DARFUR NO FLY-ZONE

Early day motion 1280, tabled 17 April 2007 by John Bercow (Conservative). Signed by 77 members.

That this House believes that four years into the crisis in Darfur the time is now right to implement a United Nations backed no-fly zone to protect the civilian population from further aerial bombardment by the Sudanese airforce; notes that bombings of towns and villages in Darfur have often been co-ordinated with Janjaweed militia ground attacks; further notes that the bombings utilised in these attacks have been indiscriminate in their targeting of civilians and that thousands of villages have been destroyed in this manner; and urges the Government to back these proposals so that an effective and urgent case can be made to the international community.

Signatures by party: Labour 43, Liberal Democrat 16, Conservative 13, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Independent Labour 1, Plaid Cymru 1.