VENEZUELA

Early day motion 854, tabled 17 March 2004 by John McDonnell (Labour). Signed by 32 members.

That this House condemns the interference of the United States of America in the internal democratic affairs of the Republic of Venezuela and in particular its covert attempts to secure the removal of President Chavez, whose government has used the country's considerable oil reserves to launch a programme to tackle poverty, including specific measures targeted at women, such as the constitutional recognition of unwaged housework as economically productive, entitling housewives to social security benefits, the prioritisation of single mothers and indigenous people for land distribution, the guaranteeing of food for pregnant women and nursing mothers, and the significant increase in access to education and decent housing for the poor.

Signatures by party: Labour 20, Liberal Democrat 8, Plaid Cymru 3, Labour/Co-operative 1.