PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Peace in the Middle East (7 October 2024)

Motion Details

That this House notes its deep alarm at the escalation of violence in the Middle East amidst the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, 100 Israelis still being held hostage and a new humanitarian crisis in Lebanon; urges the Government to work to bring about immediate bilateral ceasefires in Lebanon and Gaza, including demanding the unconditional release of the hostages and pressing for more access for humanitarian aid; stresses the importance of upholding international law and the role of international courts including respecting in full the ICJ advisory opinion on the occupation and legislating to cease trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank as well as including connected entities in the scope of sanctions against extremist settlers; urges the Government to enact a presumption of denial for arms exports to governments listed by the Foreign Office as human rights priorities and accordingly immediate suspend arms exports to Israel; calls on the Government to recognise the existential threat of Iran including by proscribing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and conducting an audit of UK-based assets owned by Iranian officials; and further urges the Government to press for a two-state solution based on 1967 borders, including by immediately recognising the state of Palestine, working with peace-builders in Israel and Palestine who call for two-states, working with the international community to identify future democratic leaders of Palestine and investing in peace, such as the International Fund for Middle East Peace, as well as using trade as a tool for peace.

Sponsored by:
Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Liberal Democrat
54
93%
 
 
Green Party
3
5%
 
 
Labour
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (58 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
LD
Gideon Amos
Taunton and Wellington
LD
Steff Aquarone
North Norfolk
LD
Josh Babarinde
Eastbourne
LD
Alison Bennett
Mid Sussex
Green
Siân Berry
Brighton Pavilion
LD
Alex Brewer
North East Hampshire
LD
Jess Brown-Fuller
Chichester
LD
Charlotte Cane
Ely and East Cambridgeshire
LD
David Chadwick
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
LD
Dr Danny Chambers
Winchester
Green
Ellie Chowns
North Herefordshire
LD
Chris Coghlan
Dorking and Horley
LD
Daisy Cooper
St Albans
Green
Carla Denyer
Bristol Central
LD
Mr Lee Dillon
Newbury
LD
Sarah Dyke
Glastonbury and Somerton
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
LD
Mr Will Forster
Woking
LD
Zöe Franklin
Guildford
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
LD
Sarah Gibson
Chippenham
LD
Olly Glover
Didcot and Wantage
LD
Tom Gordon
Harrogate and Knaresborough
LD
Monica Harding
Esher and Walton
LD
Pippa Heylings
South Cambridgeshire
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
LD
Liz Jarvis
Eastleigh
LD
Clive Jones
Wokingham
Lab
Brian Leishman
Alloa and Grangemouth
LD
James MacCleary
Lewes
LD
Mr Angus MacDonald
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
LD
Helen Maguire
Epsom and Ewell
LD
Mike Martin
Tunbridge Wells
LD
Brian Mathew
Melksham and Devizes
LD
Charlie Maynard
Witney
LD
Calum Miller (Sponsor)
Bicester and Woodstock
LD
Layla Moran
Oxford West and Abingdon
LD
Edward Morello
West Dorset
LD
Helen Morgan
North Shropshire
LD
Tom Morrison
Cheadle
LD
Susan Murray
Mid Dunbartonshire
LD
Sarah Olney
Richmond Park
LD
Manuela Perteghella
Stratford-on-Avon
LD
Dr Al Pinkerton
Surrey Heath
LD
Mr Joshua Reynolds
Maidenhead
LD
Ian Roome
North Devon
LD
Anna Sabine
Frome and East Somerset
LD
Dr Roz Savage
South Cotswolds
LD
Vikki Slade
Mid Dorset and North Poole
LD
Lisa Smart
Hazel Grove
LD
Ian Sollom
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
LD
Luke Taylor
Sutton and Cheam
LD
Freddie van Mierlo
Henley and Thame
LD
Caroline Voaden
South Devon
LD
Max Wilkinson
Cheltenham
LD
Munira Wilson
Twickenham
LD
Claire Young
Thornbury and Yate

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