SAFETY OF THE KARMAPA LAMA

Early day motion 246, tabled 11 January 2000 by Tim Loughton (Conservative). Signed by 50 members.

That this House welcomes the safe arrival in Dharamsala of the Karmapa Lama, after his flight from Chinese-occupies Tibet; calls on the Government of India to grant him political asylum and take all necessary steps to ensure his safety; and further calls on the Chinese authorities to desist from their raids on the Tsurphu Monastery near Lhasa whence he came and their continued and wholly unacceptable persecution of the Tibetan people.

Signatures by party: Labour 28, Conservative 10, Liberal Democrat 7, Plaid Cymru 2, Independent Labour 1, Scottish National Party 1, UUP 1.