TARGETED INVESTMENT SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA'S DICTATORSHIP

Early day motion 498, tabled 13 December 2006 by Julie Morgan (Labour). Signed by 81 members.

That this House recalls that 243 hon. Members signed Early Day Motion 1311 in the 2002-03 parliamentary session calling on the British Government to act unilaterally to ban new investment in Burma; notes that despite stating it opposes investment the Government has still not taken action to ban British companies from investing in Burma, or taken steps to stop foreign companies using British Overseas Territories to channel investment to Burma; commends the Channel 4 Dispatches documentary `Burma's Secret War' which exposed the appalling human rights situation in Burma and the role that foreign investment has played in propping up the dictatorship in that country; further notes that Burma's democracy movement has called for a ban on new investment in Burma; and calls on the Government to introduce legislation enabling the prohibition of new investment in Burma and to stop foreign companies channelling investment to Burma via British Overseas Territories.

Signatures by party: Labour 49, Liberal Democrat 19, Conservative 11, Scottish National Party 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.