Motion text
That this House remembers the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, where troops of the British Indian Army opened fire on a peaceful crowd in the Jallianwala Bagh Gardens of Amritsar, Punjab; notes with horror, figures supplied by the UK Government which state 379 died and 1,000 were wounded, while the Indian Government has demonstrated that they believe the final figures to be 1,000 dead and 1,500 wounded; is saddened that no official apology has been issued by the Government; and on the occasion of the centenary of the massacre on 13 April 2019 calls on the Government to apologise for the UK's role in the massacre.
Signatures (31)
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.
Blackman, Bob
Conservative
Signed on
8 April 2019
Penning, Sir Mike
Conservative
Signed on
9 April 2019
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
9 April 2019
Hayes, Helen
Labour
Signed on
9 April 2019
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on
9 April 2019
Doughty, Stephen
Labour
Signed on
9 April 2019
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Cunningham, Mr Jim
Labour
Signed on
9 April 2019
Vaz, Keith
Labour
Signed on
9 April 2019
Davey, Sir Edward
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
9 April 2019
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
9 April 2019
Gethins, Stephen
Scottish National Party
Signed on
9 April 2019
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
9 April 2019
Day, Martyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on
9 April 2019
West, Catherine
Labour
Signed on
10 April 2019
Jardine, Christine
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
10 April 2019
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
10 April 2019
Sobel, Alex
Labour
Signed on
10 April 2019
Bottomley, Sir Peter
Conservative
Signed on
10 April 2019
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on
11 April 2019
Sharma, Mr Virendra
Labour
Signed on
11 April 2019
Hermon, Lady
Independent
Signed on
11 April 2019
Walker, Thelma
Labour
Signed on
11 April 2019
George, Ruth
Labour
Signed on
12 April 2019
Godsiff, Mr Roger
Labour
Signed on
12 April 2019
Farrelly, Paul
Labour
Signed on
12 April 2019
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
23 April 2019
Monaghan, Carol
Scottish National Party
Signed on
24 April 2019
Streeting, Wes
Labour
Signed on
24 April 2019
Hopkins, Kelvin
Independent
Signed on
24 April 2019
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
29 April 2019
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on
30 April 2019
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.