GEDHUN CHOEKYI NYIMA

Early day motion 147, tabled 19 May 2005 by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 53 members.

That this House notes that 17th May 2005 is the 10th anniversary of the abduction of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the child recognised by the Dalai Lama as the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet and that during the last decade China has refused to allow independent observers to establish the well-being of Gedhun and his family; further notes that China will appear before the United Nations Committee for the Rights of the Child (CRC) later this year; and calls on Her Majesty's Government urgently to press China during the UK's Presidency of the EU to allow the CRC access to the Panchen Lama and his family.

Signatures by party: Labour 23, Liberal Democrat 19, Scottish National Party 5, Conservative 4, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.