Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 25 July 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 30 members in total.

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VIOLENCE IN SRI LANKA

That this House expresses concern over the escalation of violence between the Sri Lankan government and forces of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam; notes that the violence is particularly bad in Trincomalee, Batticalao and Jaffna in the north and east of Sri Lanka; and calls upon this Government to put diplomatic pressure on the Sri Lankan government to address the legitimate grievances of the Tamils regarding their homeland and self rule, to ensure that both parties adhere to the ceasefire agreement brokered by the Norwegian government and resolutions of the Geneva talks, and to prevent further killing of civilians in government-controlled areas.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2650 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Albert Owen

Lynne Jones

Adam Price

John Hemming

Baroness Burt of Solihull

Subjects

Violence Sri Lanka Tamils

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk