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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Chris Bryant (Labour), on Tuesday, 6 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 78 members in total.

ATTACKS ON MEPs AND EU OFFICIALS

That this House denounces the recent cowardly anti-European letter bomb attacks on Gary Titley MEP, Hans Gert Poettering MEP, Jose Ignacio-Sarafranca MEP, the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, and the Head of the European Central Bank, Jean Claude Trichet, at least two of which bombs were opened by staff of the intended recipients; and calls on the UK authorities to co-operative fully with the investigations being undertaken by European Union anti-terrorism officials and the Italian interior ministry.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

ATTACKS ON MEPs AND EU OFFICIALS (349A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Lord Tyler (primary, Liberal Democrat) and tabled on Thursday, 8 January 2004. It has been signed by 7 members in total.
Line 5, after 'recipients', insert 'deprecates the implicit encouragement of this anti-democratic terrorist activity by a spokesman for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP);'

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
349 
349A1 
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Bombings European Union European Parliament members Staff Terrorism
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk