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UN CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF GENOCIDE

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1192: tabled on 02 March 2016

Tabled in the 2015-16 session.

This motion has been signed by 43 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House welcomes the recent resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the recent motion of the European Parliament each of which identifies the slaughter by Daesh of Christians and other minorities in Syria and Iraq as the genocide that it is; notes the recent statements by Hillary Clinton, by leading Republican contenders for the US Presidency, and by His Holiness Pope Francis that the targeting of those communities is genocide; observes that an amendment was recently proposed to the Immigration Bill in the House of Lords to place upon the Government a duty to act to protect vulnerable individuals from genocide, and looks forward to that amendment being moved again at a future stage of the Bill; reminds the Prime Minister of the UK's duties under the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide to act both directly and with others to bring this killing to an end and to bring its perpetrators to trial and punishment; expresses its frustration at the reluctance of Ministers to present evidence and to work to create a consensus at the UN that the killing is genocide; and observes that such inaction risks bringing shame on our nation and the reputation of the Government into international disrepute.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Ahmed-Sheikh, Ms Tasmina
Scottish National Party
Signed on 21 March 2016
Ochil and South Perthshire
Bardell, Hannah
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2016
Livingston
Black, Mhairi
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2016
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Blackman, Bob
Conservative
Signed on 9 March 2016
Harrow East
Bottomley, Sir Peter
Conservative
Signed on 8 March 2016
Worthing West
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 9 May 2016
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Bruce, Fiona
Conservative
Signed on 9 March 2016
Congleton
Cherry, Joanna
Scottish National Party
Signed on 21 March 2016
Edinburgh South West
Crausby, Mr David
Labour
Signed on 27 April 2016
Bolton North East
Crawley, Angela
Scottish National Party
Signed on 11 May 2016
Lanark and Hamilton East
Cunningham, Mr Jim
Labour
Signed on 8 March 2016
Coventry South
Fellows, Marion
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 March 2016
Motherwell and Wishaw
Ferrier, Margaret
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2016
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Flynn, Paul
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2016
Newport West
Gapes, Mike
Labour
Signed on 24 March 2016
Ilford South
Gibson, Patricia
Scottish National Party
Signed on 9 March 2016
North Ayrshire and Arran
Godsiff, Mr Roger
Labour
Signed on 14 March 2016
Birmingham, Hall Green
Grady, Patrick
Scottish National Party
Signed on 9 March 2016
Glasgow North
Hermon, Lady
Independent
Signed on 9 March 2016
North Down
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 March 2016
Dundee West
MacNeil, Angus Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2016
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Mactaggart, Fiona
Labour
Signed on 4 March 2016
Slough
McDonald, Stewart Malcolm
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 March 2016
Glasgow South
McDonnell, Dr Alasdair
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 22 March 2016
Belfast South
McGarry, Natalie
Independent
Signed on 3 March 2016
Glasgow East
Mullin, Roger
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 March 2016
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Newlands, Gavin
Scottish National Party
Signed on 21 March 2016
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Nicolson, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 March 2016
East Dunbartonshire
O'Hara, Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 March 2016
Argyll and Bute
Oswald, Kirsten
Scottish National Party
Signed on 9 March 2016
East Renfrewshire
Paterson, Steven
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 March 2016
Stirling
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 7 March 2016
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 3 March 2016
Strangford
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 March 2016
Glasgow South West
Thompson, Owen
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 March 2016
Midlothian
Weir, Mike
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 March 2016
Angus
Wilson, Corri
Scottish National Party
Signed on 9 March 2016
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.