PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN BAHRAIN

Early day motion 259, tabled 2 December 2002 by Ashok Kumar (Labour). Signed by 46 members.

That this House congratulates Bahrain on the excellent conduct of its historic parliamentary election for which all men and women were enfranchised; welcomes Bahrain into the great family of democratically-governed nations; and supports the new government's aims of continuing peaceful progress and growing prosperity for all its people.

Signatures by party: Labour 31, Conservative 8, Labour/Co-operative 4, Liberal Democrat 2, UUP 1.