notes that the threat posed by drugs and the drugs trade can be used by governments to attempt to justify grievous abuses of human rights; further notes that punitive approaches towards drug users, particularly compulsory treatment programmes, sometimes amount to degrading treatment and torture; and calls on the Government to ensure that its funding for anti-narcotics programmes overseas does not contribute to human rights abuses such as torture being committed, that at least 10 per cent of its budget for anti-narcotics programmes should be re-directed towards harm reduction, and that it continues to play a positive role in the run-up to and during the 2016 UN General Assembly special session on drugs.

Sponsored by:
Ann Clwyd (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
12
43%
 
 
Scottish National Party
10
36%
 
 
Independent
3
11%
 
 
Green Party
1
4%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
4%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
4%
 
Sponsor List (28 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Mr David Anderson
SNP
Richard Arkless
SNP
Mhairi Black
SNP
Kirsty Blackman
Aberdeen North
SNP
Alan Brown
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Ann Clwyd (Sponsor)
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
SNP
Martyn Day
SNP
Stuart Blair Donaldson
SDLP
Mark Durkan
SNP
Marion Fellows
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Mary Glindon
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
SNP
Chris Law
Dundee Central
Lab
Clive Lewis
Norwich South
Green
Caroline Lucas
Lab
Rachael Maskell
York Central
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Liz McInnes
SNP
John McNally
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
SNP
Chris Stephens

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