WITHDRAWAL OF KNIGHTHOOD FROM ROBERT MUGABE

Early day motion 1175, tabled 20 March 2007 by Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative). Signed by 51 members.

That this House is concerned by the Foreign Secretary's lack of action in calling for the withdrawal of the honorary Knighthood of Robert Mugabe; further notes that during Foreign Office questions on 20th March she intimated that this was not a priority for her Department; regrets such an attitude; and notes that in the past knighthoods have been withdrawn from despots like Nicolai Ceausescu in December 1989, a week before his downfall, and that such a move helped the movement to oust him from power as it showed a clear change of policy towards the rulers concerned.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 16, Conservative 15, Labour 15, DUP 3, Scottish National Party 1, UUP 1.