The following Early Day Motions have
been available for signature to members of the House of Commons since the dates
indicated. The breakdown of signatories
as of 20th March 2006 is shown below each one.
EDM 1767 Force–feeding
at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, 7th March 2006
That this House notes with
concern allegations made by Guantánamo Bay detainee Fawzi al-Odah in a BBC
interview that hunger strikers were strapped to a chair and force-fed through a
tube three times a day at the detention camp; further notes that Mr Odah was
one of 84 hunger strikers at Guantánamo in December 2005; further notes that
fellow inmate Mohammed Bawazir has launched a legal challenge against the
force-feeding policy under the US McCain Torture Law; further notes that the US
administration has since suggested that this law may not apply to Cuba; and
calls upon the Government to restate publicly its opposition to the use of
torture in all its forms and to express its support for Mr Bawazir's court
challenge.
Conservatives 2; Labour 27; Liberal Democrats 16; Others 4;
Total 49
EDM 1730 British
residents in Guantanamo Bay (No. 2), 1st March 2006
That this House is deeply
concerned that the UK Government is failing to represent the interests of the
British residents who remain in detention without trial in Guantánamo Bay, many
of whom are on hunger strike; believes that people who have sought asylum in
the UK and have their families here cannot possibly be represented by the
governments from whom they fled or safely return to their countries of origin;
and calls on the Government to take action to demand that the eight individuals
concerned are brought to trial or returned to live with their families in the
UK.
Conservatives 6; Labour 22; Liberal Democrats 15; Others 5;
Total 48
EDM 1694 Jamil
El-Banna and British residents in Guantánamo Bay, 27th February 2006
That this House applauds
the Times Series Newspapers on their `Justice for Dad' campaign with its call
to the British Government and US Administration to bring justice to Jamil
el-Banna, a British resident held in Guantánamo Bay for over three years
without charge or trial; regrets the Prime Minister's use of the word `anomaly'
to describe the camp at Guantánamo Bay and suggests that he uses the term
`international disgrace' in the future; and calls on the British Government to
acknowledge its moral duty towards British residents held in Guantánamo Bay,
particularly those such as Jamil el-Banna who have British children, and to
make immediate representations to the US Administration calling for Jamil
el-Banna and other British residents either to be given a fair trial or to be
released without further delay.
Conservatives 1; Labour 11; Liberal Democrats 16; Others 5;
Total 33
EDM 524 Guantánamo
Bay, 6th July 2005
That this House calls on
the Government clearly to condemn the inhumane treatment of detainees at Guantánamo
Bay and to urge the United States Administration either to charge them, to
prosecute them under due process of law, to keep them in acceptable prison
conditions, or to release them if there is no reasonable evidence against them,
and in particular to make representations to the United States Administration
for the release of Omar Deghayes, a Libyan national and refugee normally
resident in Brighton Kemptown constituency.
Conservatives 12; Labour 50; Liberal Democrats 35; Others
12; Total 109
On 20th March 2006 not one of these motions had been signed by any of the three Members of Parliament for Enfield or the Member for Chipping Barnet
Stop press: by 31st March 2006 Andy Love MP (Edmonton) had signed all the above EDMs
The three Enfield MPs have now answered a question sent to us about these motions and their repsonses can be seen on the April 8th postings.
Posted by: Francis Sealey | April 07, 2006 at 06:52 PM