Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Bercow (Conservative), on Monday, 9 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 79 members in total.

---

AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S 62nd BIRTHDAY

That this House hopes that Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated a happy 62nd birthday on 19th June; notes that on that day she had spent a total of eleven years and 238 days in detention; expresses concern that she is allowed no visitors and that her telephone has been cut off and her post intercepted; observes that, despite repeated calls for her release by the United Nations, the Government, the Association of South-East Asian Nations and the European Union, there is currently no prospect of her being released; and calls on the Prime Minister to make democratic reform in Burma a foreign policy priority.

---

Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1868 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Lord Bruce of Bennachie

Stephen Crabb

Michael Moore

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Julie Morgan

Subjects

Political prisoners Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk