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DEMOCRACY IN NEPAL

Early day motion 969, tabled 21 March 2005 by Tony Lloyd (Labour). Signed by 45 members.

That this House regrets the suspension of democracy in Nepal and urges the King of Nepal to restore democracy immediately; notes with particular concern the restrictions on free, independent and democratic trade unions and the arrest of many of the leaders of the Nepalese trade union movement; welcomes the global day of action to protest against this situation called by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour; and calls upon the King of Nepal to restore freedom of association and free speech and release forthwith those arrested for their trade union activities.

Signatures by party: Labour 31, Liberal Democrat 11, Labour/Co-operative 2, Plaid Cymru 1.