Early Day Motions

YEMEN PEACE TALKS

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1793: tabled on 31 October 2018

Tabled in the 2017-19 session.

This motion has been signed by 21 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House welcomes the call made by US Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Luke Pompeo for a ceasefire in Yemen's civil war and the commitment to peace talks within 30 days; supports the idea of an immediate ceasefire in the conflict; notes that after three years of conflict over 30,000 Yemeni civilians are estimated to have been slaughtered; and calls on the Government to support all efforts to end the conflict and the bombings of civilian area currently being carried out by the Saudi-Emirati led coalition, and to immediately table a new UN Resolution.

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.

Vaz, Keith
Labour
Signed on 31 October 2018
Leicester East
Primary
Monaghan, Carol
Scottish National Party
Signed on 1 November 2018
Glasgow North West
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 1 November 2018
Strangford
Hopkins, Kelvin
Independent
Signed on 1 November 2018
Luton North
Cunningham, Mr Jim
Labour
Signed on 1 November 2018
Coventry South
Blackman, Bob
Conservative
Signed on 1 November 2018
Harrow East

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

Crausby, Sir David
Labour
Signed on 1 November 2018
Bolton North East
Edwards, Jonathan
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 1 November 2018
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
George, Ruth
Labour
Signed on 26 November 2018
High Peak
Glindon, Mary
Labour
Signed on 6 November 2018
North Tyneside
Hayes, Helen
Labour
Signed on 6 November 2018
Dulwich and West Norwood
Linden, David
Scottish National Party
Signed on 12 November 2018
Glasgow East
Moran, Layla
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 6 November 2018
Oxford West and Abingdon
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on 1 November 2018
Brighton, Kemptown
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 12 November 2018
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 1 November 2018
Glasgow South West
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on 1 November 2018
Glasgow Central
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 12 December 2018
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Chapman, Douglas
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 December 2018
Dunfermline and West Fife
MacNeil, Angus Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 December 2018
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on 11 January 2019
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.