Motion text
That this House notes that 8 June 2022 will mark ten years since the UK signed the Istanbul Convention on protecting women and girls from violence; commends the work by IC Change and other groups in campaigning for the UK’s ratification of the treaty; welcomes the recent announcement by the Home Secretary that the bulk of the treaty will be ratified by 31 July 2022; acknowledges the work by the former hon. Member for Banff and Buchan, Eilidh Whiteford, in proposing and having passed by Parliament in 2017 the legislation enshrining the requirement to ratify the convention; recognises the imperative for national and international action to tackle violence against women and girls; further notes with concern that two reservations have been attached to ratification, including provisions aimed at protecting migrant women and children; believes that all women should mean all women and that migrant communities deserve equal protection under the Convention; and looks forward to the full ratification of the Convention with no reservations as quickly as possible.
Signatures (56)
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.
Newlands, Gavin
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Blackford, Ian
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Oswald, Kirsten
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
McDonald, Stuart C
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Bardell, Hannah
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Black, Mhairi
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Blackman, Bob
Conservative
Signed on
7 June 2022
Bonnar, Steven
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Brock, Deidre
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Callaghan, Amy
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Cameron, Dr Lisa
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Chapman, Douglas
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Cherry, Joanna
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Cowan, Ronnie
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Crawley, Angela
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Day, Martyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Docherty-Hughes, Martin
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Doogan, Dave
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Dorans, Allan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Fellows, Marion
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Flynn, Stephen
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Gibson, Patricia
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Grady, Patrick
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Grant, Peter
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Hosie, Stewart
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Linden, David
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
McLaughlin, Anne
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
McNally, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
MacNeil, Angus Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Monaghan, Carol
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Nicolson, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
O'Hara, Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Qaisar, Ms Anum
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Sheppard, Tommy
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Smith, Alyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Thomson, Richard
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Thompson, Owen
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Whitford, Dr Philippa
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Wishart, Pete
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 June 2022
Edwards, Jonathan
Independent
Signed on
8 June 2022
Hobhouse, Wera
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
8 June 2022
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
9 June 2022
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
9 June 2022
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
9 June 2022
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
9 June 2022
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on
9 June 2022
Farry, Stephen
Alliance
Signed on
9 June 2022
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on
9 June 2022
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on
10 June 2022
Long Bailey, Rebecca
Labour
Signed on
23 June 2022
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on
27 June 2022
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.