Motion text
That this House notes with sadness the targeted murder of at least 19 people, mostly Sikhs, on 1 July 2018 in the Afghan city of Jalalabad; acknowledges that the suicide bombing murdered the majority of Afghanistan's Sikh community leaders, including Mr Avtar Singh Khalsa the only Sikh candidate for Parliament; recognises that the Sikh community in Afghanistan, along with other religious minorities, are under sustained assault by a government uninterested in them and a significant minority of the population who want to see them gone; notes that many members of the Afghan Sikh community have come to the UK to seek safety and have joined the large UK Sikh population centred on West London; asks the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to meet representatives of the Sikh community in the UK to update them on the work the Government is doing; and calls for the Government to work with the international community to offer support and security to the persecuted minorities of Afghanistan.
Signatures (38)
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.
Sharma, Mr Virendra
Labour
Signed on
10 July 2018
Martin, Sandy
Labour
Signed on
11 July 2018
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
10 July 2018
Cunningham, Alex
Labour
Signed on
12 July 2018
West, Catherine
Labour
Signed on
12 July 2018
Hopkins, Kelvin
Independent
Signed on
12 July 2018
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Blackman, Bob
Conservative
Signed on
12 July 2018
Blackman, Kirsty
Scottish National Party
Signed on
23 July 2018
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
4 September 2018
Chapman, Douglas
Scottish National Party
Signed on
10 September 2018
Crausby, Sir David
Labour
Signed on
1 November 2018
Cruddas, Jon
Labour
Signed on
17 October 2018
Cryer, John
Labour
Signed on
12 July 2018
Cunningham, Mr Jim
Labour
Signed on
17 July 2018
Davies, David T. C.
Conservative
Signed on
12 July 2018
Day, Martyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 July 2018
Farrelly, Paul
Labour
Signed on
16 July 2018
George, Ruth
Labour
Signed on
19 July 2018
Gethins, Stephen
Scottish National Party
Signed on
23 October 2018
Glindon, Mary
Labour
Signed on
12 July 2018
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on
9 October 2018
Hepburn, Mr Stephen
Labour
Signed on
4 September 2018
Hermon, Lady
Independent
Signed on
16 July 2018
Hill, Mike
Labour
Signed on
18 July 2018
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
16 July 2018
Lefroy, Jeremy
Conservative
Signed on
16 July 2018
Linden, David
Scottish National Party
Signed on
16 July 2018
MacNeil, Angus Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
6 September 2018
Main, Mrs Anne
Conservative
Signed on
19 July 2018
O'Mara, Jared
Labour
Signed on
12 July 2018
Penning, Sir Mike
Conservative
Signed on
19 July 2018
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
16 July 2018
Spellar, John
Labour
Signed on
16 July 2018
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on
16 July 2018
Turley, Anna
Labour
Signed on
12 July 2018
Walker, Thelma
Labour
Signed on
17 July 2018
Western, Matt
Labour
Signed on
12 July 2018
Williamson, Chris
Labour
Signed on
4 September 2018
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.